西塞拉中学 Mandarin I 初级中文
Instructor: Mrs. Peggy Kao高老师 Year 2015-2016
Email: el: 916-778-4454
Room: 127
Course Description
Mandarin I
Mandarin I is an introductory level course designed for students who have limit exposure of Mandarin. It is also for students who want to improve their pronunciation, characters recognition and writing as well as conversation skills。
The main focus of this course is listening, speaking and Chinese characters recognition. Students are expected to be able to conduct daily conversation. Students will be expected to type in Chinese on computer. Learning strokes order and radicals are important. Therefore, students will understand the development of Chinese characters. We will be celebrating Chinese culture and tradition all year long. This course will help students have a basic knowledge of Chinese Language. Students could choose to pursue higher learning goal in the future such as, SAT Chinese Subject test, AP Chinese, HSK (Chinese Proficiency test)
Textbook:
Ni Hao 1 你好 eCourse on iPad
Workbook
Rhymes and Rhythm by Jian Gao
Chinese Stories elementary on iPad
Chinese apps on iPad
Teacher generated materials
Songs, maps, Internet based learning tools
Recommended website:
*AP Preparation materials
Student Activities
There are two activities assigned to students
learning standards each activity satisfies California World Language content Standard
California Foreign Language Standard
Stage 1
1.1
e. Celebrate holidays and rites of passage
1.1
J. Important dates in the target culture
Stage II
e. Holiday customs and transition points in life
l. Cuisine and recipe
Project
Travel brochure projects
Description
Students research a topic of Chinese language country . Create a travel brochure on their own or with a partner .
Reflection
●Students work in group
●Students understand the information they gathered.
●Student present their culture study in class
●Students learn about a cultural topic and its influence on Chinese civilization or ideology
●Students create PowerPoint presentations or poster or props to demonstrate what they have learned.
●Students learn to search for cultural information on Chinese Web sites
Cooking Projects
Description
After we study lesson about Chinese food, students can form a small group, and each group pick one of Chinese cooking methods. Student will video tape the entire cooking steps and shown to entire class.
Reflection
- Students work together in groups and decide which dishes to study and to cook
- Students comprehend the recipes they get from cookbooks or Internet
- Students present the cooking procedures in a play which is videotaped.
- Students learn about a Chinese cooking method and how it is related to a certain culture or geographical area
- Students cook an authentic Chinese meal and explain the preparation and cooking procedures
- Students use the Internet or library books to research for Chinese recipe
End of SChoolProject Due 5-15-2016
A BOOK About Me
Mandarin I standards
一 –Students can recognize, understand and produce the elements listed below (Vocabulary).
二 – Students can recognize and understand learned words and phrases used in written and spoken contexts
三–Students can communicate using learned words and phrases, producing sentences both orally and in writing.
四– Students can participate in a conversation regarding learned concepts in an authentic situation and
students can identify, understand learned words and phrases in authentic texts and situations.
五 – Students can use appropriate responses to rehearsed cultural situations, identify practices and
perspectives of the target culture and compare and contrast elements of the target culture with their
own culture.
六– Students can identify similarities and differences in the spelling and pronunciation between the
Mandarin language and the languages the student already knows.
Topics to be covered and relating California Standards:
●Vocabulary:
●Write eight basic pictographic characters
●Greetings and introductions
●Family and friends
●Celebrations, holidays and rites of passage
●Counting in Chinese
●Leisure, hobbies and activities
●Vacations, travel, maps, destinations and geography.
●Classroom schedules, subjects, numbers, time, directions
●Food, meals and restaurants
●Parts of the body
Assessment
Preparative
●Homework
●Participation
●Listening practice
=5%
Formative
●Quizzes
●Essay
●Conversation/dialogue
=5%
Summative
●project
●Chapter Tests
●quarter Tests
●Final test
=90%
School supply
Chinese calligraphy brush, ink , and paper
Color pencils
Composition book
1 inch binder
Scissors
Red paper