Year 9 Chinese

Chinese (9CHI):  All Year 9 students have an opportunity to study a language. The aim of the course - Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin), is to give students confidence in communicating in basic Chinese through intercultural learning.   Students will be working at Curriculum Levels 1 & 2.  The Hanyu Pinyin (Romanised) writing system will be used in conjunction with Chinese characters.  Cultural aspects will be integrated with the teaching of the language.  By the end of this course students will be able to converse, read and type in Chinese about themselves, their family, numbers and colors.

The course runs for half the school year with three lessons per week.  The learning material we use are called Getting Started with Chinese . The topics will be covered are: China, The language & The culture, Greeting & fare welling, Exchanging personal information, such as name, age, nationality, family, house & pets, numbers and colors.

There are various fun day trips. Learning traditional Chinese Kungfu movements, go to Chinese restaurant. We will be learning more of Chinese eating etiquettes and customs. We also have lunch party held by International Languages Department for the Gold winners of Education Perfect World Championships.

Upcoming China trip is in 2025.You will be eligible to apply for next China trip which will be in 2027. We look forward to see you in year 10 Chinese class!