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Horus University Overview

• Established: Horus University was established through a presidential decree (No. 199) in 2013 by a distinguished group of medical professors.

• Location: The campus spans thirty acres.

• Faculties:

  • Dentistry

  • Pharmacy

  • Physical Therapy

  • Nursing

  • Engineering

  • Business Administration

• Construction Phases: First phase involved Nursing, Engineering, and Business Administration; faculties of Dentistry and Pharmacy launched in the academic year 2016-2017, followed by the Faculty of Physical Therapy.

Educational Objectives of the Curriculum

• General Goal: Enhance comprehensive Chinese language abilities, communicative competence, and learners' interest in and capacity for self-directed learning.

• Specific Goals:

  • Teaching standardized Mandarin and characters along with relevant cultural knowledge.

  • Training skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing systematically.

  • Building the ability to differentiate and combine elements of Chinese language, such as phonetics, characters, vocabulary, and grammar in various contexts.

  • Strengthening motivation and self-learning capability.

Principles of Textbook Development

1. Targeted and Scientific Content:

   • Adhere to principles of relevance, practicality, and engagement for effective learning outcomes.

2. Content Arrangement:

   • Instruction follows a progressive increase in difficulty and includes repetition to enhance learning.

3. Modeling Language Skills:

   • Focus on integrating language structure, function, and cultural context within tasks and activities.

4. Adherence to Language Rules:

   • Incorporate findings from studies on Chinese language structure, teaching, and acquisition.

5. Skills Training:

   • Emphasize combined training in oral, listening, reading, and writing skills to enhance comprehensive language abilities.

6. Supporting Materials:

   • Leverage related resources across level series to create coherence in vocabulary, themes, and exercises.

7. Teaching Standards:

   • Set standards aligned with existing syllabi, enhancing the scientific nature and practicality of the curriculum.

Implementation Focus

• Core Areas:

  • Delivery of practical grammar, vocabulary, and character knowledge while emphasizing diversity in spoken and written language forms.

  • Incorporation of contemporary social contexts and cultures relevant to learners’ understanding.

  • Development of a scientific training system for different language skills, reinforcing the central role of language capacity.

Essential Abbreviations

• Common Grammar Terms:

  • 名词 (míngcí) - noun (n.)

  • 动词 (dòngcí) - verb (v.)

  • 形容词 (xíngróngcí) - adjective (adj.)

  • 副词 (fucí) - adverb (adv.)

  • 连词 (liáncí) - conjunction (conj.)

  • 介词 (jiècí) - preposition (prep.)

  • 代词 (dàici) - pronoun (pron.)

  • 量词 (liàngcí) - measure word (m.)

Course Contents Overview

1. Greetings and Introductions

2. Country and Heritage Connections

3. Identity and Names

4. Numbers and Quantities

5. Daily Activities and Timeliness

6. Local Environment Descriptions

7. Transportation Choices

8. Cultural Exchange and Shopping Needs

Pronunciation Basics

• Initials: Learn unique pinyin initials such as b, p, m, etc.

• Finals: Familiarize with common finals like a, o, e, etc.

• Tones: Practice tonal variations: first (flat), second (rising), third (dipping), and fourth (falling).

Practical Sessions

• Listening Activities: Engage in listening to pronounce syllables and words accurately.

• Speaking Exercises: Practice dialogues based on everyday scenarios to build fluency.

• Comprehension Drills: Perform exercises to assess understanding of vocabulary and sentence structures.