Mandarin 1

The objective of the SL Language B course is to provide learners with receptive, productive and interactive skills in Spanish, while creating a culturally rich experience. Throughout the course, learners will participate in culturally based activities and projects as a means to further awareness and appreciation. The course will work in cohesion with TOK and CAS in order to advance the international dimension of the learner. Through writing and speaking, the learner will demonstrate the ability to understand, communicate and engage in the target language.
The course is organized to assess based on the IB Language B assessment objectives. Learners will be able to communicate clearly, use language appropriately in a cultural context, organize ideas, understand, analyze, and manipulate language to a certain range. Formative assessments will be given at the end of every unit. For example, at the completion of the human rights unit (Under Topic: Global

Issues; Aspect: Racism, prejudice, discrimination) learners will be given a formative assessment similar to the WA. In 150 words, students will find a common thread from newspaper articles. Preparation of this nature will be done throughout the course in order to prepare for all internal and external assessments.

Spanish 2 is designed for students who have taken Spanish 1 and wish to continue their Spanish studies. Instruction will emphasize listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in preparation for advanced work. Students will be able to express themselves at a more advanced level in present and past tenses. Additional emphasis will be focused on reading comprehension in the target language.

Spanish 1is an introductory course studying language and culture from Spanish-speaking countries. This course is designed to teach language at the beginning level. In this course learners will be introduced to the four essential language skills: speaking, writing, reading, and listening. In additions to studying the culture of
various Spanish- speaking countries, learners will also learn greetings, verb conjugations, basic vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammatical structures. They will learn to communicate in the target language using topics of family and friends, foods, traveling, sports and shopping in the present and past actions.

The language ab initio course is a language acquisition course for learner with little or no experience of the language.

The course is organized into three themes: individual and society, leisure and work, and urban and rural environment. Each theme comprises a list of topics that provide learners with opportunities to practice and explore the language and to develop intercultural understanding.

Through the development of receptive, productive and interactive skills, learners develop the ability to respond and interact appropriately in a defined range of everyday situations. 

Mandarin Year II is designed to further continuously provide basic communicative skills in Mandarin, Chinese culture and history. Students are required to develop the basic of four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students will learn radicals, word usages, sentence patterns, basic dialogues and short sentences for use in real life situations. The course also presents an introduction to the culture/history of the Mandarin/Chinese-speaking world. Students will be able to use formulaic language to engage in conversations and provide appropriate responses in a culturally authentic way. This course is for non-native speakers who have developed a solid foundation in the basics of Mandarin Chinese linguistics and Chinese culture.

Mandarin Year I are designed to provide basic communicative skills in Mandarin, Chinese culture and history. Students are required to develop the basic of four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students will learn Hanyu pinyin, radicals, word usages, sentence patterns, basic dialogues and short sentences for use in real life situations. Most focus will be given in the students speaking and listening skills, pronunciation and proper grammar usage. The course also presents an introduction to the culture/history of the Mandarin/Chinese-speaking world. This course is for beginning students or non-native speakers. Mandarin 1 is a year-long introductory course for students with no basic knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. Students will learn Mandarin Chinese language and Chinese culture using a communicative approach in a variety of high frequency and authentic situations and topics that include, but are not limited to, greeting, family descriptions, telling time, explaining hobbies, making appointments and visiting a friend’s house. Students in Mandarin 1 will learn to read and write approximately 175 traditional Chinese characters (Hanzi) and the accompanying Hanyu pinyin, Phrases, sentences and English components.