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IB ab initio Chinese

Student Handbook

Anglo European School

MFL Department

BeingSuccessfulinIBLanguagesHerearesometipstoensureyouaresuccessfulinyourGroup2subject.

• Beorganised(followyourteacher’sadviceonfiling)• Vocabularylearningisimportant-littleandoften• Workouthowyoulearnanddeveloptechniquesappropriately• Readwidelyinyourlanguageandchoosetextsthatyoufindinteresting• Keepuptodatewithcurrentaffairsintherelevanttargetcultures• Practisegrammarregularly(seethelistofusefulwebsitesattheback)• Takeopportunitiestopractiseyourlanguage• Watchandlistenasoftenasyoucan• Usedeadtimetopractiseyourskillsorlearnvocabulary

RevisionTips• Revisionisanongoingprocessthatshouldhappenoverthenexttwoyears• Littleandoftenismoreeffective• Recapyournotesaftereachlessonandthenattheendofaunit/term• Makesureyourrevisionisactive• Equipyourself-flashcards/highlighters/post-itnotes• UsetheInternet-therearelotsofvideosandwebsitestohelpyou• Don’tfoolyourself-readingapageofnotesisnotrevision• Getsomeonetotestyou• Workwithafriendorinagroup• Usepastpapers• Speaktoyourteacherforadviceifyouneedhelponatopic• Don’tleaveeverythinguntilthelastminute

AbinitioMandarinChineseCourseOutlinePaper

Details Weighting

Paper1Writing1hour

MayofYear13Twowrittentasksof75-150wordseachfromachoiceofthree,eachbasedonathemefromthespecification.Studentswillbeexpectedtochoosethetexttypefromaselectiongiven.ExternallyassessedbytheIB

25%

Paper2ReadingandListening1hour45minutes

MayofYear13Listening-Comprehensiontasksbasedonthreeaudiotexts(45minutes)Reading-Comprehensiontasksbasedonthreewrittentexts(1hour)ExternallyassessedbytheIB

50%

IndividualOral15minutespreparation7-10minutesexam

January/FebruaryofYear13Preparation-15minutesStudentsaregiventwovisualstimuli,eachrelatedtoadifferentthemefromthecourse.Studentschooseoneoftheseandprepareapresentationonthestimulus.Briefnotesmaybewrittenatthistime.Presentation-1-2minutesStudentsdelivertheirpresentationonthevisualstimulus,describingtheimageandrelatingittotherelevantthemeandtargetculture.Follow-updiscussion-3-4minutesTheteacherwillaskthestudentfollow-upquestionsbasedontheirpresentation.Generaldiscussion-3-4minutesTheteacherwillaskthestudentquestionsonatleastoneothertheme.AssessedbytheteacherandmoderatedbytheIB

25%

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ExternalAssessmentCriteria(WritingExam)

InternalAssessmentCriteria(OralExam)