Chinese Background Speakers

About the subject

In this course students interact with others to exchange and explain information, opinions, and ideas; create texts to express ideas, opinions, and perspectives on contemporary issues; and analyse, evaluate, and respond to a range of texts. Students examine relationships between language, culture, and identity and reflect on the ways in which culture influences communication.

A bilingual dictionary (Chinese to English, English to Chinese) is highly recommended.

Who is this subject for?

This course is for students with who have a background in the language and who have had more than 1 year of education in a country where the Chinese Mandarin is spoken.

Students, typically, will have been born in a country where Chinese is a major language of communication and a medium of instruction, and will have had more than 1 year of education in that country or in a wholly Chinese speaking environment.

Assessment

Assessment at Stage 1 is school based. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:

• Type 1: Interaction
• Type 2: Text Production
• Type 3: Text Analysis
• Type 4: Investigation