Completion of Intermediate 5 with a B+ or higher and department recommendation
Entry Proficiency Level: Intermediate High
End of Course Targeting Proficiency Level: Pre-Advanced
AP Chinese Language & Culture class is conducted entirely in Mandarin focusing on developing a greater range of conventional social usage and transition to language that is stylistically more formal at times. Units include: Families in Different Society, Influence of Beauty & Art, The Influence of Culture & Language, the How Science and Technology Affect People’s Life, Factors that Impact Quality of Life and Environmental, Political and Societal Changes. Chinese culture is an important aspect in this course which is embedded in each topic including practice, products, value and beliefs. Texts, teaching materials, and activities introduced in this course are intended to develop students’ advanced communication skills through various language activities and authentic materials.
At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to:
- Contrast and compare Chinese values and perspectives with their own.
- Acquire familiarity with language that reflects a more formal, written style.
- Exchange information in conversations and discussions on a variety of familiar and concrete topics.
- Narrate, describe, and comment on a variety of concrete, and occasionally abstract topics relating to real-life situations.
- Interprets a variety of authentic or modified authentic sources and follows the messages in various time frames.
- Describe the product, practice, and perspectives of Chinese culture and make a comparison to that of their own culture.
- Use connected sentences to form a cohesive paragraph.
- Be proficient in the use of Chinese input in computer applications.