Course Overview:
Continue your journey in the exploration of the Chinese language and the richness of its diverse cultures. In the Chinese 2 course, you will sharpen the increased listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills you acquired in Chinese 2. While oral communication remains the main focus at this level, reading and writing will receive more emphasis as well. You will dive a little deeper into the culture and apply what you learn through written practice, listening, and speaking exercises.
Prerequisites:
Required Materials:
Student-Supplied Resources:
Students need to supply the following materials to complete the coursework.
Required:
- Microphone Sound card
- Speakers or headphones
- Microphone
- Device of choice to record video with audio
Optional:
- Chinese language keyboard extension or add on
School-Supplied Resources:
- Simply Speak Recording Tool
*A special note about the Simply Speak Recording Tool:
In order for the Simply Speak Recording to function, the course should be opened on a non-mobile device using Google Chrome. If you do not have the ability to access the course following these requirements, you may use the alternative options provided in the Speech Tools Tab on the Menu Bar.
Syllabus:
Semester 2:
Segment Two:
- Identify and use healthy living, healthy habits, a balanced body, time for a checkup, and healthy choices vocabulary.
- Identify and apply the use of the pinyin initials and finals "b," "a," "eng," "z," "er," "zh," "ou," "j," "uo," "t," "uai," "ch," "ΓΌ," "r," "ie," "en," "un," "p," "ua," "s," "ui," "n," "o," "ia," "m," "f," and "ei."
- Compare and contrast healthy habits from the Chinese culture and in the United States.
- Identify Chinese scientists and their contributions.
- Compare healthy diets from the Chinese culture and in the United States.
- Identify and use child's play, family trip, childhood memories, animals and pets, and celebrations vocabulary.
- Compare and contrast toys, fairy tales, and music from China and the United States.
- Identify traveling locations in China.
- Identify and use future plans, a perfect plan, travel time, what's next, and to infinity and beyond vocabulary.
- Identify cultural, economic, religious, and political contributions of the Song, Ming, and Qin dynasties.
- Identify careers after high school in the Chinese culture.
- Identify and use question words.
Module 04: Healthy Living
- 04.00 Healthy Living Pretest
- 04.01 Healthy Habits
- 04.02 A Balanced Body
- 04.03 Time for a Checkup
- 04.04 Healthy Living Workshop
- 04.06 Healthy Choices
- 04.07 Healthy Living Presentational Speaking
Module 05: Remember When
- 05.00 Remember When Pretest
- 05.01 Child's Play
- 05.02 Family Trip
- 05.03 Culture Contact
- 05.04 Remember When Workshop
- 05.06 Party Time
- 05.07 Remember When Presentational Speaking
Module 06: Future Plans
- 06.00 Future Plans Pretest
- 06.01 The Perfect Plan
- 06.02 Travel Time
- 06.03 What's Next?
- 06.04 Future Plans Workshop
- 06.06 To Infinity and Beyond
- 06.07 Future Plans Presentational Speaking
