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Course Overview

Stage 5

In 2007, for the first time The Open High High School is offering Mandarin Chinese as an elective language to Stage 5 students (Years Nine and Ten). Course delivery is through a CD ROM called ‘Zou Ba’ (Let’s Go!) which is at the ‘cutting edge’ of language learning. The CD provides an interactive, fun way to learn the language though a scenario and a number of related tasks. Support material is provided by printed course material and an additional CD ROM, ‘China Album’ which reinforces and extends what students have learnt in ’Zou Ba.’ At the completion of each unit students send in a worksheet to be marked by the teacher and have regular phone lessons to practise the language learned.

Stage 6

Chinese Beginners (Preliminary Course)

In  2009, Open High School is offering the Preliminary Course in Chinese Beginners. The students will be accelerated through the ‘Zou Ba’ CD Rom. Students will then progress on with the appropriate units in 'Ni Hao' 2-4. All courses are interactive and students will have support from their teacher in the form of printed worksheets and phone lessons.

Chinese Continuers (Preliminary Course)

There are altogether 8 modules for the course to be used in conjunction with the course 'Ni Hao 3'. CDs are available to accompany the modules. A variety of exercises are produced for students to practise their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Phone lessons are conducted on a weekly basis for students to seek feedback on their work, to get advice on examination techniques and to develop their overall conversational skills. There are a lot of self-correcting exercises for students to get immediate feedback. There are also tasks that students need to send back to their teachers for comments.

Stage 6 Syllabi (From Board of Studies)

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Country Overview

China is the world's largest country by population and one of the largest by area, measuring about the same size as the United States. The Chinese call their country Zhongguo, which means 'Central Country' or 'Middle Kingdom'. The name China was given to it by foreigners and is probably based on a corruption of Qin (pronounced 'chin'), a Chinese dynasty that ruled during the 3rd century BC.

Official Language Of

People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong; Taiwan; Singapore; Macau

Total Number of Speakers

More than 1.3 billion

Language Family

Sino-Tibetan

Writing System

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Language Overview

There are between six and twelve main regional groups of Chinese, of which the most populous is Mandarin, followed by Wu, and Cantonese. The standardised form of spoken Chinese is based on the Beijing dialect, a member of the Mandarin group. About one-fifth of the people in the world speak some form of Chinese as their native language. In general, all varieties of Chinese are tonal and analytic. However, Chinese is also distinguished by a high level of internal diversity.