Year 9 Chinese (2 Terms) (9CHI)
9CHI Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Ms S. Shen.
This course provides a foundation in learning Chinese by developing competence in the two strands of oral language (listening and speaking) and written language (reading and writing). At the end of this course, students should enjoy using Chinese in a number of simple but meaningful situations. The topics taught below in Year 9 are designed accordingly at Levels 1 and 2 of the Chinese Language Curriculum in NZ:
- Introduction to Chinese and Hanyu Pinyin
- Basic strokes of Chinese characters
- Greetings/Chinese Festival celebrations/ Introduction to 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs
- Numbers/Dates
- Age/Telephone numbers
- Family members
- Self-introduction/Personal Interests
- Time/Daily Routine
- Colours/Clothing
Students who have significant prior knowledge may have an opportunity to accelerate and should discuss this with their teacher.
This is a new course in 2023, but Howick College is committed to offering this at NCEA level from 2025.
Learning Areas:
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Class Textbook: Easy Steps to Chinese vol.1-Textbook (Available to be used mostly in class)
Student workbook: Easy Steps to Chinese vol.1 - Workbook (student to purchase and used in class and at home) $40
Two of 1B8 Exercise book- student to purchase