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MANDARIN 4

Course Description

Mandarin IV class is for students at advanced level to continue developing their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. More opportunities for students to listen to unrehearsed text and hold discussions in Chinese are provided. The topics covered reflect the diversity of students’ lives, and specialised vocabulary and more complex sentence structures equip students for better expressing themselves. This level introduces more than 500 words and phrases, and provides 151 characters to learn to write.

Syllabus

Unit 1 - Back to school, feelings about study (Book 4, Lesson 1)

Unit 2 - Extracurricular activities, school events (Book 4, Lesson 1) 

Unit 3 - Computers, internet, email, websites (Book 4, Lesson 1)

Unit 4 - Impressions of places, adapting to places (Book 4, Lesson 2)

Unit 5 - Hospitality, social etiquette (Book 4, Lesson 2)

Unit 6 - Student behaviour and daily routines (Book 4, Lesson 2)

Unit 7 - Environmental issues, unique animals (Book 4, Lesson 3)

Unit 8-  Part-time jobs, work environment, customers (Book 4, Lesson 3)

Unit 9 - Shopping, fashion (Book 4, Lesson 3)

Unit 10 - Boyfriends/girlfriends (Book 4, Lesson 4)

Unit 11 - Health and social issues (Book 4, Lesson 4)

Unit 12 - Peer pressure, generational differences (Book 4, Lesson 4)

Grading

Breakdown:

Examinations - 40 %

     Tests - 30%

     Quizzes - 10%

Assignments - 50%

     Homework - 10%

     Classwork - 10%

     Projects - 30%

Participation - 10%

     Students who are unprepared,make little to no effort toward achieving lesson objectives, reluctant to participate,                  or behave disruptively will receive a lower grade.




Scale: 

A 90~100 Excellent

B 80~89 Good

C 70~79 Fair

D 60~69 Poor

F 0~59 Failing



Ni Hao 4 Textbook

Revised Edition (Simplified)

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