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Chinese in the New Zealand Curriculum

Level 1: Achievement objectives

Definitions
  • Communication functions illustrate the communicative competence students should have at level 1.
  • Language level indicators illustrate the linguistic competence students should show while performing the communication functions.
Communication functions Examples
Students should be able to: 
  • greet, farewell, and thank people
Nǐ hǎo! / Zàijiàn! / Xièxie nǐ.
你好 ！ / 再见！ / 谢谢你。
  • introduce themselves and others
Wǒ shì Wáng Lánlan.
我是王兰兰。
  • ask for and respond to simple personal information
Nǐ jǐ suì le?
你几岁了？
  • identify people, things, and some animals
Zhè shì shuí (shéi)? / Zhè shì wǒ yéye.
这是谁？ / 这是我爷爷。
  • recognise and respond to simple classroom instructions
Qǐ lì! / Qǐng zuò.
起立！ / 请坐。
  • use numbers 1-10.
Wǒ huì shǔ yī èr sān sì wǔ.
我会数 一二三四五。

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Language level indicators

In personal and familiar contexts, students should be able to do the following.

Listening
  • Understand and respond appropriately (in words or actions) to simple words and phrases
  • Get the gist of phrases and short sentences
  • Recognise and understand key words in simple phrases.
Speaking
  • Approximate tones, pronunciation and intonation by imitating sounds, simple words, names, and phrases
  • Respond appropriately to simple set phrases, questions, or visual stimuli.
Reading
  • Identify the Pinyin alphabet, combinations of Pinyin letters, accents, tone marks and their associated sounds, and some radicals and characters
  • Recognise and respond to simple words and phrases in personal and familiar contexts
  • Recognise up to 35 Chinese characters.
Writing
  • Write Pinyin letters, tone marks, some radicals, and simple characters
  • Write up to 20 Chinese characters.

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