Hello, If high ability girls and just try Breakthrough, it will be possible in 10 weeks. The girls can take listening, reading and writing. If you have a couple of assistants, you may let some girls to try speaking. Most of my students did take Breakthough if they would not take GCSE exam in Y10/Y11. They all got highest grades.(Although they were not able girls, they had learnt Chinese for 2.5 years and 3 periods per week (35 minutes). 
 
I would like to give another example. Two year ago I had a group of adult students and ages were between 25-60. They all achieved highest grades in listening, reading of Breakthrough after 10 weeks (2 hours a week). You can plan the lessons according to the specification and dowmload the sample papers for your students. I am not sure now whether there are some Chinese papers. Before  I only could get French & Spanish samples. So I just translated them into Chinese.  
 
Mrs Xiu Hua Pan
Mandarin Chinese Teacher
Oxford High School
 

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From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching on behalf of Maggie GENG
Sent: Thu 2011-10-13 22:41
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Asset Breakthrough


Dear all,
 
I currently work in a girl grammer school. I was asked by Head of MFL to introduce beginner Chinese to a class of 20 high ability Y10 girls. From your experience, is it possible to achieve a couple of skills of Asset Breakthrough in 10 weeks with 1 peroid (35 minutes) per week? What would be the easier skills to introduce first to absolute beginners?
 
Your help is very much appreciated. Thank you.
 
Geng Hui
 

From: Xu GUO <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thursday, 13 October 2011, 12:42
Subject: Re: Mandarin Chinese in Secondary School UK


Dear All,
 
All information you provide are extremly helpful, please accept a huge'thank you' from me for all your kind response. 
 
Xu Guo
 
From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lina Man [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 13 October 2011 09:22
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Subject: Re: Mandarin Chinese in Secondary School UK


Abingdon School, Oxfordshire 

Chinese has always been optional at Abingdon and we have just over 60 students doing it this year from year 9. Students have three years to cover the entire GCSE course starting from scratch. Two hours a week in their first year, then 5 hours a fortnight in the last two years. Results has been very pleasing. We had one A and the rest A* last summer.

-- 
L Man
Mathematics
Head of Chinese 
Master i/c Rifle club
Abingdon School




On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:44:27 +0100
WWu <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello Xu
> 
> Mandarin Chinese is a compulsory language in our school. We have 3 
>classes in year 7 with about 50 students( half of them will carry on 
>Chinese to year 11, half of them learn about Chinese culture). The 
>students do have a  choice to choose their language. They will have 5 
>years to complete the course. In year 10, some able students will do 
>GCSE, while some students will wait until year 11. 
> 
> Hope it is helpful. 
> 
> Wanjun 
> Miltoncross School
> Portsmouth
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching 
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pan, 
>Xiu Hua (OXF) Staff
> Sent: 11 October 2011 15:48
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Mandarin Chinese in Secondary School UK
> 
> Hello,Xu,
> 
> Mandarin Chinese has been a compusary subject in Year7 in our school 
>since 2006. We usually have 3 classes in Y7(29/30 pupils each class, 
>we may have 4 classes if the classrooms are available). Y7 has French 
>as a compusary subject as well. However the pupils have to choose one 
>of Chinese or French to do in Y8. After that they have more choices 
>to do the languages, e.g. Russian, German, Spanch, Italian, but they 
>have to do one language for their GCSE subjects. A level students do 
>not have to choose any languages.
> 
> Roughly we have Chinese learners 150-200 every year.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> XIu Hua Pan
> Mandarin Chinese Teacher
> Oxford High School
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
>From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching on behalf of Victoria Allen
> Sent: Tue 2011-10-11 14:03
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Mandarin Chinese in Secondary School UK
> 
> 
> Dear Xu,
> 
> We have German and Spanish as our main languages in Year 7 (half the 
>year group do one, half the year group do the other - chosen at the 
>end of Year 6). In Year 8 pupils can elect to study either Chinese or 
>French alongside their Year 7 language. Everyone is a dual linguist 
>until the end of Year 9.
> 
> At KS4 they must continue with at least one of their languages. At 
>KS5 they may take a language at A level if they have studied it at 
>GCSE. If they are taking IB, then they must take at least one 
>language at one of the following levels: ab initio  (Chinese and 
>Spanish); standard (French, German, Chinese and Spanish) and higher 
>(French, German and Spanish). They may add another language as part 
>of the hexagon if they wish.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Victoria Allen
> Torquay Boys' Grammar School
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:34:00 +0100
>From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Mandarin Chinese in Secondary School UK
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Xu (and anyone interested),
> 
> 
> 
> At Katharine Lady Berkeley's School (state comprehensive school) we 
>have French as our core language, then we offer a carousel for Y7 
>pupils in the first half term.  Pupils have 2 hours of taster lessons 
>in each of Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, German and Latin.  They then 
>opt for their second language from the list of 5 and study this 
>alongside French until the end of Y9.  They can then opt to continue 
>stuyding both languages up to Y11 or drop one of their languages.  If 
>they have a GCSE in any of the languages, they can continue up to A 
>level.
> 
> 
> 
> Hope that helps with your gathering of statistics. 
> 
> 
> 
> Michelle
> 
> ----Original Message----
>From: [log in to unmask]
> Date: 11-Oct-2011 10:12
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subj: Mandarin Chinese in Secondary School UK
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Colleagues, 
> 
> I am trying to find out that how many primary and secondary schools 
>have Mandarin Chinese as compusary modern foriegn language currently. 
> I would be very grateful if you could kindly let me know the figures 
>in percentage for both states school and independent school. 
> 
> Our school is consider to introduce Mandarin Chinese to pupils and i 
>was asked to find out such information if possible.
> 
> Thank you very much in anticippation.
> 
> Xu Guo
> Kings school Rochester
> 
> King's School, Rochester is a limited company registered in England 
>and Wales with company number 3791543. Registered office: Satis 
>House, Boley Hill, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1TE
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> .............................................................................................................................. 
> Michelle Tate 
> Head of Chinese 
> Katharine Lady Berkeley's School 
> Wotton-under-Edge 
> Glos. GL12 8RB 
> 
> Tel: 01453-842227 
> Email: [log in to unmask]


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