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WELCOME TO LEVEL 3 CHINESE

欢迎

WELCOME

Herzlich willkommen

добро пожаловать

أهلا بك 

ようこそ

환영

स्वागत

chào mừng

Welkom

Haere mai

Afio mai

Talitali fiefia

स्वागत हे 

Selamat datang

Maligayang pagdating

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Why Choose Chinese??

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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 realization that if they can learn Chinese, they’ll be to tap into a huge potential market for work or business. ’

Why Choose Chinese??

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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…
  • There is plenty of culture to dig your teeth into as the language and country date back so far!

Why Choose Chinese??

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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??

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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.
  • You really only need to be able to recognize a Chinse character and type it.

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How Difficult is Mandarin Chinese?

Why Choose Chinese??

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Where Can Chinese Take Me?

Tourism

Trade

Technology

Business

Education

Social work

Politics

Linguistics

International Relationship

And so much more…

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NCEA Chinese Level 3 Topics

  • Giving opinions – Making arrangement & Future plan
  • What do you recommend – Hotel or Homestay
  • Cultural Differences
  • Plan a trip to China
  • Preparing to go to China

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The Year 13 Chinese learning programme will be selected from the following Achievement Standards.

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NCEA Chinese Level 3 Assessment Outline

Overall a total of 19 credits

Subject Reference

Title

Credits

Assessment

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AS 91537

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Write a variety of text types in clear Chinese to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives.

 (Writing portfolio)

�5

�Internal

AS 91534

(optional)

Give a clear spoken presentation in Chinese that communicates a critical response to stimulus material.

 (Speech - Recorded and handed in)

�3

�Internal

AS  91535

Interact clearly using spoken Chinese to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives in different situations.

(Interaction - Recorded and handed in)

6

Internal

AS 91533

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Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Chinese texts.

 (Listening Comprehension)

�5

�External

AS 91536

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended written and/or visual Chinese texts

 (Reading Comprehension)

�5

�External