Chinese

Year 8 Chinese

Subject Length: 2 semesters

Subject Fee: No Fee 

Chinese is a vibrant, exciting and interactive course intended to have practical value for students to listen, read, speak and write the language as it is written and spoken in China. Exciting extension activities outside the classroom are also provided, which can enrich students’ personal and social skills, making learning Chinese fun. Participating in speech competitions, cultural immersion days, languages evening, Chinese dancing, a fashion show, festivals and celebrations, calligraphy art workshops, Chinese food tasting and authentic restaurant visits are some of the many enjoyable activities which help foster the spirit of language learning. 

What is studied?

Within this subject student learning is based upon the following key knowledge and concepts:

• Learning topics of body parts, dates and days, social plans for birthdays, countries and nationality, clothes and conducting daily conversations using the words and grammars acquired.

• Using Chinese language to compare students own experiences to the lives of young Chinese people

• Comparing stories and characters in both Chinese and Australian popular media and exploring themes and topics that interest young people from different cultural backgrounds

What type of work is done?

Within this subject student learning is developed and assessed through:

• Listening, speaking, reading and writing tasks in the unit booklet

• Listening, speaking, reading on the online language learning platform: Education perfect

• Language and cultural project including: Designing Peking opera mask; creating a monster project; introducing famous athletes; my dream school uniform project. 

Additional information

Future Pathways: VET Applied Language Certificate III,  VCE Chinese Language Society and Culture