大家好
Welcome to our IB Ab initio
Class
！
自我介绍
Self Introduction
 Juliana Zhu (Zhu lao shi )
 Come from Hangzhou, China
 7th year teaching Mandarin in SCIS
SY 2013-2015
Instructor: Juliana Zhu
Topics
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 Individual and Society
Appearance and character; Daily routines; Education; Food and
Drink; Physical health; Relationships; Shopping.
 Leisure and Work
Employment; Entertainment; Holidays; Media; Transport;
Technology; Sport.
 Urban and Rural Environment
Emergencies; Environmental concerns; Neighborhood;
Physical Geography; Town and Services; Weather.
Year 2 Plan – Semester 1
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 August: Sports
 September: Media/Technology
 October: Environmental concerns / Global issues
 November: Town and Services / Education /
Employment
 December: Review for exam and submit Written
Assignment
Chinese ab initio 1AC: Dec 8 Monday
Chinese ab initio 3BD: Dec 9 Tuesday
Year 2 Plan – Semester 2

 January: Review for oral exam / Past exam paper practice
 February: Oral exam
Chinese ab initio 1AC: Feb 3 Tuesday, Feb 5 Thursday,
Feb 7 Monday
Chinese ab initio 3BD: Feb 2 Monday, Feb 4 Wednesday,
Feb 6 Friday
 March: Mock exam
 April: Review for May exam
 May: IB exam
Assessment
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External
Assessment
75%
Internal
Assessment
25%
• Paper 1 (1 hour and 30 minutes):
Receptive skills 30%
• Paper 2 (1 hour): Productive skills
25%
• Written assignment (2 hours):
Receptive and productive skills 20%
• Individual oral (10 minutes):
Interactive skills
External Assessment (EA) part 1
Paper 1
Receptive
Skills
1.5 hours
30%
40 marks
To assess, through a
variety of exercises, the
student’s ability to read
and understand a range
of authentic texts.
Deduce the meaning of words
from their context
Understand grammatical
structures and functions
Be aware of the cohesive
devices that give coherence to a
text
The text booklet consists
of four texts, and Q&A
booklet contains up to 40
text-handing questions.
True or false exercises
Multiple-choice
Short-answer
Table-filling
Gap-filling
Matching
External Assessment (EA) part 2
Paper 2
Productive
Skills
1 hour
25%
20 marks
Section A:
Short
writing task
7 marks
Student answer
one question
from a choice of
two
Section B:
Extended
writing task
18 marks
Student answer
one question
from a choice of
three
Flyer, Blog,
Email, Invitation,
List, Menu,
Message, Notice,
Poster.
A minimum of 50
words, 60 Mandarin
characters.
A minimum of
100 words, 120
Mandarin
characters.
Article, Blog,
Brochure, Diary,
Email, Online
entry, Essay,
Interview, Letter,
Report, Review,
Speech
External Assessment (EA) part 3
Receptive
1 hours
20%
20 marks
• Independent work of the student
• In the target language
• The title of the written assignment is the choice of the
student from the prescribed theme (individual and society,
leisure and work, urban and rural environment)
• The use of a bilingual or monolingual dictionary and
reference material is permitted.
Internal Assessment (IA)
Individual
Oral
Productive
Skills
10 min
Plus 15 min of
preparation
25%
Supervised
preparation time
15min
Part I:
Presentation
1-2 min
Part II:
Questions
2-3 min
Part III:
Conversation
4-5 min
The student receives
two previously unseen
stimuli and selects
one for the
presentation.
Working notes can
be made at this
stage.
At least two
questions on the
written assignment
followed by general
conversation on a
broad range of topics.
Texts and Resources

Integrated Chinese textbook and
workbook
Authentic materials
Chinese songs and movies
Websites: quizlet, wordpress,
nichiku…
Grading

Reading,
20%
Test, 20%
Quiz, 10%
Writing,
20%
Oral, 30%
Student Support
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Class blog:
https://teachersh.scis-his.net/juliana_zhu/
Email :
juliana_zhu@scischina .org