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If I understand correctly. Candidate can sit any part of the exam in either
Cantonese or Mandarin.

TaiWan students normally do the speaking test in Mandarin, but reading and
writing in Cantonese....

Please can someone confirm?

Many thanks

On 12 March 2012 12:51, Sophia Huang <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear Teachers,
>
> It seems the Edexcel GCSE Chinese certificate doesn't show whether the
> student has done Mandarin or Cantonese.
>
> We currently have one candidate originally from Hong Kong who has
> completed her controlled assessment speaking in *Cantonese* last month.
> However, her parents have just contacted me and asked if their daughter
> can sit her GCSE listening exam in *Mandarin* (rather than Cantonese)
> in May/June.
>
> Does anyone know if this is OK or not? Please advise.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Sophia
>
>    *From:* "Pan, Xiu Hua (OXF) Staff" <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Sunday, 11 March 2012, 21:28
> *Subject:* Re: London Olympics
>
> Dear Jenny,
>
> Yes, Alex has sent the great PPT, many thanks! I did not particularly do
> Beijing's, but I have prepared some readings about 2012 London Olympics for
> my sixth form students, which most materials were from BBC Chinese website.
> I attached a part of them here. If you need some more about London's, we
> may share each other.
>
> Regards
>
>
> X. Pan
> Mandarin Chinese Teacher
> Oxford High School
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching on behalf of Jenny Emm
> Sent: Sun 2012-3-11 13:50
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Beijing Olympics
>
>
>
> Dear Alex,
>
> Thank you so much for taking the time to send this.  I really appreciate
> your help.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jenny
>
> J Emm
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexander FERRABY
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc:
> Sent: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:04:53
> Subject: Re: Beijing Olympics
>
> Dear Jenny (and all), please find the attached PPT which our Hanban
> colleague Liu Xiuqin made for our lesson last week, which is related to
> what you're talking about I think. Also, the PPT 'Lesson 1' is the lesson
> of which her presentation was part.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Direct email: [log in to unmask]
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>
>
> Alex Ferraby    Kingsford Community School    Languages Learning Area
> Leader    [log in to unmask]    Tel 02074764700 Ext 228
>
>
>
> From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching [mailto:
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jenny Emm
> Sent: 08 March 2012 20:32
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Beijing Olympics
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
>   I wonder if anyone out there could help?  My school is running a year 8
> Citizenship day on 13th March.  The theme is the perceived benefits of
> hosting the Olympic Games.  We would like our students to have a sense of
> how Chinese people felt about the Beijing Olympics.  Would anyone be
> willing to make some comments in answer to the following questions? - no
> names will be used in passing on this information:
>
>
> Were there economic benefits?  ( tourism, regeneration of areas,
> facilities, etc. )
>
> Was there development in transport?  ( infrastructure built- more
> efficient trains, etc. )
>
> Did the Olympics unify people?  ( national pride)
>
> Were there fitness benefits?  ( an impact on future fitness and
> participation in sport )
>
> I would be really grateful for any response from Chinese colleagues.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Jenny Emm
> Head of Modern Languages
>
> J Emm
>
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