| Big Ideas |
Language learning is a lifelong process. |
Mandarin 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism |
Mandarin 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: cultural appropriation |
Elaboration: use of a cultural motif, theme, “voice,” image, knowledge, story, song, or drama, shared without permission or without appropriate context or in a way that may misrepresent the real experience of the people from whose culture it is drawn |
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| Content |
Chinese-related resources and services |
Mandarin 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: resources and services |
Elaboration: e.g., blogs, community centres, publications |
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| Content |
Chinese works of art |
Mandarin 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: works of art |
Elaboration: as expressed through creative works (e.g., books, dance, paintings, pictures, poems, songs), historical origins of words and expressions |
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| Content |
First Peoples perspectives connecting language and culture, including oral histories, identity, and place |
Mandarin 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: oral histories |
Elaboration: e.g., conversations with an Elder about celebrations, traditions, and protocols |
| Keyword: identity |
Elaboration: Identity is influenced by, for example, traditions, protocols, celebrations, and festivals. |
| Keyword: place |
Elaboration: A sense of place can be influenced by, for example, territory, food, clothing, and creative works. |
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| Content |
language formality and etiquette |
Mandarin 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: language formality and etiquette |
Elaboration: elements of formal and informal speech and writing, such as the distinguishing features of major dialects and other accents, idiomatic expressions, and local slang vocabulary |
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| Content |
multiple forms of past, present, and future time frames |
Mandarin 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: time frames |
Elaboration: e.g., using 过 to indicate past experiences (e.g., 我没吃过饺子。) |
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| Content |
Increasingly complex vocabulary, sentence structures, and expressions including:- complex questions
- sequence of events in stories
- needs and emotions
- support and defence of opinions
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Mandarin 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: sequence of events |
Elaboration: using expressions such as 先, 之后, 结果, 后来 |
| Keyword: needs |
Elaboration: e.g., 我需要……。请让……。 |
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| Content |
Chinese characters, meaning, and structure |
Mandarin 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Chinese characters, meaning, and structure |
Elaboration: including sounds, meaning, parts, and radicals |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize First Peoples perspectives and knowledge; other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge |
Mandarin 12 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: ways of knowing |
Elaboration: e.g., First Nations, Métis and Inuit; and/or gender-related, subject/discipline-specific, cultural, embodied, intuitive |
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| Curricular Competency |
Analyze personal, shared, and others’ experiences, perspectives, and worldviews through a cultural lens |
Mandarin 12 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: cultural lens |
Elaboration: e.g., values, practices, traditions, perceptions |
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| Curricular Competency |
Identify and explore educational and personal/professional opportunities requiring proficiency in Mandarin |
Mandarin 12 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: educational and personal/professional opportunities |
Elaboration: e.g., academic research, translation, international affairs, government, teaching, travel, study abroad |
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| Curricular Competency |
Identify and explore opportunities to continue language acquisition beyond graduation |
Mandarin 12 |
Personal and social awareness |
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| Curricular Competency |
Engage in experiences with Mandarin-speaking people and Chinese communities |
Mandarin 12 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: Engage in experiences |
Elaboration: e.g., blogs,school visits (including virtual/online visits), concerts, exchanges, festivals, films, letters, plays, social media, stores and restaurants with service in Mandarin |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize the regional and ethnic diversity of language and culture in China and in Chinese communities throughout the world |
Mandarin 12 |
Personal and social awareness |
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