West Point Grey Academy
TCSL Programs in Secondary Schools
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Institute |
West Point Grey Academy |
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Chinese Program |
Chinese, Languages Department |
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Program Grade |
Grade 8-12 |
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Program in China |
Spring Break Trip to China: |
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Director/ Coordinator |
Mr. Larry Lei |
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Enrolment |
Regular Program: Grade 8: 18 students Grade 9: 22 students Grade 10: 20 students Grade 11: 16 students Grade 12: 18 students Summer School: None |
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Chinese Instructors |
Full-time Teachers: 1 Part-time Teachers: 0 |
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Teaching Assistants |
Full-time Teaching Assistants: 0 Part-time Teaching Assistants: 0 |
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Curricular |
Regular Program: Mandarin 8--12 Summer School: None |
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Textbooks |
Mandarin 8: Nihao Book 1, ChinaSoft, 1999. Mandarin 9: Chinese Made Easy Book 1: Joint Publishing, 2001 Mandarin 10: Chinese Made Easy Book 2: Joint Publishing, 2001 Mandarin 11: Chinese Made Easy Book 3: Joint Publishing, 2002 Mandarin 12: Chinese Made Easy Book 4: Joint Publishing, 2003
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Test Participation |
Mandarin Provincial Exam:18 students
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Events/Activities |
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Contact Information |
Mr. Larry Lei Tel: 604-224-1332 Fax: 604-224-1334 Email: larryzlei@hotmail.com |
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Course Description |
Mandarin 8 The aims of Mandarin 8 course are to enable students to listen, speak, read, and write basic Mandarin Chinese. This course applies the communicative-experiential approach, which focuses on the purposeful use of Mandarin Chinese to perform real-life tasks, share ideas, acquire information, and understand Chinese culture and society. Students will learn about 250 new Chinese characters and 500 new phrases.They will also learn Hanyu Pinyin, a pronunciation system.
Mandarin 9 The aims of Mandarin 9 course are to enable students to listen, speak, read, and write basic Mandarin Chinese. This course applies the communicative-experiential approach, which focuses on the purposeful use of Mandarin Chinese to perform real-life tasks, share ideas, acquire information, and understand Chinese culture and society. Students will learn 250 new Chinese characters and 54 basic Chinese radicals.
Mandarin 10 The aims of Mandarin 10 course are to enable students to listen, speak, read, and write intermediate Mandarin Chinese. This course applies the communicative-experiential approach, which focuses on the purposeful use of Mandarin Chinese to perform real-life tasks, share ideas, acquire information, and understand Chinese culture and society. Students will learn approximately 300 new characters and 500 new phrases.
Mandarin 11 The aims of Mandarin 11 course are to enable students to listen, speak, read, and write intermediate Mandarin Chinese. This course applies the communicative-experiential approach, which focuses on the purposeful use of Mandarin Chinese to perform real-life tasks, share ideas, acquire information, and understand Chinese culture and society. Students will learn approximately 300 new characters and 600 new phrases.
Mandarin 12 The aims of Mandarin 12 course are to enable students to listen, speak, read, and write advanced Mandarin Chinese. This course applies the communicative-experiential approach, which focuses on the purposeful use of Mandarin Chinese to perform real-life tasks, share ideas, acquire information, and understand Chinese culture and society. Students will learn approximately 350 new characters and 550 new phrases. This course will prepare students for writing Mandarin 12 Provincial Exam. |
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Remarks |
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