| Curricular Competency |
Recognize First Peoples perspectives and knowledge; other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge |
Mandarin 8 |
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 8 |
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 8 |
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 traditions and those of Chinese communities |
Mandarin 8 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: similarities and differences |
Elaboration: e.g., compare the purpose of activities, celebrations, holidays, practices, and traditions |
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| Curricular Competency |
Describe cultural aspects of Chinese communities |
Mandarin 8 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: cultural aspects |
Elaboration: e.g., activities, celebrations, dance, festivals, traditions, clothing, food, history, land, music, protocols, rituals |
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| Curricular Competency |
Share information using the presentation format best suited to their own and others’ diverse abilities |
Mandarin 8 |
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 |
Seek clarification and verify meaning |
Mandarin 8 |
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 8 |
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 8 |
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 8 |
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 |
Comprehend meaning in stories |
Mandarin 8 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Comprehend key information and supporting details in texts |
Mandarin 8 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: key information |
Elaboration: answers to questions such as 谁, 什么, 哪, 什么时候, 为什么 |
| 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 the relationships between sounds, phonetic representation, Chinese characters, and meaning |
Mandarin 8 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: sounds |
Elaboration: tonal variations and basic intonation patterns |
| Keyword: phonetic representation |
Elaboration: the correlation between Zhuyin symbols and their pronunciation or Pinyin letters and their pronunciation |
| Keyword: Chinese characters |
Elaboration: traditional or simplified |
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| Big Ideas |
Knowing about diverse communities helps us develop cultural awareness. |
Mandarin 7 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Stories help us to acquire language and understand the world around us. |
Mandarin 7 |
No CCG |
| 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. |
| Keyword: understand the world |
Elaboration: by exploring, for example, thoughts, feelings, knowledge, culture, and identity |
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