The course provides the opportunity for native or near native speakers to improve their language skills and engage in a deeper study of the culture. Students study this course to prepare for a Language A course at IBDP level.
Course content
The course consists of two major components:
themes
literature
Using the themes as a basis, various literary and non-literary texts are explored to develop students’ ability and effectiveness in listening, speaking, reading and writing.
For the complete Chinese (Mandarin) as a First Language Syllabus, click here.
Skills developed
communicate accurately, appropriately and effectively in writing
understand and respond appropriately to what they read.
enjoy and appreciate the variety of language
complement other areas of study by developing skills of a more general application (e.g., analysis, synthesis, drawing of inferences)
personal development and an understanding of themselves and others is promoted
Assessment
External assessment – 100%
paper 1 – reading, directed writing and classical Chinese
(2 hours 15 minutes) – 50%
paper 2 – writing of 400–600 characters (2 hours) – 50%