- Chinese
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Full-Year
PREREQ: Chinese proficiency - Novice High
The goal of Intermediate Low Chinese is to progress from the Novice High to the Intermediate Low level, as specified by ACTFL proficiency guidelines. The classroom experience is grounded in the four communicative skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The three modes of communication — interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational — provide the organizing principle for the course content. At the Intermediate Low proficiency level, students can participate in conversations on a number of familiar topics using simple sentences. They can handle short social interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering simple questions. In the interpretive mode, students can understand the main idea of short and simple texts when the topic is familiar. They can present information on most familiar topics using a series of simple sentences. The class is conducted increasingly in Mandarin Chinese, and students produce more unrehearsed stories and short essays in class.
- Grade 9
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12