| Curricular Competency |
Identify and explore educational and personal/professional opportunities requiring proficiency in Mandarin |
Mandarin 11 |
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 |
Engage in experiences with Mandarin-speaking people and Chinese communities |
Mandarin 11 |
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 regional and ethnic diversity of language and culture in China and in Chinese communities throughout the world |
Mandarin 11 |
Personal and social awareness |
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| Curricular Competency |
Share information using the presentation format best suited to their own and others' diverse abilities |
Mandarin 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: presentation format |
Elaboration: e.g., digital, visual, verbal; aids such as charts, graphics, illustrations, music, photographs, videos, props, digital media |
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| Curricular Competency |
Exchange ideas and information, both orally and in writing |
Mandarin 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Exchange ideas |
Elaboration: with peers, teachers, and members of the wider community; can include virtual/online conversations |
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| Curricular Competency |
Respond personally to a variety of texts |
Mandarin 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Narrate stories, both orally and in writing |
Mandarin 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Narrate |
Elaboration: Use expressions of time and transitional words to show logical progression.Use multiple time frames. |
| Keyword: stories |
Elaboration: Stories are a narrative form of text that can be oral, written, or visual. Stories are derived from truth or fiction and may be used to seek and impart knowledge, entertain, share history, and strengthen a sense of identity. |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use various strategies to increase understanding and produce oral and written language |
Mandarin 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: strategies |
Elaboration: For example:rephrase in Mandarin to compensate for unknown expressionsmake personal notes to use as a reference for oral and written productionactively review common, useful expressions and patterns to refine communication |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize how choice of words affects meaning |
Mandarin 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: choice of words |
Elaboration: e.g., pronouns (e.g., 你 versus 您), words with close but not identical meanings (e.g., 得 versus 要) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Analyze cultural points of view in texts |
Mandarin 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Demonstrate degrees of formality in speech and writing to reflect different purposes |
Mandarin 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: purposes |
Elaboration: e.g., to convince, inform, entertain |
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| Curricular Competency |
Derive and negotiate meaning in speech and a variety of other texts and contexts |
Mandarin 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: texts |
Elaboration: “Text” is a generic term referring to all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communications. Oral, written, and visual elements can also be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements). |
| Keyword: contexts |
Elaboration: e.g., contexts differing in terms of audience, purpose, setting, formality/informality |
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| Big Ideas |
Becoming more proficient in a new language enables us to explore global issues. |
Japanese 12 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Exploring diverse forms of cultural expression promotes greater understanding and appreciation of cultures worldwide. |
Japanese 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: forms of cultural expression |
Elaboration: represent the experience of the people from whose culture they are drawn; for example, celebrations, customs, folklore, language use, traditions, and creative works (e.g., books, paintings, pictures, sculpture, theatre, dance, poetry and prose, filmmaking, musical composition, architecture) |
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| Big Ideas |
With increased language proficiency, we can discuss and justify opinions with nuance and clarity. |
Japanese 12 |
No CCG |
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