SY 2014-2015
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COURSE TITLE:
Mandarin Chinese III
PREREQUISITE:
Mandarin Chinese II
DESCRIPTION:
Students will increase proficiency in the basics of Chinese in this course. The
objectives of this course are to review and amplify structures previously taught and
introduce more advanced vocabulary and structures through the four skills of
listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and to present the language within the
context of the contemporary Chinese culture. Chinese characters will be reviewed
and more characters introduced systematically as they relate to the listening/speaking
activities conducted throughout the course.
MAIN TOPICS:
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Greetings and Introductions
Physical Descriptions and Personality
Characteristics, Feelings, and Emotions
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Family Members
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Clothing and Colors
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Formal vs. Informal situations
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Restaurants, Food and Culture
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Mathematics
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Numbers and Time
Listening
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Days, Months, and Calendar
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Natural Resources
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Geographic Features
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Classes, Schedules, and Supplies
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Interests and Leisure Activities
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Weather and Seasons
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Medical Care
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Cities, Places, Activities, and Transportation
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Travel, Money and Shopping
Students will further refine listening skills through teacher presentations, peer
conversations, presentations and multimedia.
differentiation
between
formal
and
Students will improve the skill of
informal
exchanges
and
demonstrate
comprehension via various classroom activities of the topics covered in the
curriculum. Students will listen carefully to the various tonalities in sound and
intonation patterns in order to process reproduction of sounds, words, and phrases
correctly.
Speaking
Students will sustain dialog on selected topics, communication ideas in
extemporaneous presentations, classroom discussions and role-playing.
Students will
continue to refine pronunciation, rhythm and intonation while exhibiting the use of
Chinese in classroom communication.
Students will demonstrate attention to
accuracy of register in introducing self and expressing greetings, ask and answer
questions, and perform in rehearsed and spontaneous situations with the topics at hand.
Accurate pronunciation and tonality is a definite component of this skill.
Reading
Students will learn to recognize written Chinese characters and their various sounds,
pictorial and cultural connections, and relationships to words/phrases previously
acquired through listening and speaking. Students will be expected to master Chinese
characters as they are introduced in a variety of realistic situations in classroom
activities so that they are comfortable with reading at a pace similar to that of
conversation discourse learned at the speaking level.
SY 2014-2015
Writing
Students will learn to reproduce in correct stroke order all Chinese characters related
to the topics of study in individual, word, and phrase form. It is important for students
to master each character as it is introduced since they shall be components necessary to
connect to future words/phrases in topics of study.
Culture
Students will acquire increased knowledge of daily life, customs, and current events
and become aware of verbal and non-verbal cultural differences. They will learn basic
geographic features of China and become cognizant of the contributions of the Chinese
to other world cultures.
CREDIT INFO:
This course provides one credit toward fulfilling the foreign language requirements for an
Advanced Studies Diploma (three years of one language or two years of two languages).