Dear Anna-Vibeke,

Thank you very much for the information. May I know what
kind of textbook "Chinese For Today" is--- is it one
textbook or a section of textbooks for this two-year
course? Where can I order an inspection book to have a
look? Does it come along with CD, teacher's and students'
books? 

We are going to have two 1-hr lessons a week, I am not
sure about the exact students number yet, but I don't
think it will be a big class.By the way, we might also
start teaching Y10 students Chinese, what level do you
think should be suitable for them? I don't think it is
possible to teach GCSE within 2 years... They are all
native English students.

Nice to hear from you.

Best Regards,
Rui



--- AVE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear Rui,
> We teach IB AB Initio Chinese at King's College
> School and we are
> currently using Chinese for Today, which is
> reasonably good.  It's a
> very demanding course; we have four 35-minute
> lessons a week, and one
> 35-minute conversation lesson a week.  We have
> roughly 5 non-native
> students a year taking the course.  
> 
> Anna-Vibeke 
> 
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> Subject: IB Mandarin A1 literature books
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am teaching IB Mandarin A1 which is a literature
> course
> now, I wonder if anyone knows how to get the
> literature
> books in the UK. We have a long book list which
> covers
> World Literature, Classical Chinese literature in
> different genres, Contemperary Chinese literature in
> different genres. All have to be in Chinese version.
> 
> It is my second year teaching IB Mandarin A1, last
> year we
> started with no textbooks and asked a student's
> parent to
> send the books and we still have some to look for.
> Before
> we start the next school year, we hope to find a
> good way
> to order the literature books in the UK.
> 
> By the way, we are going to start IB Mandarin ab
> initio
> course next year as well which is a course of two
> years
> (the actual teaching time is within two year though)
> to
> teach non-native Chinese speakers from Beginner
> level to
> at least post-GCSE level. Currently, we have two
> lessons a
> week for this course and we are considering the
> textbooks.
> I hope to share the experience with any teachers who
> also
> teach the same courses above.
> 
> Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend the summer
> workshop in Warick, but I sincerely look forward to
> the
> relevant information from this forum if we could
> share
> some of the good ideas online.
> 
> I appreciate your advice and help.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Rui
> 
> 
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