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Chinese at SIS

Chinese at SIS. What we believe. Appropriately challenged Engaged in meaningful learning Pursue lifelong learning. Courses for IGCSE & IB. IB (Year 12 &13) Chinese B Standard Level Chinese B Higher Level Chinese A Lang & Lit (HL/SL). IGCSE (Year 10 &11) Chinese as foreign language

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Chinese at SIS

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  1. Chinese at SIS

  2. What we believe... • Appropriately challenged • Engaged in meaningful learning • Pursue lifelong learning

  3. Courses for IGCSE & IB • IB (Year 12 &13) • Chinese B Standard Level • Chinese B Higher Level • Chinese A Lang & Lit (HL/SL) • IGCSE (Year 10 &11) • Chinese as foreign language • Chinese as 2nd language (Piloted in 2011) • Chinese as 1st language

  4. Pathways & IB courses

  5. Pathway B

  6. Pathway AB

  7. Pathway A

  8. Which pathway?

  9. Year 9 Option • Choices • Chinese Only • Spanish/French Only • Bilingual programme • Chinese+French or • Chinese+Spanish

  10. Instruction Time

  11. Poetry Recital • Will be back...

  12. 再别康桥-徐志摩 • Farewell to Cambridge Once More Performed By: Nicola Avitabile & Puvaanah Arrumugam

  13. About the Poem • 徐志摩 (January 15, 1897 – November 19, 1931) Xu Zhimo, one of the most famous contemporary poets in China. • During the two years in Cambridge, he was largely inspired by the British literature, which sparkled his enthusiasm on creating modern style poems that had become widely loved by generations to come. • Some time later, Xu revisited Cambridge and was overwhelmed by all the bitter and sweet memories. On his leaving, he wrote down this beautiful poem for Cambridge, which turned out to be his farewell to Cambridge.

  14. The first two lines of this poem were inscribed on a memorial stone at Cambridge in England.

  15. 向太阳 艾青 Towards the sun Ai Qing In the morning i wake up, and the first thing i see is your glory, but i am still tired of all the nightmares i had last night I opened my window for the first time in months, and i say your beautiful rays, and the smell of pollen, the breeze is fresh and gentle My heart is full of gratitude, as i see your rays, and i spread myself on my table looking at you, i haven’t seen you since winter so i was pleasantly surprise to see you, you were right across from me, on the opposite side of the mountain I used a lot of energy to open my eyes to look at you, you were so bright. Eager to capture your image. How strong, how trance, how solemn. Your light hurt my eyes

  16. 向太阳 艾青 Towards the sun Ai Qing Sun! I feel so happy to see you, you bring happiness to human beings and you bring me comfort. You are our time keeper,you keep the days going, you control the wilderness on this planet. Without you, the sunAll life is creeping in the darkEven with wings like a bat can onlyFlying in the eternal night I love you like kids love their mothers You make everything so wonderful and nurtured you are my enthusiasm for life you will be here until my death parts us Today i think of going to the mountain tops taking off all my clothes and lets you rays bath my soul in glory Done by : Hugo Dupont Kyle Johnson Chun lung Cheng

  17. The Learning of theChinese Language • A Logographic Language • Broader Skills Needed • Visual-verbal paired learning • Visual-motor integration

  18. Example • ma • 妈、马、吗、麻、骂、码、玛、嘛、抹、蚂、嬷... ... • jia • 家、加、假、佳、嘉、价、甲、架、夹、驾、嫁、颊、枷、钾、稼、珈、袈、伽、瘕、笳、岬、荚... ...

  19. I III II

  20. Benchmark Exams • Y6-7 ESF Transitional Chinese Assessment • Y8 SIS Benchmark test to place students for Y9 options • Y9 ESF-HKEAA Chinese Exam for certification • Y11 ESF Benchmark Exam

  21. Pathway distributions IGCSE 2012

  22. IGCSE Scores

  23. IB courses distributions

  24. IB Score compare to world average

  25. ICT AS A LEARNING TOOL • VLE • Engrade • GoogleDocs • Quizlet • C-Read • Zooburst • VoiceThread • iMovie • Garageband • Reading World • GoogleForms • Lino • Dropbox • Google Translate

  26. Chinese AS A COMMUNICATION TOOL • Extra Curricular Activities: • Nanchang Sister School Exchange for Y9 Students • Bilingual Debate, Chinese Debate, Speech Festival • Chinese New Year Assembly • Chinese Tutoring Club • Chinese Dance, Lion Dance • Art and Music talent

  27. Independent Learning • Better teach a person to fish, rather give him fish. • 授之以鱼，不如授之以渔 • Passion, Skills and Sense of ownership

  28. Mobile Learning • If you have 3G or 4G data access, just connect to internet. • if you don’t have, please follow the steps below: • Network: SIS-Guest • User name: vip • Password: weareinsis • Open browser to authenticate (Click: I understand risk) • Go to: www.socrative.com

  29. Mobile Learning • www.socrative.com • Go to Student Log in • Fill in Room Number: sishall • Click Join Room • Question 1:

  30. Band Descriptors Band Name Reading Descriptors/Writing Descriptors Proficient Chinese as Near Native language (CNN 2) ♣ Understands factual texts of the most common genres with a high degree of accuracy in comprehension, e.g. middle school textbooks and newspaper reports. ♣ Understands and reads literary works which do not contain involved plots or sophisticated emotional development, e.g. short stories for students or simple poems. ♣ Able to pursue secondary schooling in Chinese after a short, intensive language study. ♣ Writes informative texts for practical purposes with clarity and a consistent personal style, e.g. recounts of events or reports on familiar topics. ♣ Writes creatively, argumentatively or persuasively, using the grammar and vocabulary expected of native speakers of a similar age. ♣ Writes coherently and cohesively, showing flexible use of language. Competent Chinese as a Near Native language (CNN1) ♣ Understands factual texts of the most common genres with a reasonable degree of accuracy and comprehension, e.g. middle school textbooks and newspaper reports. ♣ Able to pursue secondary schooling in Chinese after intensive language study for a year. ♣ Writes for practical purposes, providing factual information in a logical sequence, e.g. recounts or simple reports on familiar matters. ♣ Expresses personal opinion and arguments, using basic grammar and vocabulary expected of native speakers of similar age. Functional Chinese as a Second Language (CSL2) ♣ Comprehends factual texts which deploy simple language with some degree of accuracy, e.g. advertisements or stories in youth magazines. ♣ Reads letters written in common, everyday language. ♣ Reads and understands simple literary texts. ♣ Writes a recount or description of everyday nature, e.g. personal diary or work log, showing varied choice of words. ♣ Writes a variety of texts demonstrating some control over clarity and detail, e.g. simple reports or a letter of application. Developing Chinese as a Second Language (CSL1) ♣ Understands simple, informative texts, e.g. plain language advertisements or stories in youth magazines. ♣ Reads personal or business letters in common, everyday language about familiar matters. ♣ Records an event or describes a person or object using everyday, high frequency words, e.g. a travel journal. ♣ Writes simple reports by summarising and rearranging information gathered from familiar contexts, using the core vocabulary of the context. Basic Chinese as an Additional Language (CAL3) ♣ Understands simple, controlled texts, e.g. weather forecasts and train schedules. ♣ Understands some basic content of popular items in newspapers and magazines. ♣ Understands some main ideas in simple, personal or business communication, e.g. letters, postcards or notices. ♣ Writes simple, informative texts on familiar topics using a vocabulary of a few hundred common words, e.g. an instruction or annotation. ♣ Describes people, objects or matters in a written text, using linguistic devices learnt in and out of class. Elementary Chinese as an Additional Language (CAL2) ♣ Can identify some points in simple, controlled texts, e.g. weather forecasts and timetables. ♣ Comprehends the headlines of general newspaper reports. ♣ Understands some aspects of personal or business communication, e.g. letters, postcards or notices. ♣ Writes simple messages on familiar topics using a vocabulary of two hundred common, basic words, e.g. notes or simple instructions. ♣ Describes people or objects at word or sentence level. Can join sentences into paragraphs. Emerging Chinese as an Additional Language (CAL1) ♣ Understands some elements of simple, controlled texts, e.g. names, gender and dates. ♣ Able to identify single words or phrases in prescribed materials, e.g. menus, catalogues, book covers and road signs. ♣ Express meaning at the single word or phrase level within the one hundred most frequently used Chinese characters. ♣ Able to communicate on prepared topics by drawing Chinese characters, with reference to a dictionary.

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