SY 2014-2015
COURSE TITLE:
Mandarin Chinese I
PREREQUISITE:
None
DESCRIPTION:
Students will be introduced to the Chinese language and culture in this course. The basic
objectives are to help each student attain an acceptable degree of proficiency in 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 introduced
systematically as they are related to the listening/speaking activities conducted
throughout the course.
MAIN TOPICS:
 Greetings and
Introductions
 Physical Descriptions and
Personality
Characteristics, Feelings,
and Emotions
 Family Members
 Clothing and Colors
 Numbers and Time
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Culture
 Days, Months, and
Calendar
 Classes, Schedules, and
Supplies
 Interests and Leisure
Activities
 Cities, Places and
Activities
 Shopping
 Restaurants and Food
Students will differentiate between formal and 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.
Students will reproduce those concepts orally from the listening phase via
repetition and drill sequences presented in class in various activities. 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.
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.
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.
Students will be able to acquire 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:
SY 2014-2015
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).
COURSE TITLE:
Mandarin Chinese II
PREREQUISITE:
Mandarin Chinese I
DESCRIPTION:
Students will review, strengthen and amplify the basics of Chinese Level I this course.
The basic objectives are to continue to help each student attain an acceptable degree of
proficiency in 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:
 Greetings and Introductions
 Restaurants, Food and
Culture
 Weather & Seasons
 House & Furnishing
 School Building
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Culture
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
Direction
Driver License
Road Signs
Invitation
Sick Leave
Seeing Doctor
Students will differentiate between formal and informal exchanges and
demonstrate comprehension of more complicated thoughts and ideas expressed
by their teacher, peers, and multimedia. Students will demonstrate this
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.
Students will refine their production of the early concepts learned in Chinese I
from the listening phase via repetition and drill sequences presented in class in
various activities. 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.
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 some key 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.
Students will learn to type or write related to the topics of study in individual,
word, and phrase form. It is important for students to familiar character as it is
introduced since they shall be components necessary to connect to future
words/phrases in topics of study.
Students will be able to acquire knowledge of daily life, customs, and current
events and become aware of verbal and non-verbal cultural differences. They
SY 2014-2015
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).
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:
 Common expression part II
 Classroom survival
expression part II
 Formal vs. Informal situations
 Club activities
 Entertainment
 Special Events & Food
 Emotions
Listening
Speaking
Reading
 Chinese Festival of origin,
history & Culture
 Chinese philosophy
 Chinese Four treasures &
culture
 Chinese movie & Theatre
Students will further refine listening skills through teacher presentations, peer conversations,
presentations and multimedia. Students will improve the skill of differentiation between
formal and 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.
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.
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 recognize Chinese characters as they are
introduced in a variety of realistic situations in classroom activities so that they are
Writing
Culture
CREDIT INFO:
SY 2014-2015
comfortable with reading at a pace similar to that of conversation discourse learned at the
speaking level.
Students will learn to type or write related to the topics of study in individual, word, and
phrase form. It is important for students to master commonly used character as it is
introduced since they shall be components necessary to connect to future words/phrases in
topics of study.
Students will acquire increased knowledge of customs, history, philosophy and become
aware of verbal and non-verbal cultural differences. They will learn basic philosophy of
China and become cognizant of the contributions of the Chinese to other world cultures.
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).
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