vary vocabulary and grammatical structures for emphasis and interest vary the structure and format of texts appropriate to context, purpose and audience summarise and synthesise information from a variety of texts. Dictionaries: strategies to facilitate use of monolingual and bilingual dictionaries. Task 7: Responding to texts: Spoken Task 8: Creating texts in Chinese Task 9: Responding to texts: Written The individual as a global citizen Students will consider a range of global issues, such as environmental concerns and the impact of global events on individuals and society. This issue is continued in Year 12. Perspectives Suggested sub-topics related to issue and perspectives – the environment, Individual impact: how can I help? – individual identity Personal: society – Contexts and texts Social and community settings article p.74, Made Easy 5’ ‘Chinese dialogue p.220–221, speech p.103, Made Easy 5’ ‘Chinese Contemporary literature and the Arts poem pp.115–116, Mother Tongue’ The Weeping Bird, ‘My Media 11–15 interview Nicole Kidman Linguistic resources Grammar: introduction, revision and consolidation of grammatical items relevant to the issues, perspectives, contexts and texts, and the linguistic resources for the course. Intercultural understandings impact of globalisation on Chinese-speaking communities and their environment. Language learning and communication strategies Strategies to: organise and structure text and develop coherently and logically manipulate Chinese to communicate effectively in a range of contexts vary vocabulary and grammatical structures for emphasis and interest use strategies to maintain communication i.e. ask for clarification, additional information. Dictionaries: strategies to facilitate use of monolingual and bilingual dictionaries. Task 10: Oral communication Task 11: Semester 2 practical (oral) examination 16 Task 12: Semester 2 written examination
vary vocabulary and grammatical structures for emphasis and interest vary the structure and format of texts appropriate to context, purpose and audience summarise and synthesise information from a variety of texts. Dictionaries: strategies to facilitate use of monolingual and bilingual dictionaries. Task 7: Responding to texts: Spoken Task 8: Creating texts in Chinese Task 9: Responding to texts: Written 11–15 The individual as a global citizen Students will consider a range of global issues, such as environmental concerns and the impact of global events on individuals and society. This issue is continued in Year 12. Perspectives Suggested sub-topics – related to issue and perspectives Personal: individual identity Individual impact: how can I help? – the environment, society – Contexts and texts Social and community settings article p.74, ‘Chinese Made Easy 5’ dialogue p.220–221, speech p.103, ‘Chinese Made Easy 5’ Contemporary literature and the Arts poem The Weeping Bird, pp.115–116, ‘My Mother Tongue’ Media interview Nicole Kidman Linguistic resources Grammar: introduction, revision and consolidation of grammatical items relevant to the issues, perspectives, contexts and texts, and the linguistic resources for the course. Intercultural understandings impact of globalisation on Chinese-speaking communities and their environment. Language learning and communication strategies Strategies to: organise and structure text and develop coherently and logically manipulate Chinese to communicate effectively in a range of contexts vary vocabulary and grammatical structures for emphasis and interest use strategies to maintain communication i.e. ask for clarification, additional information. Dictionaries: strategies to facilitate use of monolingual and bilingual dictionaries. Task 10: Oral communication 16 Task 11: Semester 2 practical (oral) examination Task 12: Semester 2 written examination