Year 9 Chinese

If you have enjoyed learning Chinese in Years 7 and 8 then you will love Year 9 Chinese!

Year 9 Chinese builds on the learning completed in Years 7 and 8 Chinese.  It is a full year course and you will not work in form classes so you will get to know new people in your year level.

The year begins with a review of all work covered in previous years to ensure everyone starts with confidence.

While still a beginner level programme, during the Year 9 course, you will become more independent in your use of Chinese - creating your own sentences, expressing opinions, and beginning to recognise Chinese characters without pinyin annotations.

The topics covered are:

- All about me (ethnicities, zodiac and other basic personal information)

- My kitchen (food, drink, meals, describing food, ordering at restaurant, units and currency)

- Family life (hobbies, daily routines, weather, activities, places)

- My friends (opinions, shopping and clothes, colour, describing appearance)

Chinese culture is woven through lessons - you will celebrate Chinese festivals, make sticky rice dumplings, sing songs and maybe even study a Chinese film.

Assessment covers the skills of Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking.  There is also a research assignment on the Chinese speaking world.

There are many online programmes to complement your learning and your teachers are always there to support you. Lunchtime catch-up classes will also be available on a needs basis.