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Course Information |
Advanced Classes
Advanced Classes are designed for students with some Chinese background
and/or a parent who can assist with the homework.
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 A-K
Class |
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Prerequisite: |
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Students with some Chinese background. |
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| A-1
Class |
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Prerequisite: |
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Students have already learned the 37 “Letter”
 phonetic alphabets. |
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Students are able to use four tones and intonation. |
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Students are able to correctly pronounce words. |
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Students are able to read the phonetic alphabets and to sound
out words. |
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Students are able to recite the phonetic alphabets in order.
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Finished A-K or equivalent. |
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Objectives: |
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| Review
altogether 37 phonetic alphabets |
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Review four tones and intonation.
Be able to correct pronounce the words.
Be able to read the phonetic alphabets and to sound out the
words.
Be able to recite the phonetic alphabet articles.
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| Grasp the pen and the written practice |
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Stroke order and stroke practice.
Be able to use the phonetic alphabets to write the short phrases,
perhaps on the card.
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| Teaching material text scope |
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Numerals (Writing, utilization in shopping, date
and so on)
Writing concepts (Introduce pictographic, compound indicative)
Family members (Giving regards to, self introduction, pictographic
characters font introduction)
Spring (Adjective utilization, Tong-Shi appreciates, character
radical introduction)
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| The nursery rhymes, teach to sing |
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Can recite the nursery rhymes
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| The traditional festival celebrates,
the introduction |
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Does for the occasion, the cultural introduction
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| A-2
Class |
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Prerequisite: |
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Students have already learned
altogether 37 phonetic alphabets. |
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Students are able to count 0 ~ 10 in Chinese. |
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Students are able to name the days of the week, dates of the
month, and months of the year in Chinese. |
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Students are able to name the colors in Chinese. |
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Students are aware of basic Chinese character classifications
and use of the dictionary. |
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Students are able to use simple Chinese to go grocery shopping. |
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Students are able to name the family members in Chinese. |
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Finished A-1 or equivalent. |
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Objectives: |
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This school year teaching goal will focus on the students’
listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Chinese. Included
are to enable the students to understand, be familiar with, and to
utilize the known individual character/word in daily life dialogue.
Students will be able to read the text and the Chinese “easy
reader”. Students will be able to use the basic words and phrases
to create sentences. |
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| Review |
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altogether
37 phonetic alphabets
Numerals (Writing, utilization in shopping, date and so on)
Writing concepts (Introduce pictographic, compound indicative,
simple indicatives)
Family members (Giving regards to, self introduction, pictographic
characters font introduction)
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| Teaching material text scope |
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Spring (Adjective utilization, Tong-Shi appreciates,
character radical introduction)
School life (Student’s vocabulary includes school life.
For example, playing with friends, structures of school environment,
what they do in class, and what they do during the recess.)
New Year (Student’s vocabulary includes words related
to Christmas, New Year, …, etc. They know how to describe
each holiday and corresponding customs.)
Friends (Students are able to use proper manners when making
phone calls and shopping in a supermarket. They know the names
of different types of foods. Students are able to invite friends
for dinner.)
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| Cultural general knowledge |
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Chinese calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting
appreciation
Chinese literature -Tang poem
Selective children’s culture stories
Chinese nursery songs
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| A-3
Class |
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Prerequisite: |
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Student’s vocabulary includes school life.
For example, playing with friends, structures of the school
environment, what they do in class, and what they do during
the recess. |
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Student’s vocabulary includes words related to Christmas,
New Year, …, etc. They know how to describe each holiday
and corresponding customs. |
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Students are able to use proper manners when making phone
calls and shopping in a supermarket. They know the names of
different types of food. |
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Students are able to invite friends for dinner. |
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Finished A-2 or equivalent. |
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Objectives: |
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Develop and refine communication skills in Chinese for
students to interact in daily life situations.
Improve Chinese comprehension and literary skills of reading and writing.
Provide students with a basic background of Chinese tradition and
culture.
Enhance students’ ability to understand and utilize the Chinese
dictionary effectively.
Develop a solid base for advanced exploration of the Chinese language.
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| Review |
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School life. Conversations about play with friends,
school environment, what they do in class and what they do during
recess.
Snow and snowman in the winter. The mountains, trees and the
houses are turning white when they are covered with snow.
Christmas and New Year. Describe each holiday and different
customs.
Use proper manners when making phone calls and shopping in a
supermarket. The names of different foods.
Students are able to invite friends for dinner.
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| Teaching materials |
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Basic teaching material:
-- Chinese, Volume 4 - Workbook A & B (Volume 4)
Supplementary texts:
-- Children's Chinese Reader Chinese-English Edition Volume
3
--Children's Chinese Reader 1, Volume 1
-- Living Mandarin, Volume 2 & Volume 3
-- Living Mandarin Workbook A & B, Volume 2 & Volume 3
-- Living Mandarin CD, Volume 2 & Volume 3
-- Speak Mandarin in Five Hundred Words, book & CD
-- Stories from classical allusions
-- Idioms from the classics |
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| A-4
Class |
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Prerequisite: |
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Students are able to make basic phrases and sentences
in Chinese. |
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Finished A-3 or equivalent. |
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A-4 Class Plan of Instruction: |
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| Teaching goals |
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Learning approximately 190 new vocabularies/characters
Learning approximately 40 idioms and proverbs
Practicing the looking up a word in the dictionary
Practicing grammar and sentence pattern
Training reading skills
Constructing phrases and sentences, the thesis practice
Introducing Chinese cultures: (1)The festival celebrates, the
Chinese zodiac (the year in which one was born as represented
by an animal), the food, and the clothing, (2)Chin dynasty history,
(3)Confucius and Mencius, (4)Tang poem.
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| Teaching materials |
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Basic teaching material:
-- Chinese, Volume 4
-- Workbook A and Workbook B (Volume 4)
Supplementary texts:
-- Living Mandarin, Volumes 3 and 4
-- Idiom story
-- Workbook
-- Every day an article
-- General knowledge of Chinese cultures
-- Tang poem for children
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