697 Mandarin Chinese 2 H / 697A Mandarin Chinese 2 ACP
Gr 9 - 12 | 6 Credits | Year-Long | 5x per Cycle
This is the typical course for students who have completed grade 8 Mandarin Chinese. It stresses a proficiency approach, with primary emphasis on the context and purpose of communication through the three modes: Interpersonal (Two-way, unrehearsed communication between individuals); Interpretive (One-way communication using receptive skills of listening and reading); and Presentational (One-way communication using productive skills of speaking and writing).
Performance Target: Novice-High/Intermediate-Low on the ACTFL scale.
Essential Skills:
(From the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for World Languages):
Interpretive Communication - Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
Interpersonal Communication - Interact and negotiate meaning in spontaneous spoken, signed, or written conversations to share information, reactions, ideas, feelings, opinions, and perspectives
Presentational Communication - Present information, concepts, ideas, feelings, opinions, and perspectives to inform, explain, persuade and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers.
Intercultural Communication - Interact appropriately with others in and from another culture.
Cultures - Gain cultural competence and understanding.
Comparisons - Develop insight into the nature of language and culture to interact with cultural competence.
Success Criteria:
ACP:
I can independently create a spoken or written message or participate in a conversation using intermediate-low language.
I can be easily understood by someone used to a language learner, and possibly by a native speaker who doesn’t know I’m a language learner.
I begin to create with the language. I can use a variety of familiar and personalized words and expressions. I can give some details.
I use simple strings of sentences. I can combine words and phrases to create original sentences. I pose basic questions (as appropriate).
I convey my knowledge of basic cultural products and practices. I use some culturally appropriate vocabulary and expressions.
My errors with targeted structures and/or word order do not interfere with communication.
Honors:
I can independently create a spoken or written message or participate in a conversation using intermediate-low language.
I can be easily understood by someone used to a language learner, and possibly by a native speaker who doesn’t know I’m a language learner.
I begin to create with the language. I can use a variety of familiar and personalized words and expressions. I can give some details. I consistently use vocabulary from in-class resources and/or previous units
I use simple strings of sentences. I can combine words and phrases to create original sentences. I pose basic questions (as appropriate).
I convey my knowledge of basic cultural products and practices. I use some culturally appropriate vocabulary and expressions.
My errors with targeted structures and/or word order do not interfere with communication. I show ample evidence of strong control of previously learned structures.