12CHI

Year 12 Chinese (Level 2)

Subject Description

Head of Faculty: Miss C. Clech.

This course continues the study of a wider range vocabulary and extends grammar, expressions and Chinese characters. There is a focus on developing listening and reading (receptive skills), speaking and writing (productive skills) and communication and conversation skills. Topics covered include: health and lifestyle, school life, leisure, festivals, travel and various school events. All students have the opportunity to participate in the National Chinese Speech Competition in New Zealand.  

Students learn to use language variably and effectively to express and justify their own ideas and opinions and support or challenge those of others. They learn to use and identify the linguistic and cultural forms that guide interpretation and enable them to respond critically to texts.  

  • Communicate information, ideas and opinions through increasingly complex and varied texts.  
  • Explore the views of others, developing and sharing personal perspectives.  
  • Engage in sustained interaction and produce extended text.  
  • Analyse ways in which the target language is organised in different texts and for different purposes.
  • Explore how linguistic meaning is conveyed across languages.
  • Analyse ways in which the target culture is  organised for different purposes and for different audiences.
  • Analyse how the use of the target language expresses cultural meanings.

 

 

Prerequisites

Preference will be given to students who have gained credits in Level 1 Chinese. 

Discretionary entry will be offered by the Head of Faculty.  

 

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