Area of Learning: SECOND LANGUAGES Mandarin Chinese Introductory Grade 11 — MANDARIN CHINESE INTRODUCTORY 11 – Description Mandarin Introductory 11 has been developed to offer an opportunity for students who did not begin Mandarin in the elementary grades to enter Mandarin at the secondary level. Mandarin Introductory 11 is an intensive course, designed to cover essential learning standards from Grades 5 to 10 in an accelerated time frame in order to prepare students for Mandarin 11. It should be noted that this course does not replace the richness of the regular Mandarin 5-10 curriculum. It is assumed that students would have limited to no background in Mandarin prior to enrolment. However, as contexts vary, districts may use their discretion with regard to admission criteria for this course. Enrolment in Mandarin Introductory 11 is not limited to Grade 11 students, and there are no prerequisites for this course. Area of Learning: SECOND LANGUAGES Mandarin Chinese Introductory Grade 11 — BIG IDEAS Listening and viewing with Stories help us Expressing ourselves in Exploring diverse forms of Acquiring a new language intent supports our to acquire language a new language requires cultural expression allows provides a unique opportunity acquisition and and understand the courage, risk taking, us to experience and to access and interact with understanding of world around us. and perseverance. appreciate cultural diversity. diverse communities. a new language. Learning Standards Curricular Competencies Content Students are expected to be able to do the following: Students are expected to know the following: Thinking and communicating phonetic systems tonal variations
Area of Learning: SECOND LANGUAGES — Mandarin Chinese Introductory Grade 11 MANDARIN CHINESE – INTRODUCTORY 11 Description Mandarin Introductory 11 has been developed to offer an opportunity for students who did not begin Mandarin in the elementary grades to enter Mandarin at the secondary level. Mandarin Introductory 11 is an intensive course, designed to cover essential learning standards from Grades 5 to 10 in an accelerated time frame in order to prepare students for Mandarin 11. It should be noted that this course does not replace the richness of the regular Mandarin 5-10 curriculum. It is assumed that students would have limited to no background in Mandarin prior to enrolment. However, as contexts vary, districts may use their discretion with regard to admission criteria for this course. Enrolment in Mandarin Introductory 11 is not limited to Grade 11 students, and there are no prerequisites for this course. Area of Learning: SECOND LANGUAGES — Mandarin Chinese Introductory Grade 11 BIG IDEAS Listening and viewing with intent supports our acquisition and understanding of a new language. Stories help us to acquire language and understand the world around us. Expressing ourselves in a new language requires courage, risk taking, and perseverance. Exploring diverse forms of cultural expression allows us to experience and appreciate cultural diversity. Acquiring a new language provides a unique opportunity to access and interact with diverse communities. Learning Standards Curricular Competencies Content Students are expected to be able to do the following: Thinking and communicating Students are expected to know the following: phonetic systems tonal variations
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