COURSE OUTCOMES
CHINESE INTERMEDIATE II
(ELEMENTARY 7-13-YO)
(September 2013)
The Chinese Intermediate II Course is designed for Elementary students (seven to thirteen
years of age) with background in the Chinese language and who have completed the
Chinese Intermediate I course. It is centered on the practical application of
communication skills, with an emphasis on the language material used in everyday
situations. Grammar is taught primarily through speech patterns. In order to develop
interpersonal listening and speaking skills, interpretive reading and listening skills, and
performance writing and speaking skills, the students will be involved in a variety of
activities, including songs, role-play, educational games, and authentic reading and writing
tasks. The students will also become acquainted with some cultural features of the
language.
This course supports and is aligned to the success orientations, competencies, and
knowledge noted in the QSI Program Outcomes.
The Chinese Intermediate II Course consists of 6 essential units and 4 selective units. This
course is divided into Essential Outcomes and Introduced/Practiced Outcomes. The
Essential Outcomes must be assessed for mastery. The Introduced/ Practiced Outcomes
are intended to expose the student to skills that will be mastered in a future essential unit,
engage the student in ongoing and necessary skills, and to practice the outcomes
previously taught.
The normal pace for this course leads to mastery of the 6 essential units for those QSI
schools that offer Chinese three to five times a week. Those schools that offer Chinese
language five times a week will have to master 6 essential units as well as 4 selective units
presented in this course. Some of the units may take more time than others. Depending
on the individual school programs, Intermediate I could be allotted three to five times a
week with a period being approximately 45 minutes.
This course is a prerequisite for the Chinese Advanced I Course.
An outline of the 6 essential units and 4 selective units follows. These units are primarily
designed to be taught in order.
Essential Units:
E01 – Learning in School
E02 – Rooms in the house
E03 – At the Zoo
E04 – Inviting Friends to My House
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E05 – Eating In a restaurant
E06 – Writing for Meaning
Selective Units:
S01 – Mulan
S02 – Chinese Idioms
S03 – The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China
S04 – My Five Senses
Required Texts, Materials and Tools:
Discovering Chinese, Volume 3, Better Chinese
My First Chinese Reader, Volume 3, Better Chinese
Flying with Chinese, 4A, Student Book, Better Chinese
The Four Great Inventions - Red Readers
Stories of Chinese Idioms with Animals
Suggested Materials and Tools: including, but not limited to…
Dictionaries
Picture Cards
My First Chinese Games
Evaluation Rubric
Discovering Chinese, Volume 3, Teacher’s guide, Better Chinese
Discovering Chinese, Volume 3, Workbook, Better Chinese
Discovering Chinese, Volume 3, CD, Better Chinese
Discovering Chinese, Volume 3, Worksheets and Writing Sheets, Better Chinese
Discovering Chinese, Volume 3, Assessments, Better Chinese
My First Chinese Reader, Activity and Writing sheets, Better Chinese
My First Chinese Reader, Volume 3, Workbook A and B, Better Chinese
My First Chinese Reader, Volume 3, Teacher’s guide, Better Chinese
My First Chinese Reader, Activity and Writing Sheets Volume III, Better Chinese
Any appropriate Teacher-Created or Teacher-Selected Materials
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