HS MANADARIN IB SL - CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

A YEAR AT A GLANCE 2011-2012

Saigon South International School
SEMESTER 1
TERM
MONTH

SEMESTER 2 TERM 2 TERM 3 DEC JAN FEB Cultural Diversity MAR APRIL TERM 4 MAY JUNE NOV Global Issues

TERM 1 AUG SEPT OCT

THEMES

Communication & Media

Social relationships

UNIT TOPICS

Emails Internet Traditional & Internet Media Censorship

Immigration Food Safety Environmental Crisis Education

How Culture Is Learned The Concept Of Human Beauty Culinary Heritage Inter-linguistic Influence

Am I What I Speak? What Is Guanxi? Lets Celebrate

By learning this topic, students should be able to using target language to : Conduct internet research and present regarding various types of medias impact on our life. Debate on the advantage and disadvantage of internet. Discuss and writing essays about internet censorship. Use different writing format/styles such as, emails, debating opening speech, presentation.

By learning this topic, students should be able to using the target language to: discuss the situation and causes of immigration conduct research on food safety issues in China do presentation on environmental crisis and propose effective solutions discuss and write about how education play important role in all the above issues

By learning this topic, students should be able to using the target language to: research and discuss how culture is learned compare and discuss culinary heritage from different cultures and write about how culture has a strong impact on food Debate on the topic: Does one need to know the language in order to learn and understand a culture? Watch video and discuss: What is beauty?

By learning this topic, students should be able to using the target language to: Reflect and discuss about how language affect ones cultural identity. Watch movie and talk about what is Guanxi Research and present different traditional Chinese celebrations, discuss how these celebrations are used to enhance the social structures Plan and propose celebration event

LANGUAGE USAGE

REVIEW

CULTURE & CONNECTIONS

Censorship in China

Food safety in china Environmental crisis in China China immigration boom

Chinese food Chinese language and dialect

Guanxi Chinese celebration

Curriculum Overview Revised 8/8/2009