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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)