Understanding the languages spoken, weather conditions in different countries helps us explore the diversity of cultures. It is important to understand tenses, word order (structure), character element combination (meaning) and text types (form).
Summative Assessments:
Speaking: A new student has joined your Chinese class recently. You try to talk with him/her to get to know each other better with the given questions.
Reading: Identify basic facts and main ideas from texts on language and subjects of study. Respond to comprehension questions based on unseen reading texts.
Listening: Students watch a short video and respond to comprehension questions.
Reading: Students identify basic facts and main ideas from texts on hobbies. Respond to comprehension questions based on the unseen reading text.
Writing: Students write a letter to a penpal, introducing themselves, including their hobbies and ECAs in 100-150 characters.
Speaking: Students make a presentation introducing their hobbies, their weekend activities and the activities they do during different seasons. The presentation is about 2-3 minutes.
Writing: Students write an email to a friend about their new community facilities, including the available facilities, the distance between their home to the facilities, how they commute between home and the facilities, etc.
Listening: Students complete some tasks while watching a short video on someone’s community /house/room/furniture/appliances.
1.1-Communication Skills: Interactive Skills
c. Use a variety of speaking techniques to communicate with a variety of audiences
1.2-Communication Skills: Language Skills:
1.1-Communication Skills: Interactive Skills
c. Use a variety of speaking techniques to communicate with a variety of audiences
1.2-Communication Skills: Language Skills:
a. Read critically and for comprehension (Adapted from a)
2.1-Collaboration Skill: Working Effectively with Others:
b. Practice empathy
1.1 - Communication Skills: Interactive Skills:
i. Note-taking
1.2-Communication Skills: Language Skills:
a.Listen critically and for comprehension (Adapted from a)
2.1 Collaboration Skill: Working Effectively with Others:
b. Practice empathy
Country Names
Chinese Cities
Which country am I from?
Learning different hobbies and activities people do at weekends and in different seasons allows us to understand ways of life in different cultures. It's important to use the correct format for our audience.
Understanding a community helps us to strengthen the connection and commonality among people . It is important to understand expressions of feeling, patterns and functions.