大家好Welcome to our IB Ab initio Class

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Juliana Zhu (Zhu lao shi ) Come from Hangzhou, China 7th year teaching Mandarin in SCIS Please introduce yourself to the class. What is your name? Where do you come from? What ‘s your Chinese learning experience ？

自我介绍 Self Introduction

IB Mandarin Ab Initio

SY 2013-2015Instructor: Juliana Zhu

Individual and Society

Appearance and character; Daily routines; Education; Food and Drink; Physical health; Relationships; Shopping.

Leisure and WorkEmployment; Entertainment; Holidays; Media; Transport;

Technology; Sport. Urban and Rural Environment

Emergencies; Environmental concerns; Neighborhood; Physical Geography; Town and Services; Weather.

Topics

Assessment

External Assessment

75%

• Paper 1 (1 hour and 30 minutes): • Receptive skills 30%• Paper 2 (1 hour): Productive skills

25%• Written assignment (2 hours):

Receptive and productive skills 20%

Internal Assessment

25%

• Individual oral (10 minutes): Interactive skills

External Assessment (EA) part 1

Paper 1 Receptive Skills1.5 hours30% 40 marks

To assess, through a variety of exercises, the student’s ability to read and understand a range of authentic texts.

Deduce the meaning of words from their context

Understand grammatical structures and functions

Be aware of the cohesive devices that give coherence to a text

The text booklet consists of four texts, and Q&A booklet contains up to 40 text-handing questions.

True or false exercises

Multiple-choice

Short-answer

Table-filling

Gap-filling

Matching

External Assessment (EA) part 2

Paper 2 Productive Skills

1 hour25% 20 marks

Section A: Short writing task7 marks

Student answer one question from a choice of two

Flyer, Blog, Email, Invitation, List, Menu, Message, Notice, Poster.A minimum of 50

words, 60 Mandarin characters.

Section B: Extended writing task18 marks

Student answer one question from a choice of three

Article, Blog, Brochure, Diary, Email, Online entry, Essay, Interview, Letter, Report, Review, Speech

A minimum of 100 words, 120 Mandarin characters.

External Assessment (EA) part 3

Written Assignment Receptive and Productive Skills1 hours 20% 20 marks• Independent work of the student• In the target language• The title of the written assignment is the choice of the

student from the prescribed theme (individual and society, leisure and work, urban and rural environment)

• The use of a bilingual or monolingual dictionary and reference material is permitted.

Internal Assessment (IA)Individual OralProductive Skills

10 minPlus 15 min of preparation

25%

Supervised preparation time 15min

The student receives two previously unseen stimuli and selects one for the presentation. Working notes can be made at this stage.

Part I: Presentation 1-2 min

Part II: Questions 2-3 min

Part III: Conversation 4-5 min

At least two questions on the written assignment followed by general conversation on a broad range of topics.

Texts and Resources

Integrated Chinese textbook and workbook

Authentic materials Chinese songs and movies Websites: quizlet, wordpress, nichiku…

Grading

Reading, 20%

Oral, 30%

Writing; 20%

Quiz, 10%

Test, 20%

Class blog:

https: // teachersh.scis-his.net/juliana_zhu/

Email :

juliana_zhu@scischina .org

Student Support

Questions?