Modern Languages
Chinese 3
Full year
Essential Questions
*What are the fundamental characteristics of Chinese culture and language?
*What are the fundamental skills students need to use beginning Chinese accurately and spontaneously?
*What are the most efficient learning and teaching strategies needed to use beginning Chinese accurately and spontaneously?
*How best to integrate and utilize technology in the Chinese language classroom curriculum?
*What are the fundamental skills students need to use beginning Chinese accurately and spontaneously?
*What are the most efficient learning and teaching strategies needed to use beginning Chinese accurately and spontaneously?
*How best to integrate and utilize technology in the Chinese language classroom curriculum?
Declarative Knowledge: Content
*800 new Chinese characters and use in a variety of contextualized reading and writing tasks
*Chinese sentence constructionto express opinions, intentions, and desires.
* Study characters and vocabularies to develop more sophisticated reading and writing skills.
*Chinese sentence constructionto express opinions, intentions, and desires.
* Study characters and vocabularies to develop more sophisticated reading and writing skills.
* Read short stories and articles in Chinese adapted from authentic materials.
*Current happenings in China
*Study techniques to learn and practice both oral and written language
* Chinese will be the official language of the classroom.
*Current happenings in China
*Study techniques to learn and practice both oral and written language
* Chinese will be the official language of the classroom.
Procedural Knowledge: Skills & Processes
*Speaking
- To participate in face-to-face discussion and deliver lecture-style, visually enhanced presentations
- To participate in face-to-face discussion and deliver lecture-style, visually enhanced presentations
*Listening
-Comprehend ideas and details in stories on familiar topics
*Writing
- To produce a formal, reflective essay 400-character with all the grammar patterns learned
-Comprehend ideas and details in stories on familiar topics
*Writing
- To produce a formal, reflective essay 400-character with all the grammar patterns learned
*Reading
-To read a variety of contextualized materials by using Chinese dictionaries
-To read a variety of contextualized materials by using Chinese dictionaries
Assessment
*Papers, test, skits, interview
*weekly vocabulary and characters quizzes
*Unit tests
*End of term oral proficiency interviews and written tests
*weekly vocabulary and characters quizzes
*Unit tests
*End of term oral proficiency interviews and written tests
Multicultural Dimension
* Increasing cultural awareness of both China and the United States
* Learn about lives of people in China through cultural readings, internet research, and videos
* Accept ambiguity in language by using context clues
* Familiarity with idioms
* Analyze underlying cultural values manifested in fine arts, literature, media and day-to-day life
* Explore social conventions regarding requesting services, paying social visits, eating and drinking, making friends etc. and learn appropriate behaviors
Resources
*Situational Functional Chinese, Drills & Notes, Language Group
*Handouts (Teacher created materials)
*Daily TV news, drama, movies and online materials
*Handouts (Teacher created materials)
*Daily TV news, drama, movies and online materials
*Textbook: Learn Chinese with Me textbook 3 and workbook 3
Chinese 4
Full year
Essential Questions
*What are the most efficient learning and teaching strategies needed to use Chinese accurately and spontaneously?
*How best to integrate and utilize technology in the Chinese language classroom curriculum?
*How best to integrate and utilize technology in the Chinese language classroom curriculum?
*How does the philosophy and themes found in Chinese literature and cinema reflect the values that are most important to the culture?
*How can the vocabulary, expressions learned be manipulated in an original way so that it will show a good understanding and appreciation of the Chinese culture?
*How can the vocabulary, expressions learned be manipulated in an original way so that it will show a good understanding and appreciation of the Chinese culture?
Declarative Knowledge: Content
*1500 new Chinese characters and use in a variety of contextualized reading and writing tasks
*Use grammar and conceptsto communicate accurately in various social and cultural contexts
* Study characters and vocabularies to develop more sophisticated reading and writing skills.
*Use grammar and conceptsto communicate accurately in various social and cultural contexts
* Study characters and vocabularies to develop more sophisticated reading and writing skills.
* Build translation skills
*Current happenings in China
*Study techniques to learn and practice both oral and written language
*Current happenings in China
*Study techniques to learn and practice both oral and written language
Procedural Knowledge: Skills & Processes
*Speaking
- To participate in face-to-face discussion and deliver lecture-style, visually enhanced presentations
- To participate in face-to-face discussion and deliver lecture-style, visually enhanced presentations
*Listening
-Comprehend ideas and details in stories and news with a variety of topics
*Writing
- To produce a formal, reflective essay 700-character with all the grammar patterns learned and critical thoughts
-Comprehend ideas and details in stories and news with a variety of topics
*Writing
- To produce a formal, reflective essay 700-character with all the grammar patterns learned and critical thoughts
*Reading
-To read a variety of contextualized materials by using Chinese dictionaries
-To read a variety of contextualized materials by using Chinese dictionaries
Assessment
*Papers, test, skits, interview
*weekly vocabulary and characters quizzes
*Unit tests
*End of term oral proficiency interviews and written tests
*weekly vocabulary and characters quizzes
*Unit tests
*End of term oral proficiency interviews and written tests
Multicultural Dimension
* Analyze underlying cultural values manifested in fine arts, literature, media and day-to-
day life
* Explore social conventions regarding requesting services, paying social visits, eating
and drinking, making friends etc. and learn appropriate behaviors
* Awareness of the Chinese culture through an in depth look into the literature and its philosophy, through movies, articles, current events, and research on historical events of importance
Resources
*Situational Functional Chinese, Drills & Notes, Language Group
*Handouts (Teacher created materials)
*Daily TV news, drama, movies and online materials
*Handouts (Teacher created materials)
*Daily TV news, drama, movies and online materials
*Textbook: Learn Chinese with Me textbook 4 and workbook 4
Chinese 2
Full year
Essential Questions
*What is the value in learning a Modern language?
*How do you compare between Chinese cultural values and your own values?
*How will you handle communicating in Chinese at your level of knowledge of the language?
*How do you compare between Chinese cultural values and your own values?
*How will you handle communicating in Chinese at your level of knowledge of the language?
Declarative Knowledge: Content
*500 new Chinese characters and use in a variety of contextualized reading and writing tasks
*Communication strategies with a limited range of vocabulary and grammatical structures
*Chinese sentence construction
*Vocabulary laused in simple interactions communicating about recent events
*Geography of China and major Chinese cities
*Customs and cultural norms
*Current happenings in China
*Study techniques to learn and practice both oral and written language
*Communication strategies with a limited range of vocabulary and grammatical structures
*Chinese sentence construction
*Vocabulary laused in simple interactions communicating about recent events
*Geography of China and major Chinese cities
*Customs and cultural norms
*Current happenings in China
*Study techniques to learn and practice both oral and written language
Procedural Knowledge: Skills & Processes
*Speaking
-Use simple memorized phrases, sentences and questions on a limited range of topics. Students continue to work on developing accurate pronunciation to build fluency.
*Listening
-Comprehend familiar ideas and details in short conversation and simple questions on limited range of topics
*Writing
-Write/compose simple stories written in the "spoken style," and write a short letter or story with all the grammar and vocabulary learned.
-Use simple memorized phrases, sentences and questions on a limited range of topics. Students continue to work on developing accurate pronunciation to build fluency.
*Listening
-Comprehend familiar ideas and details in short conversation and simple questions on limited range of topics
*Writing
-Write/compose simple stories written in the "spoken style," and write a short letter or story with all the grammar and vocabulary learned.
*Reading
-Comprehend simple text using contextual cues
-Comprehend simple text using contextual cues
Assessment
*Papers, test, skits, interview
*Weekly vocabulary and characters quizzes
*Unit tests
*End of term oral proficiency interviews and written tests
*Weekly vocabulary and characters quizzes
*Unit tests
*End of term oral proficiency interviews and written tests
Multicultural Dimension
*Increasing cultural awareness of both China and the United States
*Learn about lives of people in China through short cultural readings, internet research, and videos
Resources
*Situational Functional Chinese, Drills & Notes, Language Group
*Handouts (Teacher created materials)
*Daily TV news, drama, and movies
*Handouts (Teacher created materials)
*Daily TV news, drama, and movies
*Textbook: Learn Chinese with Me textbook 2 and workbook 2
Chinese 1
Full year
Essential Questions
- Why study another language?
- How does one study and learn another language?
- What are the building blocks of the Chinese language?
- What is the relationship between language and culture?
- How is language used to communicate about one’s life and learn about others?
- How can technology be used to find out about another culture and language?
Semester I
Semester I
Declarative Knowledge: Content
- Introduction of the Mandarin phonetic system “pinyin” and tones
- Vocabulary and language used in greetings, introductions and in simple interactions communicating about oneself, time, daily life, family, school, and in communicating about recent events
- Communication strategies with a limited range of vocabulary and grammatical structures
- Basic Chinese sentence construction: verb, adjective and noun predicate sentences
- The rules of writing Chinese characters including the strokes, the sequence of the strokes, the radicals. To learn about 100 characters
- Current happenings in China
- Fall & Winter holidays
- Study techniques to learn and practice both oral and written language
Declarative Knowledge: Content Procedural Knowledge: Skills & Processes
- Greet others using language appropriate to the situation and participants involved
- Communicate orally about basic events in one's life using short sentences and contextual cues
- Recognize and write basic Chinese characters
- Describe current events in China (English)
- Identify and describe main Fall and Winter holidays and related customs (English)
- Describe Chinese geography. Sketch a freehand map of China and label major province, cities, bodies of water and surrounding countries
Assessment
- Daily use of oral language in class
- Quizzes and tests which include writing, listening and recognition tasks
- Oral tests: oral tasks, interviews and skits
- Writing tests: short dialogs and stories
- Participation in current event discussions (English)
- Short written answers to questions about Chinese customs and holidays
(English)
Multicultural Dimension
· Basic cultural differences in interactions
· Students use the internet to access information from a variety of sources and perspectives
· Awareness of the relationship between language and culture begins to develop
· Knowledge and understanding of traditional ideas and perspectives of Chinese culture
Resources
- Text: Learn Chinese With Me Textbook and Workbook 1
- Teacher created materials
Semester 2
Declarative Knowledge: Content
· Communication strategies with a limited range of vocabulary and grammatical structures
· Basic Chinese sentence construction: verb, adjective and noun predicate sentences
· Vocabulary and language used in simple interactions when shopping, traveling, seeing a doctor, extending and responding to invitations, and requesting assistance
· To learn about 200 Chinese characters
· Current happenings in China
· Spring and summer holidays
· One aspect of Chinese culture or society(each student chooses one topic of personal interest)
· Study techniques to learn and practice both oral and written language
Procedural Knowledge: Skills & Processes
· Communicate orally in shopping situations, to extend invitations, and to request assistance
· Read short descriptive paragraph and extrapolate key information
· Write a diary about one's weekend or one day at school and use as many as Chinese characters that have been learned
· Describe current events and trends in China (English)
· Identify and describe main spring holidays and related customs (English)
· Describe one aspect of Chinese culture or society in detail (English)
Assessment
· Daily use of oral language in class
· Quizzes and tests which include writing, listening and recognition tasks
· Oral tests: oral tasks, interviews and skits
· Writing tests: short stories and essays
· Participation in current event discussions (English)
· Short written answers to questions about Chinese customs and holidays
(English)
(English)
· Written report and oral presentation of Chinese cultural topic (English)
Multicultural Dimension
· Basic cultural differences in interactions
· Students use the internet to access information from a variety of sources and perspectives
· Awareness of the relationship between language and culture begins to develop
· Knowledge and understanding of traditional ideas and perspectives of Chinese culture
· Students begin to develop an awareness of sociolinguistics and adjusting language use depending on the situation and participants
Resources
- Text: Learn Chinese With Me Textbook and Workbook 1
- Teacher created materials