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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.