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Brilliant! Thanks for this! On 12 March 2012 13:06, Pan, Xiu Hua (OXF) Staff <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Yes, Lina. Cantonese and Mandarin belong to Chinese, especially we cannot > say Chinese is Mandarin. I always have students to do mandarin speaking and > Tra. writing. > > Regards > > X. Pan > Mandarin Chinese Teacher > Oxford High School > > > ________________________________ > > From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching on behalf of Lina Man > Sent: Mon 2012-3-12 13:02 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Edexcel GCSE Mandarin/Cantonese > > > 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 > > E: [log in to unmask] > > This communication contains information which is confidential and > may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the addressee. If > you are not the addressee please note that any distribution, reproduction, > copying, publication or use of this communication or the information in it > is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please > contact us immediately and also delete the communication from your computer. > > -----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] > > > > 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 > > E: [log in to unmask] > > This communication contains information which is confidential and > may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the addressee. If > you are not the addressee please note that any distribution, reproduction, > copying, publication or use of this communication or the information in it > is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please > contact us immediately and also delete the communication from your computer. > > > > > > > > -- > Lina Man > Head of Chinese > Mathematics > -- Lina Man Head of Chinese Mathematics