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IB MYP Mandarin Immersion 6th (2174) - SITE ADOPTED COURSE - | |||
| Approved Site(s): | |
| Approved for Pacific Beach Middle School. Other schools may not offer this course without prior approval from the Interdivisional Curriculum Committee. | |
| Grade Range: | |
| 6 | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| None | |
| Course duration: | |
| One year. | |
| Course Description: | |
| This International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program (MYP) immersion course in Mandarin Chinese is offered to students who enter Pacific Beach Middle School from a Mandarin language immersion program or with equivalent language knowledge, understanding, and skills. The course is taught in conjunction with a Mandarin immersion humanities course.
Students focus on the four key areas of world-language study: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. They continue to develop intercultural awareness. Recognition of and practice at writing simplified Chinese characters are a key focus of the course, and students learn several new characters each unit. | |
| State Course Code(s): | |
| 9138 - International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) Language Acquisition (Non-English) | |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: | |
| Site-selected materials. | |