Grades 12
Full Year – 1 Unit
At this higher level of Chinese learning, students will be expected to be able to read and discuss daily Chinese news and be able to present ideas on specific topics. They will also read, write and discuss the topics of global challenges, science and technology, contemporary life, personal and public identities, families and communities, and beauty and aesthetics. Language skills will reinforce the approximately 1,000 characters learned previously and introduce 500 new ones. Language skills based on modern Chinese life as well as traditional Chinese culture will be developed. Students will delve further into the study of Chinese culture including geography, history and traditions and customs that are found in all different regions of the world including Chinatowns, Singapore and Malaysia. Students will also have a chance to read the China Daily news, and learn about the current policy in China, such as the One Belt, One Road policy, the New Country Policy, and the Hope Project. By the end of this course, students will be able to make conversation with native speakers and share their own opinion about major popular topics. To receive International Baccalaureate credit on a Shaker Heights High School transcript, the student must complete the IB Internal and External Assessments. Students may also be eligible to participate in the assessment to receive the Seal of Biliteracy.
Recommended: Mandarin Chinese V (or equivalent) with a grade of C or above or Permission of Dept. Chair