Course outline:
Topics:
• Talking about one’s life in a new place.
• Invite somebody to do something.
• Ask directions and give directions.
• Explain people’s questions.
• Describe somebody, something or an event
• Stop somebody doing something and permitting somebody to do something
• Remind people to do something
• Request someone to hurry up
• Express satisfaction and make a complaint.
• Give your opinion or suggestions
Grammar:
• Chinese words describing approximation
• Words and phrases for pre-condition
• Learn to emphasize past
• Adverbs to make an emphasis
• Learn indicating something experienced
• Different patterns of duplication of a verb to indicate to do something quickly.
• Linking words
Expectations:
1. Listening to Understand
By the end of Grade 5, students will:
Practice Pronunciation.
Identify the purpose of what is being said and why.
Distinguish between stated and implied ideas.
Demonstrate an understanding of the information and ideas in a variety of oral texts.
Extend understanding of oral texts by connecting ideas in them to: their own knowledge and experiences, to other familiar texts and to the world around them.
2. Speaking to Communicate
By the end of Grade 5 students will:
Invitation (polite form of words)
Improve skills in speaking longer Chinese sentences.
Speaking out one’s thoughts and giving opinions
Demonstrate and understand appropriate speaking behaviour in a variety of situations, including small and large group discussions.
Communicate in a clear and coherent manner, presenting ideas and opinions logically.
Choose a variety of appropriate words and phrases to communicate effectively.
Identify vocal sounds and effects to apply them to their own speech to help communicate their meaning.
3. Reading
By the end of Grade 5 students will:
Read moderately difficult text.
Enlarge vocabulary quickly (more supplementary materials)
Identify what they are reading and why.
Demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts by identifying ideas and details.
Infer ideas from texts using stated and implied ideas by the author(s) as evidence.
Extend understanding by connecting their own ideas to other familiar texts and the world around them.
Identify specific elements of texts and explain how they contribute to the meaning of the texts.
4. Writing:
By the end of Grade 5, students will:
Identify the topic, purpose, audience, and form for writing.
Generate ideas about a topic using different strategies.
Write short paragraphs in Mandarin using a variety of forms.
Establish a narrator in their writing, using words and phrases that will convey their meaning.
Use punctuation and grammar to communicate their intended meaning clearly.
Produce revised, draft pieces of writing to meet identified criteria based on the expectations related to content.

Final Reporting
Assessment is the process of gathering information from a variety of sources, such as assignments, day-to-day observations, conversations or conferences, demonstrations, projects, and performances. As part of assessment, teachers provide students with descriptive feedback that guides their efforts towards improvement. The final grade reflects the student’s most consistent level of achievement throughout the course, although special consideration is given to more recent evidence of achievement. There is no final assessment, such as an exam, in this course.