Mandarin - Year 9

Mandarin Overview

Term 1: Shopping

Students learn to talk about different types shopping using present continuous time frame. They will learn more connectives linking the topic into wider contexts.

  1. Reading and writing: To read a range of Mandarin texts of different lengths and to respond in English. Students will be asked to write characters in the writing assessment.
爱好

hobby

喜欢

like

运动

sport

eat

drink

class

历史

history

音乐

music

游泳

swimming

跑步

running

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural
Develop the individual:

Helps students to understand Chinese methods of transport and recent developments in China.

Create a supportive community:

Students participate in group work.

Term 2: Travel in China

To learn to talk about seasons and directions for when traveling. Students will also learn to use 过 - a grammar particle, to talk about experience.

  1. Listening and reading: students will listen to a range of sentences of different lengths in a speech or dialogue and respond in English. In reading, they will be asked to read a range of texts and answer questions in English.
今天

today

明天

tomorrow

海边

seaside

城市

city

博物馆

museum

go

滑雪

skiing

地方

place

朋友

friend

rain

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural
Develop the individual:

Students start to understand individualism and that the choices and situations they live in make them unique.

Create a supportive community:

Students learn to appreciate others and respect those from other backgrounds.

Term 3: My life

Students revisit topics, characters and structures learnt in Year 8. They will be able to talk about various aspects about “My life”.

  1. Speaking assessment: students will be given a list of questions to prepare and the teacher will ask individual students questions.

tall

short

fat

thin

漂亮

pretty

black

绿

green

shoes

大衣

coat

裙子

skirt

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural
Develop the individual:

Students understand living situations in China. Students learn to appreciate their living situation.

Create a supportive community:

By appreciating where they live and discussing what there is there students will appreciate concepts of community.

Term 4: School

Students will be able to describe the school location and facilities and to talk about a typical school day, for example an exchange activity, an extra- curricular activity, interesting events happening in school. They will compare schools in different areas and countries.

  1. Reading and translation: students will read a range of texts in Mandarin and answer questions in English. They will be asked to translate a few sentences from English into Mandarin characters.
公园

park

银行

bank

邮局

post

come

常常

often

上个

last

周末

weekend

下个

next

见面

meet

厕所

toilet

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural
Develop the individual:

Students understand living situations in China. Students learn to appreciate their living situation.

Create a supportive community:

By appreciating where they live and discussing what there is there students will appreciate concepts of community.

Term 5: Leisure

Students will learn to describe sports facilities in their area and what sports and extra-curricular activities they like. They will talk about activities they do when socialising with family, friends, and classmates.

  1. Listening and Speaking: students listen to a range of listening texts in Mandarin and answer questions in English. For speaking, students will be given a photo card with instructions. A few questions related to the photo will be asked and students are required to answer in Mandarin.
青菜

greens

苹果

apple

pen

西红柿

tomato

超市

supermarket

葡萄

grapes

公斤

kilo

buy

sell

橙子

orange

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural
Develop the individual:

Students should be able to reflect on their learning and appreciate what they have achieved this year.

Create a supportive community:

Term 6: Revision and hurdle test

Students revise previous learning, prepare for the MEP Hurdle tests and sit the exam.

  1. Hurdle Test: this test is in line with the MEP and the school assessment arrangements.
春天

spring

西

west

north

east

south

夏天

summer

秋天

autumn

冬天

winter

非常

very

筷子

chopsticks

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural
Develop the individual:

Students should be able to reflect their learning and appreciate what they have achieved this year.

Create a supportive community: