| Content |
phonetic systems |
Mandarin 9 |
No CCG |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize First Peoples perspectives and knowledge; other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge |
Mandarin 9 |
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 |
Examine personal, shared, and others’ experiences, perspectives, and worldviews through a cultural lens |
Mandarin 9 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: cultural lens |
Elaboration: e.g., values, practices, traditions, perceptions |
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| Curricular Competency |
Engage in experiences with Mandarin-speaking people and Chinese communities |
Mandarin 9 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: Engage in experiences |
Elaboration: e.g., blogs, school visits (including virtual/online visits), concerts, exchanges, festivals, films, letters, plays, stores and restaurants with service in Mandarin |
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| Curricular Competency |
Describe similarities and differences between their own cultural practices and those of Chinese communities |
Mandarin 9 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: similarities and differences |
Elaboration: e.g., compare the purpose of activities, celebrations, holidays, and traditions |
| Keyword: cultural practices |
Elaboration: e.g., activities, celebrations, dance, festivals, traditions, clothing, food, history, land, music, protocols, rituals |
|
| Curricular Competency |
Recognize the importance of story in personal, family, and community identity |
Mandarin 9 |
Personal and social awareness |
|
| Curricular Competency |
Share information using the presentation format best suited to their own and others’ diverse abilities |
Mandarin 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: presentation format |
Elaboration: e.g., digital, visual, verbal; aids such as charts, graphics, illustrations, music, photographs, videos, props, digital media |
|
| Curricular Competency |
Seek clarification and verify meaning |
Mandarin 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Seek clarification and verify |
Elaboration: e.g., request or provide repetition, word substitution, reformulation, or reiteration |
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| Curricular Competency |
Exchange ideas and information, both orally and in writing |
Mandarin 9 |
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 |
Narrate stories, both orally and in writing |
Mandarin 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Narrate |
Elaboration: Use expressions of time and transitional words to show logical progression.Use past, present, and future time frames. |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use various strategies to increase understanding and produce oral and written language |
Mandarin 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: strategies |
Elaboration: language-learning strategies such as interpretation of gestures, facial expressions, intonation, tone of voice, and contextual cues; use of prior knowledge and familiar words |
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| Curricular Competency |
Derive meaning from speech and a variety of other texts |
Mandarin 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Derive meaning |
Elaboration: Understand key information, supporting details, time, and place. |
| 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). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize and produce content-related Chinese characters |
Mandarin 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize the relationships between sounds, phonetic representation, Chinese characters, and meaning |
Mandarin 9 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: sounds |
Elaboration: tonal variations and basic intonation patterns |
| Keyword: phonetic representation |
Elaboration: the correlation between Mandarin phonemes and:Zhuyin symbols and their pronunciation (e.g., ㄅㄆㄇㄈ )Pinyin letters and their pronunciation (e.g., b, p, m, f) |
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| Big Ideas |
Acquiring a new language and learning about another culture deepens our understanding of our own language and culture. |
Mandarin 8 |
No CCG |
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