SECOND LANGUAGES Mandarin Chinese – Big Ideas Elaborations Grade 6 – Reciprocal: involving back-and-forth participation Stories: Stories are a narrative form of text that can be oral, written, or visual. Stories are derived from truth or fiction and may be used to seek and impart knowledge, entertain, share history, and strengthen a sense of identity. understand the world: by exploring, for example, thoughts, feelings, knowledge, culture, and identity SECOND LANGUAGES Mandarin Chinese – Curricular Competencies Elaborations Grade 6 – sounds: tonal variations and basic intonation patterns phonetic representation: the correlation between Zhuyin symbols and their pronunciation or Pinyin letters and their pronunciation Chinese characters: traditional or simplified texts: is a generic term referring to all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communications. Oral, written, and visual elements can “Text” also be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements). language-learning strategies: e.g., interpretation of gestures, facial expressions, intonation, tone of voice, and contextual cues; use of prior knowledge, word-building strategies (e.g., 车：火车, and similar words in first language (e.g., for cool ) 汽车, 自行车), 酷 non-verbal cues: e.g., gestures, facial expressions, pictures, props Exchange ideas: with peers, teachers, and members of the wider community; can include virtual/online conversations Seek clarification: Request or provide repetition, word substitution, reformulation, or reiteration (e.g., 我不明白。请再说一遍。你在说什么？). presentation format: e.g., digital, visual, verbal; aids such as charts, graphics, illustrations, music, photographs, videos, props, digital media cultural lens: e.g., values, practices, traditions, perceptions ways of knowing: e.g., First Nations, Métis and Inuit; and/or gender-related, subject/discipline-specific, cultural, embodied, intuitive
SECOND LANGUAGES – Mandarin Chinese Big Ideas – Elaborations Grade 6 Reciprocal: involving back-and-forth participation Stories: Stories are a narrative form of text that can be oral, written, or visual. Stories are derived from truth or fiction and may be used to seek and impart knowledge, entertain, share history, and strengthen a sense of identity. understand the world: by exploring, for example, thoughts, feelings, knowledge, culture, and identity SECOND LANGUAGES – Mandarin Chinese Curricular Competencies – Elaborations Grade 6 sounds: tonal variations and basic intonation patterns phonetic representation: the correlation between Zhuyin symbols and their pronunciation or Pinyin letters and their pronunciation Chinese characters: traditional or simplified texts: “Text” is a generic term referring to all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communications. Oral, written, and visual elements can also be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements). language-learning strategies: e.g., interpretation of gestures, facial expressions, intonation, tone of voice, and contextual cues; use of prior knowledge, word-building strategies (e.g., 车：火车, 汽车, 自行车), and similar words in first language (e.g., 酷 for cool ) non-verbal cues: e.g., gestures, facial expressions, pictures, props Exchange ideas: with peers, teachers, and members of the wider community; can include virtual/online conversations Seek clarification: Request or provide repetition, word substitution, reformulation, or reiteration (e.g., 我不明白。请再说一遍。你在说什么？). presentation format: e.g., digital, visual, verbal; aids such as charts, graphics, illustrations, music, photographs, videos, props, digital media cultural lens: e.g., values, practices, traditions, perceptions ways of knowing: e.g., First Nations, Métis and Inuit; and/or gender-related, subject/discipline-specific, cultural, embodied, intuitive
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