The IB Mandarin Chinese course is a two-year language acquisition course of study which meets the requirements of the IB program. It is designed for students with previous exposure to the target language. The focus of the course is on language acquisition and development of language skills. Students further develop their ability to communicate through the student of language, themes, and texts. Students learn to communicate in both familiar and unfamiliar contexts. Students taking this course home their skills to a higher level than ab initio students as they delve deeper into the prescribed themes.
Prerequisites
Chinese level IV and teacher recommendation. Open to all Grade 11 and 12 W-L students who meet the prerequisites.
This course prepares students for the required standard level IB examination in Mandarin Chinese SL, which will be taken at the end of the 6th year of the language study. Students not completing the Internal Assessment and/or not taking the exam will not earn the additional quality point (25817) (25827). This IB course is weighted by applying an additional 1.0 quality point value assigned to the final grade upon completion of the course.