Mandarin 4

This course focuses on preparing students to take the AP Chinese Exam. By the end of the year, students will enter into an advanced level of understanding Chinese in speaking, writing, listening and reading in using phonetic symbols. Students will be also introduced to pinyin system during this course. There are 50 more Chinese characters introduced in this course. There will be many discussion topics through articles and Chinese movie(s) as well as project(s) centered on Chinese culture. Chinese Made Easier (CME) Book 4 and Magical Tour of China 3&4 is a main resource for this course but other resources related to Chinese culture will also be used. (Prerequisite: Mandarin 3 or teacher approval)