• Seventh-Grade Chinese Learning Objectives

    Self

    The students:

    • can greet and address people in a culturally appropriate way
    • talk about family
    • talk about age, address and occupation
    • describe people and pets
    • express likes and dislikes
    • talk about daily activities
     
    My Surroundings


    The students will:

    • state where certain activities take place
    • ask where people and things are located
    • learn to give and ask for physical addresses


    The Larger Community

    The students will:

    • say and write numbers 0 – 100
    • know the names of some countries and languages in Chinese
    • talk about time and dates
    • explore traditional Chinese holidays
    • discuss current events and issues in China


    Writing

    The students will:

    • understand the Chinese sound system (hanyu, pinyin and tones).
    • know the basic evolution and formation of chinese Characters, including common radicals
    • form simple sentences and questions
    • read and write characters related to family
    • know interrogative pronouns
    • express quantity using measure word "ge"
    • learn to type Chinese characters