Chinese IV  Send by email Full year Essential Questions *What
are the most efficient learning and teaching strategies needed
to use Chinese accurately and spontaneously? *How best to
integrate and utilize technology in the Chinese language
classroom curriculum? *How does the philosophy and themes found
in Chinese literature and cinema reflect the values that are
most important to the culture? *How can the vocabulary,
expressions learned be manipulated in an original way so that it
will show a good understanding and appreciation of the Chinese
culture? Declarative Knowledge: Content  *1500 new Chinese
characters and use in a variety of contextualized reading and
writing tasks *Use grammar and conceptsto communicate accurately
in various social and cultural contexts * Study characters and
vocabularies to develop more sophisticated reading and writing
skills. * Build translation skills *Current happenings in China
*Study techniques to learn and practice both oral and written
language Procedural Knowledge: Skills