WELCOME TO YEAR 11 CHINESE

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Welkom

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Selamat datang

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Chinese skills are rare, and can make you

an attractive hire.

‘There is a huge Chinese business presence here in New Zealand and a lot of people have come to the realisation that if they can learn Chinese, they’ll be to tap into a huge potential market for work or business. ’

Why Choose Chinese??

Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world

• You can communicate with more than a billion people in Chinese.
• Mandarin is spoken in many other countries: Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Mongolia…

Why Choose Chinese??

Learn about history and culture

Plenty of culture to dig your teeth into as the language and country date back so far!

Why Choose Chinese??

Improve your brain power

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‘Learning Chinese has really enabled me to immerse myself into something that is so totally different from what I am used to that I feel I had been transported into a totally different dimension. I learned goal setting, dealing with slumps and setbacks in language courses, and it just get you ready in how to be successful in tackling something as new and daunting as learning this language. ’

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Why Choose Chinese??

Chinese is not that difficult.

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• Simple grammar
• No verb conjugation, no cases, no genders.
• Treats tenses in a very simplistic way.

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• Fun characters
• You rarely forget a character once you have decoded it and learn the meaning and history behind it. And it gives a real sense of achievement and improve your visual memory.
• You really only need to be able to recognize a Chinese character and type it.

Why Choose Chinese??

Where Can Chinese Take Me?

Tourism

Trade

Technology

Business

Education

Social work

Politics

Linguistics

International Relationship

And so much more…

Study overseas with scholarships

NCEA Chinese Year 11 Topics:

SPORTS IN CHINA AND NEW ZEALAND

PASTIMES IN CHINA AND NEW ZEALAND

AGE, DATE, SEASONS, WEATHER

BUYING CLOTHES AND FESTIVALS

DAILY ROUTINES IN CHINA AND NEW ZEALAND

TRAVEL

FOOD AND DRINK IN CHINA

PAST EXPERIENCE

ARTS AND CRAFTS

MYTHS AND LEGENDS