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Secondary Course Description 1

General Information

Course Title: Chinese 3-4

Short Course Title: Chinese

(abbreviated, max 8 chars)

Course Subtitle:

(aka “catchy” title)

Subject Area: Chinese Department: Foreign Language

Credential Type: Languages other than Engl Grade Level: 9-12

Course Duration/Credits: 1 Year, 10 Units 1 Semester, 5 Units 1 Quarter, 2.5 Units

Course Type: Regular Course Honors Course SLC Course ROP

Graduation Requirement: Yes No Category (if Yes):

Submission Date: 5/18/2010

Submitting School Site: Edison High School SLC Pathway: n/a

Funding Source(s):

Projected Enrollment: Number of Sections:

Subject Area for UC Submission (if applicable)

History English Math

Laboratory Science Biological Science Other

College Prep Elective Internship

Visual/Performing Arts - Introductory Level Visual/Performing Arts - Advanced Level

Curriculum Department

Secondary Curriculum

Course Description


Additional Course Information

Is this course being reinstated after removal? Yes No

Is this course identical to a course at another school within SUSD? Yes No

If yes, which school?

Is this course based on an approved course in another District? Yes No

If yes, which District? Palo Alto High School

Is this course an approved AP or IB course? Yes No

Is this course an approved CDE Agricultural Education course? Yes No

Is this course an approved AVID course? Yes No

Catalog Description

Brief Course Description

This is the second level of Nihao series. It follows Nihao One and aims to teach students more advanced skills

in Chinese over a wider range of situations. Nihao Two also reinforces the language and cultural elements

introduced in Nihao One. The objectives are to enable students to use Chinese in the classroom, playground,

local community and countries where the language is spoken.

Pre-Requisites

Chinese 1-2

Co-Requisites

none

Background Information

Context for Course

This is a second year of Mandarin Chinese course.


Texts and Supplemental Instructional Materials

Textbook(s)

Ni Hao, 3rd edition, 2008 by Shumang and Paul Fredlein, ChinaSoft PTY Ltd

Supplemental Instructional Materials

Ni Hao Student Workbook and Teacher's Handbook

Electronic resources: Ni Hao Audio CD, CD-ROM Game Software, Chinese Festivals CD-ROM and Sing with

Better Chinese CD

Various standards based internet information

Course Content

Course Purpose

What is the purpose of this course? Please provide a brief description of the goals and expected outcomes. Do not simply

recite standards for the course.

Course Goals

1. Provide students a solid foundation in Chinese Language for further study, work, business and leisure.

2. Develop the ability to communicate accurately and effectively in listening, speech and writing within a

range of genuine contexts.

3. Develop an understanding of and response to language demands in and out of the classroom setting.

4. Offer insights into the Chinese cultures while effectivly integrating comprehension and useful skills.

5. Provide an opportunity to enjoy the creative and intellectual stimulation in the study of foreign language.

Major Student Outcomes

Students who complete Chinese 3 & 4 will have demonstrated effective communication at the appropriate

level through listening, speaking and writing, reading with understanding in the following areas:.

1. Interpersonal communication: direct oral and written communication between individuals.

2. Interpretive communication: Receptive communication of oral or written messages.

3. Presentational communication: Productive communication using oral or written language.

4. Cultural knowledge: (a) Knowledge of cultureal perspectives governing interactions between individuals of

ages, statuses, backgrounds. (b) Knowledge of how cultural perspectives are embedded in products (literary

artistic). (c) Knowledge of cultural perspectives governing interactions between a speaker and his/her audience

and a writer and his/her reader.


Course Requirements

Key Assignments

Include all major assignments that students will be required to complete each quarter. How do assignments incorporate

the SLC them?

First Quarter Key Assignments

Poster: A poster with information about student's personal and family information, their relationships,

occupations, like and dislike, based on the language functions and sentence patterns that students have

learned from Chinese 1 & 2.

Plus 3-5 minutes in class presentation.

Second Quarter Key Assignments

Cultural Participation and Research (C.P.R.) Activities (Topics can include music, food, travel, shopping, T.V.,

movie, magazine, art, sports, history, celebrity, important figure, etc.) Students will need to prepare:

1) A 3 - 4 page typed write up in English about their topic (include who, what, when, where, why, and how).

2) Their impressions, opinions and what they learned from this C.P.R. activity.

3) A poster written in Chinese only for this C.P.R. activity.

4) A 6 to 8 minutes in class presentation (50% of presentation has to be in Chinese.)

Third Quarter Key Assignments

Mini-role Play: (1) pairs present a 3 - 5 minute memorized skit based on the textbook content information.

or (2) student can sing a song or recite a poem in Chinese.

Fourth Quarter Key Assignments

(1) With a partner or group, perform a mini-drama in Chinese for 15 minutes or (2) Keep a journal of a movie

or video, a "trip", and "experience" to Chinese Cultural activities… describe in writing or captioned pictures

your experiences in Chinese.

Writing

Courses should require recurrent practice in writing structured, analytical papers. Students must demonstrate

understanding of the core and/or theme based content through written response to texts of varying lengths.

First Quarter General Topic and Length of Paper(s)

Writing is incorporated in key assignments as states above.

Second Quarter General Topic and Length of Paper(s)


Third Quarter General Topic and Length of Paper(s)


Fourth Quarter General Topic and Length of Paper(s)



Course Requirements (cont’d)

Project/Laboratory Activities

Courses should include hands-on activities that are directly related to and support the other core and/or theme based

classwork. Describe projects and labs students will be expected to complete.

First Quarter General Topic for Projects/Labs

N/A

Second Quarter General Topic for Projects/Labs

N/A

Third Quarter General Topic for Projects/Labs

N/A

Fourth Quarter General Topic for Projects/Labs

N/A

Assessment Methods and/or Tools

Describe the ongoing Formative and Summative Assessments

Formative Assessments Summative Assessments

First Quarter

Frequent vocabulary quizzes and tests Listening and reading comprehension

assessments using short answers,

matching, multiple choice and open-

ended questions

Second Quarter




ended questions.

A written, comprehensive semester exam

for all material covered in 1st semester.

Third Quarter




ended questions


Fourth Quarter




ended questions.

A written, comprehensive semester exam

for all material covered in the full year.


Course Outline

Detailed descriptions of topics covered. Show how the texts or readings are incorporated into the topics

covered.

First Quarter Topics Covered Text and Readings


Review Chinese 1 & 2 Characters, Lanugage skills, and

sentence patterns.

Chapter One - (My birthday)

Askign a date

Asking the day of the week

Stating the date

Asking whose birthday it is

Asking about birthdays

Asking the year someone was born

Chapter Two - My day

Asking what someone is doing

Asking the time

Asking what time somone does something

Use of "le"

Review level one final lesson.

This final lesson teaches the

students to write a letter to a

Chinese pen friend about

himselfbased on the topics

learnt in level one.

Chapter One -

Sentence patters:

Jintian shi (jiyue) jihao? What's

the date today?

Jintian shi xingqiji? What day

is it today? Ni shi nanian

shengde? What year were you

born?

Jintian shi bushi sanyue

wuhao? Is today March 5th?

Jintian shi wuyue liuhao, dui

budui? Today is May 6th, isn't

it?

Wo mingtian qu da qiu, keyi

ma? May I play ball

tomorrow?

Nide shengri shi jiyue jihao?

When is your birthday.

Jintian shi yijiujiusn nian eryue

ershiwu ri, xingqui si. Today is

Thursday, Feb. 25, 1993.

Jintian shi yijiujiusan nian

eryue ershiwu ri, xingqi si.

Today is Thursday, Feb. 25,

1993.

Characters introduced: yue, ri,

hao, jin, ming, zuo.

w

an


Second Quarter

Topics Covered Text and Readings

Chapter Three - Where

Stating relative locations

Asking the location of something / someone

Asking what someone is doing somewhere

Use of "ne" in a question

Chapter Four - My clothes

Asking what someone is wearing

Describing how clothes fit

Use of "qilai" after a verb

Stating a discount

Use of "de" as a descriptive work

Asking about someone's purchase

Asking what to wear

Chapter Five - Review One

Review Chapter One to Chapter Four Lanugage

functions, sentence patterns, and vocabulary.

Chapter 3 - Wo zai zuobian; ni

zai youbian.

gege zai nar? Didi zai keting

zuo shenme?

wo xihuan da pingpangqiu, ni

ne?

ni de gou zai nar ne?

Characters introduced:

na, er, che, qian, mian, hou,

zuo, bian, you, li, wai fang, zi,

jian & ne.

Chapter 4 - jiejie jintian chuan

shenme? zhe jian waitao

zenmeyang? na tiao qunzi

chuan qilai bu shufu. jintian de

yifu da ji zhe? meimei chuan le

yi tiao hongse de qunzi. ni

jintian mai le shenme yifu?

jiejie jintian gai chuan shenme?

characters introduced:

yi, fu, chuan, huang, xian, tai,

zen, yang, jian, hong, se, lu,

bai, hei & lan.

Chapter 5 - Review One:

Review Chapter One to

Chapter Four Lanugage

functions, sentence patterns

and vocabulary.

A three paragraph readings

cover most of the characters,

and sentence patterns and

language functions from

previous four chapters.


Course Outline (cont’d)

Detailed descriptions of topics covered. Show how the texts or readings are incorporated into the topics

covered.

Third Quarter Topics Covered Text and Readings


Chapter Six - Shopping

Asking the price

Asking how things are sold

Expressing the degree of an opinion

Making comparisons

Asking for another option

Chapter Seven - Making a phoen Call

Askign if someone is Home Computer aksing When

some is coming back

Asking who is speakign on the telephone

Asking if someone has come back

Asking someone's telephone number

Asking someone who h / she is looking for

Asking if someone is available

Seeking agreement

Chapter Eight - Eating

Ordering food

Offering a choice

Expressing usually or often

Explaining cause

Expressions used by the host

Chapter 6 - zhe shouji duoshao

qian? pingguo zenme mai?

zhe lizhi tai gui le. zhe jian

yufu hen gui. zhe jian tai da le,

you mei you xiao dianr de?

zhe jian haishi da, you mei you

geng xiao de?

Characters Introduce - mai,

duo, shao, qian, kuai, mao,

gong, mai, yao, gui, pian, yi,

hai, geng & gei.

Chapter 7 - quingwen ni baba

zai jian ma? ni mama shenme

shihou huilai? nin shi na wei?

wo shi huang ayi.

ni gege huilai le ma? ni de

dianhua hao ma shi duoshao?

Characters introduce - dian,

hua, qing, nin, shi, shi, hou,

hui, lai, zai, zhao, deng, kong,

ke & yi

Chapter 8 - Nin dian shenme

cai? nin yao chi mifan haishi

chaofan? yinwei xiayu, suoyi

didi bu qu shangxue. bie keqi -

wo bu kequ.

ni ziji lai. hao wo ziiji lai.

jintian mei shenme cai. - nin

tai keqi le.

Characters introduce -

cheng, xie, dou, chao, mi, ke,

qi, guan, de chang, yin, wei,

suo, ping & cha.


Fourth Quarter

Topics Covered Text and Readings

Chapter Nine - Weather

Inquiring about the weather

Use of "you"

Asking about the season

Use of "si le"

Use of "jiu"

Use of "hui" to indicate the future

Chapter Ten - Revision II

Review Chapter Six to Chapter Nine Lanugage

functions, sentence patterns, and vocabulary.

Chapter 9 - jintian tianqi

zenmeyang? jintian tianqi hen

hao. zuotian you leng, you

xiayu. na jian yifu you gui, you

bu haokan. zher de chuntian

zenme yang? Jjntian re si le.

wo e si le. ni e bu e? yifu

pianyi, na jiu mai ba. xiayu le,

na jiu bu yao qu daqiu le.

migntian hui xiayu. ni mama

xiawu hui huilai ma? hui, ta

san dian zuoyou huilai.

Chapter Ten - Revision II

Review Chapter Six to Chapter

Nine Lanugage functions,

sentence patterns and

vocabulary.

A three paragraph diary

includes most of sentence

structures and language

functions cover from Chapter

six to Chapter Nine.

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Curriculum Department - Stockton Unified School · PDF file(aka “catchy” title) Subject Area: ... Course Duration/Credits: 1 Year, 10 Units 1 Semester, 5 Units 1 Quarter, ... comprehensive