Mandarin Institute K-12 Chinese Teacher Preparation Program Scope and Sequence Examples

Sample 1a (Chinese I)

Northside College Prep High School Haiyan Fu

Guidelines: State Standards: included in original document

Content Learning Objectives

Phonetics Sentence structures:

Self Introduction People and Countries and Language

Family

Time and Action Time, Place, and Manner Preferences and Abilities

Evaluation and Comment Complement of Degrees: V de Adjective

Adjectives Discourse development with “hui”

Comparison: 3 degrees comparison

Compare similarities Compare differences Compare possessions

Characters: 150

Communicative functions:

Expressing personal opinions, making comments, or evaluating/judging actions

Hypothesizing, reasoning, and describing situations

Comparing people, objects, and actions.

Developing discourses and comprehension of complicated concepts.

Cultural Learning:

Chinese New Year and other holidays

More Chinese poems and songs

Arts

Content learning coverage (each unit is 5 weeks and ends with a project/assessment):

Unit 1:

Phonetics, tones, rules of spelling, greeting

Numbers and family members’ physical conditions

Name, speak and ask, live, telephone numbers and addresses

Introduction of oneself and family

Unit 2:

Have: number and measure words

Family members and relatives

Language and country

Unit 3:

Professions and location

Preference

Time expressions

Unit 4:

Time and actions

Schedule

Midterm

Unit 5:

Model verbs

Evaluation

Unit 6:

Questions

Money

Unit 7:

Shopping

Nouns and measure words

Colors

Unit 8

Comparison

First quarter, 2001 – 2002, first 5 weeks

Unit 1 theme: Me and my home

Unit 1 plan: 1-1 Phonetics, tones, rules of spelling, greeting

1-2 numbers and family members’ physical conditions

1-3 name, speak and ask, live, telephone numbers and addresses

1-4 introduction of oneself and family (country and language)

1-5 project

Unit 1 Project: Self intro

Oral and written presentation

Unit 1 Presentation:

Format: oral and written presentation

Topic: Self intro

Content: 1. Name (English & Chinese names) (Family and First and Full names)

2. physical condition (Hao, e, ke, lei, mang, etc. with ye, dou, hen, bu)

3. Family (you, meiyou, # ge)

4. address and telephone number

5. Nationality and language (shi, shuo)

6. 3 questions for listening comprehension

Requirements:

Each presentation must contain positive as well as negative sentences

Each presentation must contain questions (Yes-no, Wh) and answers

Evaluation: Linguistic components 30%

Functional use of the language 20%

Creativity in presentations 20%

(Visual aids or artistic expressions)

Pronunciation and tones and fluency 20%

Effort 10%

Sample 1b (Chinese II) Northside College Prep High School Haiyan Fu

Guidelines and lesson plans State Standards: included in original document Emphases:

Pronunciation, tones, fluency in speaking

Listening comprehension

Reading authentic materials Creating texts

Beyond Language:

Cooperative learning

Creative learning

Language learning skills

Computer skills

Content learning coverage:

Unit 1:

1. Complex sentences

2. Compound noun phrases

Unit 2:

3. le and shi…V de: specific event

Unit 3:

4. Time period

5. le: indicate change

Unit 4:

6. Weather

7. more complex sentences

midterm

Unit 5:

8. direction

9. direction complement

10. resultative complement

Unit 6: 11. location

12. our school geographic description

Unit 7

13. home

14. more complement

Unit 8 15. group projects: story telling

16. integration of all grammatical points

Approximately 200 characters and related phrases

First quarter, first five weeks

Week 1 and week 2 :

Review

Structures and functions

Characters

Listening and reading comprehension

Structures:

1) Numbers 2) 4 verbal groups and negatives (adverbs)

3) Question forms

4) Sentences for general statements (time, place, means)

5) Model verbs

6) Evaluation of actions

7) Comparison

8) Vocabularies

Week 3, 4, 5

Week 3: Complex sentence patterns

Yinwei… suoyi, yaoshi…jiu, (ruguo…jiu…)

Suiran…keshi, budan…erqie, (you…you…)

Yibian…yibian…

Function: Use old vocabulary to expand ideas into complex discourses.

Week 4:

Compound noun phrases:

Verbal noun phrases

Plus time, place, how verbal noun phrases

Verbal noun phrases as subjects

Verbal noun phrases as objects

Function: expand ideas

Week 5:

Develop discourses by combining the above

Presentation

Sample 2a (Chinese I)

Urban School Xiaorong Li

I. COURSE OUTLINE

Unit Language Topics and

Linguistic Content

Cultural Topics

Introduction

I

Chinese Phonetic Annotation System –

Pinyin: simple finals, initials, compound

finals, spelling rules, tones

The distribution of

Chinese-speaking

population in the

United States and the

World

Introduction

II

Chinese Writing System: the formation of

Chinese characters, basic Chinese radicals,

basic strokes, stroke order

History of the Chinese

writing system and the

relation between

simplified characters

and traditional

characters

Introduction

III

Useful Expressions: Classroom

expressions, survival expressions, numerals

General classroom

culture in Mainland

China

Lesson 1 Greetings: Exchanging Greetings

& Asking One’s Status

Grammar:

1. Verb:

2. Question word:

3. Adverb:

Traditional Chinese

way of introducing

names;

The meanings of

popular Chinese given

names

Lesson 2 Family: Introducing one’s own

family & Asking about

somebody’s family

Grammar:

1. Measure words:

2. Interrogative Pronouns:

3. as “to have, possess and exist”

4. &

5. Adverb:

Traditional and

contemporary Chinese

family structures;

Typical Chinese

familial relations

Traditional Chinese

Mid-Autumn Festival

Practice

Lesson 3 Dates and Time: Taking

someone out to eat on his/her birthday &

Inviting someone to dinner

Grammar:

1. Numbers (0-100)

Chinese food

Chinese food culture

CAIS Acculturation Training: Scope and Sequence Examples

2. Dates & Time

3. Pronouns as Modifiers &

4. Pivotal sentences

5. Alternative questions

6. Affirmative + Negative Questions I

Lesson 4 Hobbies: Talking about hobbies

& Inviting someone to play ball

Grammar:

1. Chinese word order

2. Affirmative + Negative Questions II

3. Cohesive device:

4. verb

5. The auxiliary verb:

6. Questions with

Chinese high school

students school life

and extracurricular

activities

Lesson 5 Visiting Friends: Visiting a friend’s home

Grammar:

1. & moderating the tone of

voice

2. Adjectives used as predicates

3. The Preposition:

4. Particles: &

5. Adverb:

Taboos about gift

giving and visiting

others’ homes

Lesson 6 Making Appointments: Calling one’s

teacher & Calling a friend for help

Grammar:

1. The Preposition:

2. The Auxiliary verb: &

3.

4. Directional Complements I

Chinese Speech Act of

rejection

Lesson 7 Studying Chinese: Asking about an

Examination & Preparing for a Chinese

Class

Grammar:

1. Descriptive Complements I

2. The Adverb: &

3. Ordinal Numbers

4.

5. in questions

The Chinese Zodiac

& Chinese New Year

(The Spring Festival)

Lesson 8 School Life: A Diary “A Typical School

Day” & A Letter “Talking about Studying

Chinese”

Grammar:

1. The position of Time-When expression

2. II

Chinese educational

system at K-12 level

3. … …

4. Serial Verbs

5. Double Objects

6. Particle II

7. … …

8. … …

9. The Auxiliary verb: & comparison

Lesson 9 Shopping: Buying Clothes & Exchanging

Shoes

Grammar:

1. The Auxiliary verb:

2. Measure Words II:

3. structure

4. used in interrogative questions

5. Chinese currency

6. / … ( )

7. …, / …

Credit Cards in China

Lesson 10 Talking about the Weather: The Weather

is Getting Better & Complaining about the

Weather

Grammar:

1. Comparative Sentences with

2. The Particle: III

3. The Auxiliary Verb: II

4. The Adverb:

5. … …

Topics of small talk in

China

Lesson 11 Transportation: Going Home for the

Winter Vacation & A Letter to Thank

Someone for a Ride

Grammar:

1. Topic-Comment Sentences

2. &

3. … …

4. (had better)

5. … …

Chinese Public

Transportation System

Duan Wu Festival and

the cultural practice

Sample 2b (Chinese II)

Urban School Xiaorong Li

Unit Language Topics and

Linguistic Content

Cultural Topics

Lesson 12 Dining: Dining in a Restaurant & Eating in

a Cafeteria

Grammar:

1. … / … /

2. used as a verb complement

3. Reduplication of Adjectives:

…

4.

5. Resultative Complements I

6. in imperative sentences substituting

other verbs

7. / +Verb

Different cuisines in

China and their

characteristics

Lesson 13 At the Library: Borrowing Audio Tapes &

Borrowing Books

Grammar:

1. construction I

2. used in complements

3. Time-When and Time-Duration

expressions compared

4. Duration of an action

Lesson 14 Asking for Directions: Where Are you

going? & Going to Chinatown

Grammar:

1. Direction and location words

2. Comparative sentences with

3. indicating degree

4. + Place + + Action

5. The conjunction

6. The dynamic particle

7. Resultative Complement II

8. … …

Social courtesies and

appropriate

expressions when

greeting people and

asking for help

Lesson 15 Birthday Party: Inviting Someone to a

Party & Attending a Birthday Party

Grammar:

1. indicating an action in progress

2. Verbal phrases and subject-predicate

phrases used as attributives

3. means “still”

4. … … construction

Traditional practices

on celebrating birthday

5. Pivotal Sentences

Lesson 16 Seeing a Doctor: A Stomachache &

Allergies

1. indicating extreme degree

2. Measure word for actions

3. The preposition

4. Directional Complements II

5. Questions with /

Review of Chinese

Mid-Autumn Festival

Practice and compare

with American’s

Thanksgiving

Lesson 17 Dating: Seeing a Chinese Movie &

Refusing an Invitation

Grammar:

1. Descriptive Complements II

2. Potential Complements

3. means “only”

4. Reduplication of Verbs: …

Speech Acts of

Rejection in Chinese

and its culture

implications

Lesson 18 Renting an Apartment: Finding a Better

Place & Calling an Apartment for Rent

Grammar:

1. Verb + +Numeral+ Measure Word +

2. … / …

3. Potential Complements with Verb +

4. indicating an approximate number

5. Interrogative Pronouns with /

General housing

situation in China

Lesson 19 At the Post Office: Mailing a Letter & At a

Post Office in Beijing

Grammar:

1. Combination of two adjacent numbers as

an expression of approximation

2. … …

3. The Conjunction

4. … , … / …

5. Directional complements indicating

result

Chinese young

people’s popular

means of

communication

Lesson 20 Sports: Gaining Weight & Watching

American Football

1. Time expression + + verb +

2. / + Verb

3. indicating continuation

4. Verb + expression of time duration +

object

5. indicating the beginning of an

action

6. in passive-voice sentences

Famous Chinese

athletes and their

influence on Chinese

young people

Lesson 21 Travel: Traveling to Taiwan & Traveling

to Beijing

Grammar:

1. vs

2. Numbers over one hundred

3. Interrogative pronouns as Indefinite

References: …

4. The usage of

Review the cultural

practice of Chinese

New Year & its

difference from

western Christmas

Lesson 22 Hometown: Describing One’s Hometown

& Talking about Beijing

Grammar:

1. Kinship terms

2. used to state assumptions

3. Existential Sentences

4. The Dynamic Particle

5. Adjective/Verb + + Adjective/Verb +

/

China’s major cities

and their roles in the

country: Beijing,

Shanghai, Hong Kong,

Shen Zhen …

Lesson 23 At the Airport: Checking in at the Airport

& Arriving in Beijing

Grammar:

1. … vs. …

2. Different functions of

3. Potential Complement:

4. suggesting “too early/not enough”

5. + Positive Adjective

Exotic things to expect

when traveling in

China

Sample 3

Intermediate Chinese

Lessons and Topics Objectives and Communications Grammar Culture Link

11 I Was

Taken to the Hospital.

• Express/reply to concern for others. • Describe an unpleasant situation.

1. Passive sentences

bèidòngjù A. Unmarked in structure (notional passive sense) B. Marked in structure with bèi, jiào, or ràng 2. bèi sentences versus

baˇ sentences

Culture Notes: How Chinese show their concern for others

Zhōngguórén duìrén biaˇoshìguānxı¯n de fāngshì Fun with Chinese: Slang: ,

Daˇ shì qīn, mà shì ài.

12 ,

Due to Your Help, the Matter Has Been Solved.

• Express appreciation. • Reply to/accept others’ thanks. • Describe a causeand-effect situation. • Describe a conditional situation.

1. Compound sentences fùhéjù A. Cause-and-effect conjunctions and their compound sentences

yīnguoˇ liáncí hé yīnguoˇ fùhéjù B. Conditional conjunctions and their compound sentences

tiáojiàn liáncí hé tiáojiàn fùhéjù

Culture Notes: How Chinese people show and accept appreciation

Zhōngguórén duì rén biaˇoshì gaˇnxiè de fa¯ngshì Fun with Chinese: Idiom: Huıˇ bù da¯ngchū

13 She Urged

Me to Hurry Up.

• Express anger and complaints. • Reply/listen to anger and complaints • Seek/provide advice.

1. Pivotal constructions jiānyuˇ jù 2. Causative sentences and pivotal constructions

shıˇdòng yòngfaˇ hé jiānyuˇ jù 3. Summary of interjections gaˇntàncí

Culture Notes: Chinese fortune telling: another way of seeking advice :

Zhōngguó de suànmìng: xúnqiú jiànyì de lìng yì fāngshì Fun with Chinese: Slang: Chī kuī shì fú

14

My Heart Is Going Pitter Patter.

• Express apology. • Accept another’s apology. • Communicate to make things better. • Write Chinese lyric prose.

1. Onomatopoeia as adverbials or attributives

níshēngcí dāng xiūshìyuˇ 2. Conjunction .... jì....yòu 3. Summary of topic-comment sentences

Culture Notes: Famous modern Chinese lyric prose writers

yoˇumíng de xiàndài Zhōngguó saˇnwén zuòjiā Fun with Chinese: Idiom: Jí zhōng shēng zhì

15 ( ) I

Have No Choice but to Ask for Your Help. (Review)

• Review lessons 11 to 14. • Request favors and respond to requests for favors. • Format e-mail messages.

1. Review passive sentences 2. Review conjunction

liáncí 3. Omission of sentence elements in Chinese

Culture Notes: Chinese folk songs and music

Zhōngguó de míngē mínyuè Fun with Chinese: Idiom:

Yoˇu jīng wú xiaˇn

16

We Must Come to Visit You.

• Give/reply to compliments. • Express emphasis in communication. • See guest off in a courteous manner. • Take leave of your host in a courteous manner.

1. Summary: emphasis in Chinese sentences 2. Summary: serial verb constructions

Culture Notes: Chinese courteous manner and expressions Zhōngguó de lıˇyí kètào huà Fun with Chinese: Slang: Lıˇ duō rén bú guài

17

Didn’t You Apply for an Internship Last Year?

• Elicit information for confirmation. • Talk about procedures. • Write a Chinese resume.

1. Rhetorical questions 2. Procedural adverbs

Culture Notes: Trend of Chinese university students studying abroad Zhōngguó dàxuéshēng de chu¯guó rè Fun with Chinese: Idiom: , Wànshì jùbèi, zhıˇ qiàn dōngfēng.

18

The Company Has Around 300 Employees.

• Market oneself. • Participate in a job interview.

1. Review conjunctions (2) 2. Words indicating approximation

Culture Notes: Employment of university graduates in China

Zhōngguó dàxué bièyèshēng de jiùyè qíngkuàng Fun with Chinese: Idiom: Máo suì zì jiàn

19

I Would Rather Go to the Financial Bank.

• Express agreement or disagreement. • Talk about job benefits.

1. Adverbs that express speech tones: , , ( / ) què, dào, dàodıˇ (jiūjìng/ zhōngjiū) 2. Conjunction gùrán 3. . . . . . . fēi . . . bùkeˇ

Culture Notes: Foreign businesses in China Zhōngguó de wàizī qıˇyè Fun with Chinese: Proverb: , Baˇi chıˇ gān tóu, gèng jìn yí bù.

20 ,

( ) I Would Rather Apply for Graduate School than Wait at Home.

• Ask for advice. • Talk about the future. • Write letters.

1. Review conjunctions (3): . . . yuˇqí . . . bùrú; . . . jìshıˇ. . . yeˇ;

. . . jìrán. . .jiù; ... yıˇmiaˇn 2. Review prepositions: duì, wéi,

geˇi

Culture Notes: Service industry in China Zhōngguó dì sān chaˇnyè de fāzhaˇn Fun with Chinese: Proverb: ,

Chı¯ dé kuˇ zhōng kuˇ, fāng wéi rén shàng rén.

Sample 4 (Mandarin 3) The Bay School of San Francisco Robin Workman

Course Goals and/or Major Student Outcomes:

Speaking and Listening:

Students will be able to communicate in depth on familiar topics such as school and

family life and areas of personal interest; engage in conversations on basic topics in

daily life situations; ask questions and respond in social situations; understand short

excerpts from Chinese movies and videos. Specifically, students will be able to

engage in simple social interactions with native speakers and to perform the

following functions with relative fluency:

• obtain and provide information about travel and transportation, vacation,

school and family life, recreation and entertainment, personal interests

• narrate personal events and anecdotes

• thoroughly describe personal characteristics, physical surroundings,

appearance and look, sizes and shape, degree and frequency, quality and

quantity

• express simple opinions about people, familiar activities and daily events

• express complex emotions such as joy/misery, anger, disappointment,

satisfaction/dissatisfaction, sympathy and care, regret

Reading:

• students will learn, through decoding strategies, to comprehend simple,

authentic materials and/or adapted texts such as signage, advertisements,

and brochures.

• students will learn to comprehend the main ideas and some supporting details

of edited and adapted essays and simple newspaper articles.

• students will read selected poems, short essays, and learn idiomatic

expressions.

• students will read texts aloud with accurate pronunciation and tones.

Writing:

• Students will be able to write short and informal compositions on select

topics.

Course Outline:

Topics covered in Mandarin 3 include but are not limited to the following:

1.) Review of basic vocabulary and skills acquired during Mandarin 2

2.) School life: classes, dorm life, off campus living, etc.

3.) Family and home life, including physical environment/spatial layout

4.) Sports and leisure

5.) Restaurants and Dining/Reading a Chinese menu/Chinese etiquette

6.) Shopping: expressing preferences; purchasing procedures; prices; bargaining;

Presenting one’s point of view

Refuting someone’s point of view

7.) Advertising: reading and responding to various types of advertising

Grammar topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Pattern for describing existence of objects (there is something…somewhere)

• Pattern for describing location of objects (something is at/in/on/by

something)

• Measure words

• Resultative, verb and directional complements

• Additional uses of the particle le

• Review of ba construction

• Passive-Voice sentences

Cultural studies:

Thematic units focus on a wide range of issues current in China, including social and

economic changes and the urban-rural divide. Students will also learn about the

differences between Chinese and American student life. These themes are woven

into course curriculum where possible.