Intermediate 1: Completion of Novice 2
Intermediate 2: Completion of Intermediate 1
Entry Proficiency Level: Novice High
End of Course Targeting Proficiency Level: Intermediate Low
Intermediate 1 and Intermediate 2 continue to stress the development of effective communication skills to meet daily needs and interests. The major themes include school community, home compound, surroundings, leisure life, and relationships. Students will react to authentic materials such as menus, maps, and street signs. Different from Novice courses, Intermediate 1 and Intermediate 2 provides students an opportunity to fully develop their communication skills to the level of Intermediate Low according to ACTFL standards in a period of two years if needed. They will be awarded 1 credit for the successful completion of a one-year study.
At the conclusion of Intermediate 1 and Intermediate 2, students should be able to:
- Exchange information.
- Ask and answer follow-up questions.
- Make conversation dealing with simple situations.
- Read and write simple notes, invitations, emails, or letters.
- Continue to develop an awareness of Chinese cultural practices in daily life.
- Manage comfortably in a Mandarin-dominant classroom through asking and providing clarification.
- Decode meaning from simple and common authentic informational sources (both oral and written).