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Edexcel GCSE Chinese

Jìn bù 1进步

Jìn bù 2进步

Teaching resources Teaching resources developmentdevelopment

• Edexcel GCSE Chinese

• Student book

• Teachers’ Guide

• Set of Audio CDs

• Assessment Pack

Teaching resources Teaching resources developmentdevelopment

Jìn bù 1 and Jìn bù 2 进步

• Pupil book

• Teachers’ Guide

• Audio CD Pack

• Pupil Workbook

In December 2010, Hanban awarded

Edexcel GCSE Chinese Student Book the

“Outstanding International Chinese

Language Teaching Materials” Award.

Edexcel GCSE Chinese

Katharine Carruthers

was invited to present the book to

Li Keqiang,

(Vice Premier of China)

in January 2011

Edexcel GCSE ChineseEdexcel GCSE Chinese

Authors: Katharine Carruthers

Yu Bin

Linying Liu

Lisa Wang

Michelle Tate

Ian Hua Yan

Xiaoming Zhu

Jìn bù 1 and Jìn bù 2 进步

Authors: Katharine Carruthers

Xiaoming Zhu

Yu Bin

Lisa Wang

Ian Hua Yan

Anne Martin

Key Features of the resources (1)Key Features of the resources (1)

Produced in conjunction with Produced in conjunction with PearsonPearson, a global leader in , a global leader in

educational educational publishingpublishing

Developed by Developed by a hugely a hugely

experienced teamexperienced team

Academic review by Academic review by

SSAT’s CI’s SSAT’s CI’s partner partner

Peking Peking UniversityUniversity

Key Features of the resources (2)Key Features of the resources (2)

• Contemporary design which brings the

textbook in line with other MFL textbooks

• based on National Curriculum

• Various activities focusing on language

skills

• grammar is integrated and clearly

explained throughout

• culture goes along with language learning

• strong focus on character acquisition

Edexcel GCSE ChineseEdexcel GCSE Chinese

9 Chapters • My life

• School

• Leisure

• Media

• Where I live

• Holidays

• Food and drink

• Lifestyle

• The world of work

In each chapter

• Review chapter

• 5 to 6 units

• Exam – Listening

and Reading

• Speaking assessment

• Writing assessment

• Key language

Edexcel GCSE Chinese

End of book

• Extra reading and writing practice

• Grammar with exercises

• Writing Chinese characters

• Glossary-Chinese / English

(common characters

and compounds)

• Glossary-English / Chinese

(language points with examples)

Edexcel GCSE Chinese

Useful for a teacher:

• The first course to be written for the

2009 GCSE specification

• Delivers complete support

with step-by-step activities

• Vocabulary boxes

• Controlled Assessment

practice in every chapter

• Examiner tips and advice

• A wide variety of activities

for differentiated teaching to all abilities

Edexcel GCSE Chinese

Page 50

Grammar: Word order – frequency

As with time and manner words, frequency

words such as 每天, 常常, and 很少 go before

the verb in a sentence, following the pattern

subject + frequency + action.

Edexcel GCSE Chinese

For example:

我每天跑步。 I go for a run every day.

我和妈妈常常一起上网。 Mum and I often surf

the Internet together.

他很少看电视。 He very rarely watches TV.

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Exam tip

To really impress the examiner

and aim for higher marks, use

superlatives such as 最 to state

what you enjoy doing most.

Edexcel GCSE Chinese

Aim for higher marks:

我最喜欢足球。我觉得踢足球很好玩儿。

我最喜欢的运动是足球，因为我觉得踢足球又好玩儿又健康。

Controlled assessment

and exam practice integrated

throughout the course

• Speaking

open interaction,

presentation,

picture based discussion

• Writing

Edexcel GCSE Chinese

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Jìn bù 1 and Jìn bù 2 进步

In each chapter

• 5 units

• Investigating characters

• Extension

• Review (patterns)

• Test (4 skills)

• Key language (vocab)

• Stroke order

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Jìn bù 1 and Jìn bù 2 进步

Jinbu 1

•Hi

•Family and home

•Hobbies

•School

•Food and drink

•Holidays

•All about me

•Where do you live

•Shopping

•Travel in China

Jinbu 2

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End of the book

• Reading and writing

• Grammar

• Writing Chinese characters

• Glossary

- English / Chinese

Jìn bù 1 and Jìn bù 2 进步

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Jin bu Workbooks

• packed with fun

and engaging activities

• that support each

topic in the

Jin bu Pupil Books

• perfect for homework

and cover work.

Jìn bù 1 and Jìn bù 2 进步

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A Level Chinese

Edexcel Chinese

for AS

Edexcel Chinese

for A2

HodderHodder EducationEducation

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• Student’s Book

• Teacher’s Guide

• Audio CD Pack

A Level Chinese

Published Published in June 2008 in June 2008 The first textbook to follow The first textbook to follow the new the new GCE specificationGCE specification Teacher’s Resource BookTeacher’s Resource Book Audio CDAudio CD 生词生词 new words boxes/vocab listnew words boxes/vocab list Vocab repeated/recycledVocab repeated/recycled Cover the revised AS topic Cover the revised AS topic areasareas

-- YouthYouth, culture and , culture and concernsconcerns -- LifestyleLifestyle; health and ; health and fitnessfitness

-- The The world around us: world around us: traveltravel, tourism , tourism and environment and environment issues issues and and the Chinese speaking the Chinese speaking worldworld -- Education and employmentEducation and employment

Edexcel Chinese for AS

Published in Published in March 2009 March 2009 Student’s BookStudent’s Book Teacher’s Resource BookTeacher’s Resource Book CCover the revised topic areas A2over the revised topic areas A2

AS topic areas plusAS topic areas plus Customs, traditions, beliefs and religionsCustoms, traditions, beliefs and religions National and international events: past, National and international events: past,

present and futurepresent and future Literature and artsLiterature and arts

Edexcel Chinese for A2

Teaching with the Teaching with the SSAT/Pearson SSAT/Pearson GCSE TextbookGCSE Textbook

& & JinbuJinbu 1 and 1 and JinbuJinbu 22

KS3 and KS4 Chinese

Look at how the Look at how the

SSAT/Pearson SSAT/Pearson KS3 and KS4 books KS3 and KS4 books

are are used at used at CaldayCalday : :

Chinese course at Chinese course at CaldayCalday

teaching plans & notes teaching plans & notes

vocabulary vocabulary revision & testrevision & test

differentiationdifferentiation

CaldayCalday Grange Grammar SchoolGrange Grammar School

•Technology College 1996

•Languages College 2006

•Confucius Classrooom NW 2007

Founded in 1636 Founded in 1636

15001500 pupilspupils

Inc. 5Inc. 50000 in 6th Formin 6th Form

Language Options in Language Options in CaldayCalday

Six languages taught in Six languages taught in CaldayCalday Language A Language A –– French, German, SpanishFrench, German, Spanish Language B Language B –– Chinese, Latin, RussianChinese, Latin, Russian

Two languages Two languages forfor KS3 KS3 GCSE options for GCSE options for KS4KS4

6th Form 6th Form –– A Level and IBA Level and IB

Starting with one part time teacher Starting with one part time teacher

in 1998, now developing into in 1998, now developing into

one of the largest subject areasone of the largest subject areas

2 full time, native speakers2 full time, native speakers

2 2 HanbanHanban teachers from China (SSAT/teachers from China (SSAT/HanbanHanban) ) every yearevery year

exchange teacher from Hangzhou exchange teacher from Hangzhou

PGCE/GTP trainee teachersPGCE/GTP trainee teachers

Chinese DepartmentChinese Department

Over 200Over 200 pupils studying Chinesepupils studying Chinese (2011/2012)(2011/2012)

5 x 50mins per fortnight Y10 to Y115 x 50mins per fortnight Y10 to Y11

6 x 50mins for Y7, 4 forY8, 3 for y96 x 50mins for Y7, 4 forY8, 3 for y9

Asset Language Exam for end of KS3Asset Language Exam for end of KS3

GCSE GCSE Exam for Year 11 (4 skills)Exam for Year 11 (4 skills)

AS (11 x 50mins )AS (11 x 50mins )

A2 Exam (10 x 50mins per fortnight)A2 Exam (10 x 50mins per fortnight)

Improved exam resultsImproved exam results

IB Mandarin IB Mandarin abab initio and initio and standardstandard

3 x 50mins per week3 x 50mins per week

The Chinese Course at The Chinese Course at CaldayCalday

Teaching programmeTeaching programme

Sept 2011 Sept 2011 –– July 2012July 2012

Year 7 Year 7 –– pinyin, tones, pinyin, tones, JinbuJinbu 11

Year 8 Year 8 –– JinbuJinbu I & 2I & 2

Year 9 Year 9 –– JinbuJinbu 2, Edexcel GCSE Chinese2, Edexcel GCSE Chinese

Year 10 Year 10 –– Edexcel GCSE ChineseEdexcel GCSE Chinese

Year 11 Year 11 –– Edexcel GCSE Chinese,Edexcel GCSE Chinese, plus plus Revision andRevision and

preparation for the exampreparation for the exam

A level A level –– Edexcel Chinese for AS and A2 by Edexcel Chinese for AS and A2 by HodderHodder

Supplementary Supplementary listening and reading listening and reading materialsmaterials, plus extra , plus extra speaking sessions at lunch timespeaking sessions at lunch time

Weekly vocab test for all the classes (8 Weekly vocab test for all the classes (8 –– 14 vocab)14 vocab)

Teaching with the Teaching with the SSAT/SSAT/EdexcelEdexcel GCSE TextbookGCSE Textbook

SoW

Teaching notes

Weekly vocab test

Differentiation

Extra provision

peer mentoring

individual tuition

lunchtime conversational sessions

after school revision sessions for KS4

Edexcel SoW

Year 10 / Year 11

Content coverage/key questions

Learning outcomes

Exemplar activities

Exemplar resources

www.edexcel.com/gcse2009

Edexcel GCSE Chinese Edexcel scheme of work

Content coverage/

key questions

Unit 4: Activities outside school

Learning outcomes To be able to talk about frequency and

duration of activities.

Learn the word order when talking about

frequency or duration.

Exemplar activities Students write down the activities next to the

frequency words.

天天，常常，很少，周末

Students write in sentences about how often

they do different activities and for how long.

Exemplar resources Chapter three of the Edexcel GCSE Chinese

covers this topic

Unit one of Book One of People’s Education

Press 快乐汉语 (or British Council Chinese for

GCSE) provides information on this topic.

Calday KS4 SoW

SSAT/Pearson SSAT/Pearson GCSE GCSE TextbookTextbook

5 x 50mins per fortnight

2 x 50mins to cover per spread per

week

1 x 50mins in the lab, listening and

vocab

1 homework per week, writing task

weekly vocab test, 8 – 14 vocab

Cross Cohort Tasks (CCTs) half termly

Controlled Assessments in Year 11

Teaching Plans

Teaching plan for Term 4 (2011-2012)

Year 8: “Jinbu 2”

WK 21 (20 Feb) – Revision U1-3, Ch1. CCT3.

WK 22 (27 Feb) – CH1 U4 intro vocab and patterns

WK 23 (5 Mar) – CH1 U4 vocab test, intro U5 vocab

WK 24 (12Mar) – CH1U5 vocab test, intro U5 patterns

WK 25 (19 Mar) – CH1 U6 cultural, investigating

characters, revision for CCT4.

WK 26 (26 Mar) – CH1 Extension, revision, CCT4

(Easter Holiday)

Week 27 (16 Apr) – CH2 U1 intro vocab and patterns

Teaching Plans Y10B Term 4 teaching plan - Edexcel GCSE Chinese

Week 21 (20 Feb) – CH 2 U5 School Life, vocab test U5

Week 22 (27 Feb) – CH3 Review/Sports and hobbies, intro

vocab and patterns, (Wed – class assessment

p38 Reading, and Language Lab)

Week 23 (5 Mar) – CH3 Review vocab test, intro CH3 U1

vocab and patterns – Talking about sports facilities

Week 24 (12 Mar) – CH3 U1 vocab test, intro CH3 U2 vocab

and patterns – Activities outside school, Wed – Lab

Week 25 (19 Mar) – CH3 U2 vocab test, intro CH3 U3 vocab

and patterns – Talking about hobbies and interests

Week 26 (26 Mar) – Revise CH3 up to U3, CCT4, intro U4 vocab

(Easter Holiday )

Week 27 (16 Apr) – CH3 U4 vocab test, intro CH3 U4 patterns

Teaching notes

Notes for teachers objectives

New vocab list

Link with previous knowledge

Extended vocab

Grammar points with examples

Prepare for differentiation

Vocab revision sheet

Vocab test sheets

Weekly vocab test

• Fixed day for test

• Revision sheet given out in advance

• Pass mark for the test

• Peer marking (comment and report marks)

• Teacher check and record marks

• Resit

Weekly vocab test

Chapter 4 Unit 5 vocab revision sheet (15 vocab)

míngrén shèyǐng yǎnchū kèkǔ

名人 摄影 演出 刻苦

celebrity photograph, performance, hardworking

photography to perform

yòu éryuán chéng hòulái yǐngmí

幼儿园 成 后来 影迷

nursery to become later on movie fan

Weekly vocab test

Chapter 4 Unit 5 vocab test sheet (15 vocab)

míngrén shèyǐng yǎnchū kèkǔ

celebrity photograph, performance, hardworking

photography to perform

______ _______ _______ ______

yòu éryuán chéng hòulái yǐngmí

nursery to become later on movie fan

_______ _______ _______ ________

DifferentiationDifferentiation

• Key vocab / extended vocab

• Vocab test pass mark (40%/60&/80&?)

• Requirements for writing tasks

word count

vocab

Sentence patterns

• Prompts in English / pinyin / characters

• Close / open questioning

• Extra speaking/listening/reading

• Target setting

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Foundation and Higher levels

• Written by experienced examiners

• Exam type of questions

• Practice in developing exam Skills

Assessment Pack

5 assessments in the pack

can be used • Half termly

• End of two chapters

• End of the course

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Important features

• Clear and concise mark schemes for

Listening, Speaking, Reading & writing

• Extra speaking and writing assessment

tasks to use or adapt

• Rubrics reflecting the language used in the

actual exam

• and familiarising with GCSE-style questions

Assessment Pack

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• Throughout the book

• Support and remind students of ways to

improve for higher grades

e.g. Page 28

除了……以外, 也……（verb）

除了大礼堂以外，学校也有很大的体育馆。

妹妹除了汉语以外，也学习西班牙语。

Exam Tip Boxes

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Assessment

• Each chapter has a test

• Covering all 4 skills

• At appropriate level

Jìn bù 1 and Jìn bù 2 进步

• NC Level 4 by the end of Jinbu 1

• NC Level 6 by the end of Jinbu 2

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Assessment for learning

• Plenary sessions suggested

in the teacher’s notes

• Review at the end of each

chapter – checklist

• Moving on pages in the

workbook to set targets

for improvement

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Differentiation

• Cater to the whole ability range

• Enough variety for a classroom with mixed abilities

• Extension – optional

At the end of each chapter

Longer reading and writing Passages

Consolidating activities

• Extra reading and writing activities

Self-access differentiated

Page A for lower-ability pupils

Page B for higher ability pupils

Jìn bù 1 and Jìn bù 2 进步

Improving Improving EExam Skillsxam Skills

Listening skills • Go over the questions before listening

• Try to predict what words you are likely to

hear

• Eliminate obvious incorrect answers first

• Listen for key words

• Pay attention to the info – wh-words

• Write down important words

Improving Improving EExam Skillsxam Skills

Reading skills • Spend some time working out the title or the

opening sentence since this will give you a

clue as to what the text is about

• Predict and guess

• Find connecting words and phrases.

e.g. 因为…..所以……, 但是……etc

• Look at the sentence structure, esp. when

it’s a long sentence

• Distinguish between facts and opinions

Improving Improving EExam Skillsxam Skills

Speaking and writing skills • Use the vocabulary in the text/question to

help you produce your oral / written work

• Use topic sentence

• Organise paragraphs

• Use appropriate Start and Ending

• Answer the questions to the point

• Expand the point relevantly

• Use conjunctions, description,

comparisons, and showing opinions

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Chinese Examinations

Calday students sit in Chinese GCSE, AS

and A2, Asset Languages Breakthrough

and Preliminary, IB ab initio and Standard

• Edexcel Chinese GCSE New qualification

- Teaching from 2009

• AQA GCSE - First Exam 2011

• Asset Languages Mandarin

• IB ab initio and Standard

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Prepare for Chinese exams

Check for Range of Language

√ Tick as you meet; add others

• Language relevant to the task title

• Variety of vocab and structures

• Ideas / opinions / points of view

• Reasons

• Time expressions:

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Check for Range of Language

Time expressions:

• Present

• Past: verb + 了 / 过, etc.

• Future:

想 / 要 / 会 / 打算 / 计划

要…了/ 快…了/ 快要…了/ 就要…了/

就快…了

如果…，就…。 / 要是…，就…。

etc.

Prepare for Chinese exams

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Check for Range of Language

• Descriptions / adjectives (no 是)

• Location expressions

• Measure words

• Comparisons: 比 / 更 / 没有 / 一样 / 最, etc.

• Particles: 的 / 地 / 得 / 在 / 着, etc.

• Adverbs / conjunctions:

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Check for Range of Language

Adverbs / conjunctions:

• 和 / 跟 / A 跟(和) B一起

• 也 / 还

• 常常 / 都 / 每天 / 每 + M.W. + 都

• 有的…，有的…。

• 先 / 再 / 然后

• A离B (很/不/不太) 远 (近) 。

• … 的时候

• adj. + 极了 / adj. + 得不得了

• 又 + adj.，又 + adj.。

• (因为)…，所以…。

• 除了…，…还…。/ 除了…以外，…。

• (虽然)…，可是 (但是)…。

• 要是 (如果)…，就…。

Others:

Prepare for Chinese exams

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Asset Languages Mandarin

Asset Languages structure

How does Asset Languages compare to other qualifications?

Stages NQF General

qualifications National Curriculum CEF approx

Advanced: Grades

10-12 Level 3 AS / A Level B2

Intermediate:

Grades 7-9 Level 2 GCSE A* - C 7-EP B1

Preliminary: Grades

4-6 Level 1 GCSE D - G 4-6 A2 (B1)

Breakthrough:

Grades 1-3 Entry Level Entry 1-3 1-3 A1 (A2)

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Useful Websites Chinese Network

https://www.ssatrust.org.uk/teachingandlearning/networks/chinese/

accreditation/Pages/Edexcel_GCSE.aspx

Edexcel

http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse09/mfl/chinese/Pages/

default.aspx

AQA Website: www.aqa.org.uk

Asset Languages Mandarin

http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/type/asset/languages/mandarin/

documents/

www.amazon.co.uk

Pearson

www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk

谢谢 Thank youThank you 谢谢

0151 625 2727 ext. 239

Lisa.wang@calday.wirral.sch.uk