Entry Proficiency Level: Intermediate High
End of Course Targeting Proficiency Level: Pre-Advanced
In Advanced 1 course, students will explore Chinese culture and history and make deeper connections to Chinese cities and Chinese people’s life. Texts, teaching materials, and activities introduced in this course are intended to develop students’ advanced communication skills through various language activities and authentic materials. Units include: Changes in China, Life & Environment, Families in different Societies, and the Wellness and Health. Chinese culture is an important aspect of this course which is embedded in each topic including practice, products, values and beliefs.
At the conclusion of Advanced 1/Advanced Placement, students should be able to:
- Relate authentic Chinese cultural practices.
- Tell familiar folktales.
- Use culturally-appropriate language in a variety of politeness registers and social contexts (e.g., as a house guest, greeting someone at the airport).
- Contrast and compare Chinese values and perspectives with their own.
- Acquire familiarity with language that reflects more formal, written style.
- Exchange information in conversations and some discussions on a variety of familiar topics and concrete topics, using connected sentences that may combine to form paragraphs.
- Read materials written for students completing their second year in an American college program.
- Be proficient in the use of Chinese input in computer applications.