Authored by: Yong Sun
Reviewed by : Dr. Barbara Sargent
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction
Approval Date : August 2010
Members of the Board of Education :
Lisa Ellis, President
Patrick Rowe, Vice-President
Kevin Blair
George Martin
Linda Gilbert
James Novotny
David Arthur
Shade Grahling
Superintendent : Dr. Richard Noonan

The course is designed for students who are non-native Chinese speakers, but have learned Chinese for one year. The course will focus on emphasizing the development of communication skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The primary goal of this course is to help students use Chinese to exchange the information and to communicate their ideas. In addition, students will build up their vocabulary through the learning of Chinese characters with the result that students will be able to read these characters fluently.
New Jersey citizens are part of a dynamic, interconnected, and technologically driven global society centered on the creation and communication of knowledge and ideas across geographical, cultural, and linguistic borders. Individuals who effectively communicate in more than one language, with an appropriate understanding of cultural contexts, are globally literate. The study of another language and culture enables individuals to communicate face-to-face by virtual means in appropriate ways with people from diverse cultures. The study of another language fosters attitudes, values, and skills that indicate a positive disposition and understanding of cultural differences that enhance cross-cultural communication.
World Languages Standard 7.1:
All students will be able to use a world language in addition to English to engage in meaningful conversation, to understand and interpret spoken and written language, and to present information, concepts, and ideas, while also gaining an understanding of the perspectives of other cultures. Through language study, they will make connections with other content areas, compare the language and culture studied with their own, and participate in home and global communities.
Language learners can be expected to move through levels of proficiency at different rates. In addition, language learners may demonstrate differing proficiencies depending upon the communicative mode in which they are functioning ( interpersonal , interpretive , or presentational ). In Madison Junior School, students who are taking Chinese II should meet the cumulative progress indicators for the Novice Middle
Level of proficiency. Novice High Level s tudents communicate using words, lists, and simple sentences to ask and answer questions, to handle simple transactions related to the daily life, and to talk about subject matters studied in other classes. By the end of Chinese II, students will:
A Interpretive Mode
1.
Recognize familiar words and phrases, understand the main idea, and infer the meaning of some highly contextualized, unfamiliar spoken or written words contained in culturally authentic materials using electronic information sources related to targeted themes.
2.
Demonstrate comprehension of a series of oral and written directions, commands, and requests through an appropriate physical response.
3.
Recognize some common gestures and cultural practices associated with target culture(s).
4.
Identify people, places, objects, and activities in daily life based on oral or written descriptions.
5.
Demonstrate comprehension of short conversations and brief written messages on familiar topics.
6.
Identify the main idea and other significant ideas in readings from age- and level-appropriate, culturally authentic materials.

B. Interpersonal Mode
1.
Use digital tools to exchange basic information by recombining memorized words, phrases, and sentences on the topics related to self and targeted themes.
2.
Give and follow a series of oral and written directions, commands, and requests for participating in age- and level- appropriate classroom and cultural activities.
3.
Imitate appropriate gestures, intonation, and common idiomatic expressions of the target culture(s)/language during daily interactions.
4.
Ask and respond to questions, make requests, and express preferences in various social situations.
5.
Converse on a variety of familiar topics and/or topics studied in other content areas.
C. Presentational Mode
1.
Recombine basic information at the word and sentence level related to self and targeted themes to create a multimedia-rich presentation to be shared virtually with a target language audience.
2.
Create and present brief messages, poems, rhymes, songs, short plays, or role-plays using familiar vocabulary orally or in writing.
3.
Describe in writing people and things from the home and school environment.
4.
Tell or retell stories from age- and level-appropriate, culturally authentic materials orally or in writing.
5.
Tell or write about cultural products associated with the target culture(s), and simulate common cultural practices.
A.
Unit 1
1.
Express date, week, month and year
2.
Talk about school and class
3.
Review numbers
4.
Ask and tell how many classmates someone has
5.
Talk about subjects
6.
Ask and tell what kind of subject someone takes
7.
Talk about languages
8.
Ask and tell what kind of language someone speaks
9.
Ask and tell what kind of language someone is learning
10.
Talk about stationary they have
11.
Understand different measure words
12.
Talk about school facilities
13.
Ask and tell where someone is going (direction)
14.
Ask and tell where someone wants/does not want to go
15.
Review has/don’t have sentence
16.
Review like/dislike sentence
B.
Unit 2
1.
Ask and tell what time it is
2.
Explain someone’s daily schedule
3.
Review day, week and month
4.
Inquire about and explain someone’s plan for week, month and year
5.
Ask and tell what season it is
6.
Ask and tell what the weather looks like
7.
Compare the difference of the weathers
8.
Express someone’s opinion about the season and weather
9.
Explain the climate

C.
Unit 3
1.
Talk about someone’s occupation
2.
Ask and tell where someone works
3.
Ask and tell someone’s job status
4.
Talk about the felling about someone’s job
5.
Talk about what kind of job they want or don’t want
6.
Talk about what kind of job someone can do
7.
Talk about employer
8.
Review foods, drinks and fruits
D.
Unit 4
1.
Talk about hobby
2.
Ask and tell what someone likes/dislikes to do
3.
Talk about sports
4.
Ask and tell what kind of sport someone likes/dislikes
5.
Ask and tell what king of sports someone can/cannot play
6.
Talk about TV
7.
Talk about movie
8.
Express felling and mood
E.
Unit 5
1.
Express transportation
2.
Express airport, train station ...
3.
Ask and tell where the station (stop) or airport is
4.
Ask and tell the transportation someone uses for work
5.
Ask and tell the transportation someone takes for school
6.
Ask and tell the transportation someone takes for traveling
7.
Ask and tell directions
8.
Compare the differences of transportations
9.
Ask and tell travel schedule
10.
Ask and tell someone’s travel plans
11.
Talk about country and city
See attached.
Students are assessed through the following measures:
• Vocabulary quizzes
• Grammar quizzes
• Lesson tests
• Writing, reading, speaking, and listening proficiency test
• Classroom teacher observation
• In Class student dialogues
• Class work
• Homework

Unit 1
School life
• Express date, week, month and year
• Talk about school and class
• Review numbers
• Ask and tell how many classmates someone has
• Talk about subjects
• Ask and tell what kind of subject someone takes
• Talk about languages
• Ask and tell what kind of language someone speaks
• Ask and tell what kind of language someone is learning
• Talk about stationary they have
• Understand different measure words
• Talk about school facilities
• Ask and tell where someone is going
• Ask and tell where someone wants/does not want to go
• Review have/don’t have sentence
• Review like/dislike sentence
• Understand measure
• Pair practice
• Role play
• Puzzles
• Make posters
• Matching
• Listening
• Bingo
• Magic game
• Chain game
• Jeopardy
• Make dialogue
• Make a Chinese calendar
• Make someone’s weekly school schedule
• Draw school floor plan
• Presentation
• Complete works on workbook
• Write characters step by step
• Recite poems
• Sing Chinese songs
• Chinese school system
• Class sizes in China
• Students and teachers in
China
• Education in China
• Friendship
• Academic subjects in China
• School activities in China
• Sports team at school in
China
• Textbook – Happy
Chinese
• Workbook accompany textbook
• CD accompany text book
• Supplementary books
„ Chinese Pinyin
• CD - Sing Songs to learn
Chinese
• Poster
• Teacher-made materials
• DVD
1.
Chinese city tours
2.
Chinese films
3.
Learn to speak
Chinese
• Internet

Unit 2
Time and
Weather word “ 个 ”
• Express “ 去 / 不去 ” sentence
• Ask and tell what time it is
• Explain someone’s daily schedule
• Talk about someone’s birthday
• Review how to ask and answer someone’s age
• Ask and tell what season it is
• Ask and tell what the weather looks like
• Compare the differences of the weathers
• Express someone’s opinion about the season and weather
• Explain the climate
• Understand and express “
几月几号 ”sentences
• Understand and express
“ 很冷 /   ”sentence
• Pair practice (dialogues)
• Group work
• Role play
• Puzzles
• Make posters
• Matching
• Listening
• Bingo
• Magic game
• Chain game
• Jeopardy
• Make a clock
• Interview partner for his/her schedule for yesterday, today and tomorrow
• Make a Chinese movie poster
• Chart the weather for the week
• Make a weather map
• Make a list about your daily routine
• Complete works on word book
• Write a letter to friend to explain the weather
• Write characters step by step
• Recite poems
• Sing Chinese songs
• Time difference between
China and USA
• Birthday celebration in
China
• Seasons in China
• Weathers in China
• Compare the temperature difference between
Fahrenheit and Celsius

Unit 4
Hobby
Unit 3
Job
• Talk about someone’s occupation
• Ask and tell where someone works
• Ask and tell someone’s job status
• Talk about the felling about someone’s job
• Talk about what kind of job they want or don’t want
• Talk about what kind of job someone can do
• Talk about employer
• Review foods, drinks and fruits
• Understand and express “
想做 ”sentence
• Understand and express
“ 吧 ” sentence
• Understand and express
“ 是不是 ”sentence
• Talk about hobby
• Ask and tell what someone likes/dislikes to do
• Talk about sports
• Ask and tell what kind of sport someone likes/dislikes
• Ask and tell what king of sports someone
• Role play
• Brainstorming
• Puzzles
• Make posters
• Matching
• Listening
• Bingo
• Magic game
• Chain game
• Jeopardy
• Label the picture for occupations
• Interview classmates to get information about their parents
• Presentation
• Make dialogue
• Write a paragraph to introduce your family member’s occupation
• Complete works on work book
• Write characters step by step
• Recite poems
• Sing Chinese songs
• Role play
• Make dialogue
• Puzzles
• Make posters
• Matching
• Listening
• Bingo
• Magic game
• Chain game
• Jeopardy
• Compare economy between
China and USA
• Job Market
• Salary
• Interview
• Common hobbies for students
• Famous sports in China
• Famous team in China
• Famous game in China
• Famous athletics in China
• After school activity
• Famous Chinese TV programs
• Chinese actors or actresses

Unit 5
Transportation and travel can/cannot play
• Talk about TV
• Talk about movie
• Express felling and mood
• Understand and express “
会 / 不会 ” sentence
• Understand and express
“ 天天 + verb” sentence
• Express transportation
• Express airport, train station ...
• Ask and tell where the station (stop) or airport is
• Ask and tell the transportation someone uses for work
• Ask and tell the transportation someone takes for school
• Ask and tell the transportation someone takes for traveling
• Ask and tell directions
• Compare the differences of transportations
• Ask and tell travel schedule
• Ask and tell someone’s travel plan
• Talk about country and city
• Understand and express “
怎么去 ” sentence
• Brainstorming
• Describe pictures
• Interviews
• Composition – introduce hobby of family members
• Complete works on work book
• Write characters step by step
• Recite poems
• Sing Chinese songs
• Role play
• Make dialogue
• Puzzles
• Make posters
• Matching
• Listening
• Bingo
• Magic game
• Chain game
• Jeopardy
• Brainstorming
• Phone conversation – book a ticket
• Label the pictures for transportations
• Create a itinerary for your trip
• Make a train station schedule
• Make a travel plan for weekend
• Complete the works on the work book
• Recite poems
• Sing Chinese songs
• Common transportation in
China
• Airport name in the big cities
• Common transportation for students to take
• Famous tour places
• Famous cities

• Understand and express
“     + question” sentence
• Understand and express
“ 在 + position word” sentence
• Understand and express
“ 坐 + transportation” sentence