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Draft of the 2006-2007 LCS Curriculum for Bilingual Class
2006-10-15

Guides for the curriculum

Bilingual classes

Curriculum (in brief)

Curriculum (in detail)

 Guides for the Curriculum

The curriculum is based on the following guides: 

More listening and speaking

Learning Chinese effectively

Followed by practicing, reviewing and practicing

Emphasizing how much learned, not how much taught

Teaching students in groups

Enjoying Chinese language learning

 Notes:

  1. More listening and speaking: students should not only hear Chinese from their teachers, but also from other students. In other words, encourage every student to speak more Chinese in the classroom.
  2. Learning Chinese effectively: teach the students based on the knowledge they have already acquired in English or something that is easy for them to understand. Our teaching strategy is to repeat same subjects from lower to higher graders, and to constantly review and gradually teach more for each subject. When teaching students to recognize Chinese characters, the teacher may tell an interesting story behind the character, how the character was created, why the character was written that way, or why the character is pronounced in this way, etc…
  3. Followed by practicing, reviewing and practicing: emphasize practicing while learning followed by reviewing and practicing students’ previously learned subjects. Encourage every student to participate practicing in the classroom. Practicing in the classroom can take place between the teacher and students, as well as between a small group of students (see notes for “teaching students in groups”). The purpose of students practicing in a small group is to increase the opportunity for every student to participate in the classroom.
  4. Emphasizing how much learned not how much taught: the teacher will decide how much he/she should teach based on how much his/her students are able to learn. Teaching all subjects listed in the curriculum for his/her grade is encouraged. However, the teacher has to decide how much to teach for each subject in the curriculum. For example, in the subject “My home” in B3, the teacher can introduce 20 new words; nonetheless, he/she can also teach only 5 new words. This guide is not only applied for different classes, but also for different groups in the same class (see notes for “teaching students in groups”).
  5. Teaching students in groups: the teacher should divide his/her students into different groups: honors, core and bridging. Then, teacher should teach those different groups accordingly. For example, when teaching “My home”, giving 20 new words to students in the honors group, while 10 new words in the core group, and 5 new words in the bridging group. While practicing in the classroom, students can be divided into a small group with mixed levels or similar levels. In the group with mixed levels, ask student(s) in the honors group to act as the leader. In the group with similar levels, if you ask students in the bridging group to respond to questions about a subject, then, may ask students in the core group to orally describe the subject, and orally describe and write for students in the honors group. The school may also consider extra help for students in the bridging group, and extra activity for the honors group.
  6. Enjoying Chinese language learning: the teacher should motivate students in learning to appreciate Chinese.

 

Bilingual classes

(Total 10 classes)

B1B:   (B=beginning)
B1A:   (A=advance)
B2B:   (B=beginning)
B2A:   (A=advance) 

B3B
B3
B4
B5

BA1    (Adult beginning class)
BA2    (Adult advance class)

 

Curriculum (in brief)

B1B curriculum:

A: Vocabulary:

  1. Greetings
  2. Polite expressions
  3. Numbers
  4. Physical descriptions
  5. Colors
  6. Opposites
  7. Common verbs
  8. Animals

B: Writing:

  1. Trace-writing (part of words)

 

B1A curriculum:

A: Vocabulary:

1.      Family

2.      Greetings (review & plus)

3.      Polite expressions (review & plus)

4.      Numbers (review and plus)

5.      Physical descriptions (review & plus)

6.      Clothing

7.      Colors (review or cover B1B curriculum, and practice in the classroom)

8.      Opposites (review and plus)

9.      Emotions/sensations

10. Flavors

11. Common verbs (review and plus)

12. Simple prepositions

13. Animals (review and plus)

14. Classroom objections

B: Writing:

  1. Trace-writing
  2. How to write

C: Simple sentences
D: Four tones
E: Others

B2B curriculum:

A: Focus on Zhuyin (pronunciation in Mandarin)
B: Review and/or cover B1A curriculum

B2A curriculum:

A: Zhuyin (pronunciation in Mandarin)

B: Vocabulary and writing: (here both are together, but emphasize vocabulary)

  1. Family (review and plus)
  2. Greetings (review or cover B1A curriculum, and practice in the classroom and at home)
  3. Polite expressions (review or cover B1A curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  4. Numbers (review and plus)
  5. Physical descriptions (review and plus)
  6. Clothing (review and plus)
  7. Colors, opposites, emotions, sensations and flavors (review B1B and/or B1A curriculum, and add more)
  8. Common verbs (review B1A curriculum, plus more)
  9. Prepositions (review or cover B1A curriculum, and plus more)
  10. Animals (review and plus)
  11. Classroom objects (review and plus)
  12. My home

 B3B curriculum:

A: Focus on Zhuyin and if possible introduce Pinyin (pronunciation in Mandarin)
B: Review and/or cover B2A curriculum

B3 curriculum:

A: review and practice Zhuyin (pronunciation in Mandarin)
B: Vocabulary and writing: (here both are together, but emphasize vocabulary)

  1. Family (review and plus)
  2. Greetings (review B1A curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom and at home)
  3. Polite expressions (review and plus)
  4. Numbers (review and plus)
  5. Physical descriptions (review and plus)
  6. Clothing (review and plus)
  7. Colors, opposites, emotions, sensations and flavors (review or cover B2A curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  8. Common verbs (review or cover B2A curriculum, and plus more)
  9. Prepositions (review or cover B2A curriculum, and plus more)
  10. Animals (review and plus)
  11. Classroom objects (review and plus)
  12. My home (review and plus)
  13. Birthday party
  14. Food
  15. Sports and leisure activities
  16. Daily routines            
  17. Other

B4 curriculum:

A: Review and practice Zhuyin and introduce Pinyin (pronunciation in Mandarin)
B: Vocabulary and writing: (here both are together, but emphasize vocabulary)

  1. Family (review and plus)
  2. Greetings (review B1A curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom and at home)
  3. Polite expressions (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom and at home)
  4. Numbers (review and plus)
  5. Physical descriptions (review and plus)
  6. Clothing (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  7. Colors, opposites, emotions, sensations and flavors (review B2A curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  8. Common verbs (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  9. Prepositions (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  10. Animals (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  11. Classroom objects (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  12. My home (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  13. Birthday party (review and plus)
  14. Food (review and plus)
  15. Sports and leisure activities (review and plus)
  16. Daily routine (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  17. Telephone
  18. Shopping      
  19. Weather
  20. Others

B5 curriculum:

A: review and practice Zhuyin and Pinyin (pronunciation in Mandarin)
B: Vocabulary and writing: (here both are together, but emphasize vocabulary)

  1. Family (review or cover B4 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  2. Greetings (review B1A curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom and at home)
  3. Polite expressions (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom and at home)
  4. Numbers (review and plus)
  5. Physical descriptions (review or cover B4 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  6. Clothing (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  7. Colors, Opposites, emotions, sensations and flavors (review B2A curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  8. Common verbs (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  9. Prepositions (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  10. Animals (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  11. Classroom objects (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  12. My home (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  13. Birthday party (review or cover B4 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  14. Food (review and plus)
  15. Sports and leisure activities (review and plus)     
  16. Daily routine (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  17. Telephone (review or cover B4 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  18.  Shopping (review or cover B4 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  19.  Weather (review or cover B4 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  20. Travel:
  21. Ask for directions and public transportation
  22. Others

  

Curriculum (in detail)

 B1B curriculum:

A: Vocabulary:

  1. Greetings:
    1. Greetings in class: Laoshi hao (Good morning or good afternoon, Teacher), tongxuemen hao (Good morning or good afternoon, students), ni hao (Good morning or good afternoon), zaijian (Bye), etc…

                                                              i.      Greet and respond to greetings: “Ni Hao,” “Laoshi hao”

                                                            ii.      Say goodbye: “Zaijian”

                                                          iii.      Introduce oneself and others: “Wo shi... (I am…)” “Ta shi...(he/she is …)”

                                                           iv.      Ask for someone’s name: “Ni si... (Are you…)?”

                                                             v.      Practice at the beginning of every class: by the teacher saying “Tongxuemen hao”; and the students responding “Laoshi hao”. Also practice at the end of the class by saying “Zaijian”

                                                           vi.      Practice between students in the classroom for introducing, and asking someone’s name

  1. Polite expressions:

Thank, welcome, etc…

    1. Use expressions to welcome and thank people
    2. Practice between students in the classroom
  1. Numbers:
    1. Count numbers in Chinese from 1 to 100
    2. Play number games in the classroom
  2. Physical descriptions:

Head, hair, eyes, mouth, nose, ears, face, teeth, tongue, neck, hands, fingers, knees, toes, feet, etc…

    1. Respond to teacher’s questions involving physical description
    2. Play games to identify body parts
  1. Colors:

Red, blue, white, green, yellow, orange, purple, black, etc…

    1. Ask and describe colors. For example, what color of clothes is someone wearing? Or, the color of any classroom objects
    2. Play color games in the classroom
  1. Opposites:

Big/small, left/right, more/less, front/back, up/down, etc…

  1. Common verbs:

Look, listen, run, walk, jump, stop, sit, etc…

    1. Ask and act
    2. Speak and act
    3. Practice between students in the classroom
  1. Animals

Dog, cat, chicken, fish, monkey, pig, cow, sheep, bird etc…

    1. Identify different animals (may use toys)
    2. Play animal games in the classroom

B: Writing:

  1. Trace-writing (part of words)

B1A curriculum:

A: Vocabulary:

  1. Family:

Father, mother, brother, sister, etc…

    1. Identify family members in Chinese
    2. Respond to the teacher’s questions about the student’s family
  1. Greetings: (review & plus)

a.      Greetings in class (review or cover B1B curriculum, and practice in the classroom)

b.      Greetings at home (such as “Father hao”, “Mother hao”, etc…)

c.      Introductions: introduce friends by mentioning their name and grade

 

  1. Polite expressions: (review and plus)
    1. Review B1B curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Ask and answer “who are you?” and “who is he /she?”
    3. Use expressions to wish people a happy birthday
  2. Numbers: (review and plus)
    1. Count (review) and identify numbers in Chinese from 0 to 100
    2. Tell time: from 1 to 12 o’ clock
    3. Count money: 1 to 30 dollars
  3. Physical descriptions: (review and plus)
    1. Review B1B curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Describe someone’s physical appearance
  1. Clothing:

Clothes, clothing, to wear, suit, dress, shirt, trousers, pants, coat, undershirt, T-shirt, sweater, skirt, socks, hat, shoes, etc…

    1. Ask and describe what someone is wearing
    2. Ask and describe how clothes look
  1. Colors: (review or cover B1B curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  2. Opposites: (review and plus)
    1. Review B1B curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Soft/hard, inside/outside, same/different, etc…
  3. Emotions/sensations:

Happy, sad, fearful, shy, angry, itchy, hurt, etc…

    1. Ask and act
    2. Speak and act
    3. Practice between students in the classroom
  1. Flavors:
    1. Sweet, salty, sour, spicy, bitter, etc…
  2. Common verbs: (review and plus)
    1. Review B1B curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Turn, come, go, stand up, sit, knock, shake, write, etc...
    3. Practice between students in the classroom
  3. Simple prepositions
  4. Animals: (review and plus)
    1. Review B1B curriculum, plus more animals
    2. Response to the teacher’s questions involving animals
  5. Classroom objects:

Pen, pencil, book, backpack, chair, table, newspaper, etc…

    1. Ask and respond to “What is that” towards classroom objects
    2. Ask “Whose is this/that?” and “Is this/that yours?”
    3. Practice in the classroom

B: Writing:

  1. Trace-writing
  2. How to write

C: Simple sentences
D: Four tones
E: Others

B2B curriculum:

A: Focus on Zhuyin (pronunciation in Mandarin)
B: Review and/or cover B1A curriculum

B2A curriculum:

A: Zhuyin (pronunciation in Mandarin)
B: Vocabulary and writing: (here both are together, but emphasize vocabulary)

  1. Family: (review and plus)
    1. Review B1A curriculum, add more family members
    2. Respond to “how many people in your family?”
  1. Greetings: (review or cover B1A curriculum, and practice in the classroom and at home)
  2. Polite expressions: (review or cover B1A curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  3. Numbers: (review and plus)
    1. Review B1A curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Tell time using hours, minutes, and the fractional parts of the hour
    3. Play games to ask and answer “what time is it?”
    4. Use numbers in addition problems
    5. Use ordinal numbers: the first, the second, the third
  4. Physical descriptions: (review and plus)
    1. Review B1A curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Orally present his/her physical description
  5. Clothing: (review and plus)
    1. Review B1A curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Ask and respond to what to wear
  6. Colors, opposites, emotions, sensations and flavors: (review B1B and/or B1A curriculum, and add more)
  7. Common verbs: (review B1A curriculum, plus more)
  8. Prepositions: (review or cover B1A curriculum, and plus more)
  9. Animals: (review and plus)
    1. Review B1A curriculum and practice in the classroom
    2. Orally describe an animal in simple sentence
  10. Classroom objects: (review and plus)
    1. Review B1A curriculum, plus more class objects
    2. Say “this/that is (not) mine, yours, his/hers” and “this/that is (not) my your, his/her…”
    3. Say “I, you, he/she know(s)” and “I, you, he/she do(es) not know”
    4. Practice in the classroom
  11. My home

Different rooms: bed room, bathroom, living room , dining room, kitchen, etc…

B3B curriculum:

A: Focus on Zhuyin and if possible introduce Pinyin (pronunciation in Mandarin)
 (review and/cover B2B curriculum)
B: Review and/or cover B2A curriculum

B3 curriculum:

A: review and practice Zhuyin (pronunciation in Mandarin)
B: Vocabulary and writing: (here both are together, but emphasize vocabulary)

  1. Family: (review and plus)
    1. Review B2A curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Read a paragraph about a family and answer questions
  1. Greetings: (review B1A curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom and at home)
  2. Polite expressions: (review and plus)
    1. Review B1A curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Ask and answer questions about age
    3. Orally present who he/she is and how old he/she is
  3. Numbers: (review and plus)
    1. Review B2A curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Use numbers in addition, as well as in subtraction problems
    3. Read the days of the week
    4. Read the months of the week
  4. Physical descriptions: (review and plus)
    1. Review B2A curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Listen to descriptions of different people and identify the correct person
  5. Clothing: (review and plus)
    1. Review B2A curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Ask for an opinion on clothing
    3. Narrate a mock fashion show
  6. Colors, opposites, emotions, sensations and flavors: (review or cover B2A curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  7. Common verbs: (review or cover B2A curriculum, and plus more)
  8. Prepositions: (review or cover B2A curriculum, and plus more)
  9. Animals: (review and plus)
    1. Review B2A curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Orally descried his/her pet(s)
  10. Classroom objects: (review and plus)
    1. Review B2A curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Identify classroom objects
  11. My home: (review and plus)

On top of, above, under, below, behind, left, right, inside, outside, opposite location, units, apartment, Western-style house, garden, swimming pool, house, balcony, garage, bedroom, study room, living room, dining room, in addition, besides, also, still, kitchen, laundry room, bathroom, to come back, to return, what happened, what’s the matter, sofa, set, suit, old, new, to deliver, to send, washing machine, broken, bad, to repair, to fix, refrigerator, water bed, sigh, floor, tai chi, to sing, midnight, shoes, etc…

    1. Review B2A curriculum
    2. State the location of objects
    3. Name and describe rooms and parts of a house
    4. Discuss functions for each room
    5. Identify and describe furnishings and appliances
    6. Ask what someone is doing
    7. Ask where someone is
    8. Ask what happened
    9. Orally present his/her home or a dream home
  1. Birthday party:

Then, day after tomorrow, that’s enough, right, to fish, can, may, all right, OK, to want, to be going to, oh, thought, to buy, time, moment, twins, to come, etc…

a.      Indicate the days of the week

b.      Ask for present, future, and past dates

c.      Ask the year someone is born

d.      Ask the date of someone’s birthday

e.      Confirm a date in the present, past, or future

f.        Seek permission to go somewhere

g.      Practice monthly in the classroom for student(s) whose birthday is this month

h.      Orally respond to question(s) on the days, dates, years, and birthdays

 

  1. Food:

a.      Respond to teacher’s questions involving food

b.      Identify certain foods

c.      Express his/her likes and dislikes for certain foods

d.      Express whether he/she is hungry or thirsty

 

  1. Sports and leisure activities:

Football, basketball, tennis, baseball, volleyball, swimming, running, etc…

a.      Identify different sports from pictures

  1. Daily routines:

Day-to-day, life, at, in, on, to do, to make, schoolwork, homework, to let off, to let go, to release, kite, to work, to play chess, children’s picture-story book, to write, to have tea, to dance, nearly, fast, hurry, should, to go in, to enter, to get up, to finish classes, quarter hour, to arrive late, differ from, watch, slow, slowly, oh no, how terrible, already, etc…

    1. Find out what someone is doing
    2. Ask and talk about the time
    3. Find out what time someone does something
    4. Respond to teacher’s or another student’s question(s) about time
    5. Ask about what time someone does something
    6. Orally present his/her daily routine using time                  
  1. Other

B4 curriculum:

A: Review and practice Zhuyin and introduce Pinyin (pronunciation in Mandarin)

B: Vocabulary and writing: (here both are together, but emphasize vocabulary)

  1. Family: (review and plus)
    1. Review B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Orally present who is in his/her family and state their occupations
    3. Role-play on a pretend family; each member describes his/her name, age, role in the family and occupation
  1. Greetings: (review B1A curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom and at home)
  2. Polite expressions (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom and at home)
  3. Numbers: (review and plus)
    1. Review B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Use numbers in multiplication problems
  4. Physical descriptions: (review and plus)
    1. Review B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Read descriptions of different people and identify the correct person
  5. Clothing: (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  6. Colors, opposites, emotions, sensations and flavors: (review B2A curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  7. Common verbs: (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  8. Prepositions: (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  9. Animals: (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  10. Classroom objects: (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  11. My home: (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  12. Birthday party: (review and plus)

Longevity, location, site, street, to be able to, broadcasting station, escort, to give something as a present, long length of time, already, to pass through, oneself, alike, resemble, short, low, to compare, as, to compare, relatively, to wrap, bag, dumpling, cake, pudding, to take, bring, hand, etc…

    1. Review B3 curriculum and practice in the classroom
    2. Ask who gave the present
    3. Ask what present to give
    4. Ask where to buy gifts
    5. Orally describe a birthday party
    6. Role-play at a birthday party
  1. Food: (review and plus)
    1. Review B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Ask whether someone likes Chinese food
    3. Orally present his/her family members’ experience with Chinese food
  2. Sports and leisure activities: (review and plus)
    1. Review B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom
    2. Describe his/her favorite sport(s)
    3. Ask what sport someone likes or dislikes
  3. Daily routine: (review or cover B3 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  4. Telephone:

Hello, bell, around, approximately, a little while, I am, Chinatown, what time, to meet, to pick, no problems, Boston, New York, to speak, exclamation, entrance, exit, to push, to pull, etc…

a.      Have a conversation on the phone

b.      Ask who is speaking on the phone

c.      Ask who someone is looking for

d.      Ask to talk to someone on the phone

e.      Ask if someone has come back yet

f.        Ask when someone is coming back

g.      Ask what someone is doing

h.      Role-play on the phone

 

  1. Shopping:

How much, how many, money, hat, cap, banana, kilograms, bag, pineapple, strawberry, to sell, department store, but, however, not bad, pretty good, expensive, cheap, to give, to make change, to look for, bookstore, map, then, dictionary, magazine, copies, newspaper, all together, market, fruit, apple, sweet, grape, sour, not at all, bunch, cluster, etc…

    1. Ask and talk about the price of objects
    2. Ask if something is for sale
    3. Express an opinion about a price
    4. Describe the taste of foods
    5. Role-Play between store owner and customer     
  1. Weather

Windy, cool, pleasant, season, every, spring, summer, autumn, winter, until, to reach, warm, but, however, to go sight-seeing, cloudy, afternoon, highest, lowest, temperature, centigrade, degree, forecast, fine, fine day, thunder shower, sometimes, cloudy, again, to stop, hot, annoying, meaning, to read, a few days, etc…

a.      Ask and talk about the weather forecast

b.      Oral presentation: weather forecast

  1. Others

B5 curriculum:

A: review and practice Zhuyin and Pinyin (pronunciation in Mandarin)

B: Vocabulary and writing: (here both are together, but emphasize vocabulary)

  1. Family: (review or cover B4 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  2. Greetings: (review B1A curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom and at home)
  3. Polite expressions: (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom and at home)
  4. Numbers: (review and plus)
    1. Review B4 curriculum and practice in the classroom
    2. Use numbers in division problems
  5. Physical descriptions: (review or cover B4 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  6. Clothing: (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  7. Colors, Opposites, emotions, sensations and flavors: (review B2A curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  8. Common verbs: (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  9. Prepositions: (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  10. Animals: (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  11. Classroom objects: (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  12. My home: (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  13. Birthday party: (review or cover B4 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  14. Food: (review and plus)

Just, happen to, to go out, to take, to leave, because, to go home, therefore, to invite, restaurant, going to a restaurant, especially, usually, sometimes, steak, some other day, simple meal, to order food, menu, give us/me, plate, bowl, plain rice, fried rice, soup, or, by the way, to put, to let off, to let go, M.S.G., guest, more, a lot, to settle an account, sit anywhere, to help oneself, don’t be formal, make yourself at home, to add, etc…

    1. Review B4 curriculum and practice in the classroom
    2. Read a menu in Chinese
    3. Order food at a restaurant
    4. Explain why you are late
    5. Use “usually”, “often”, “not often” in full sentences
    6. Offer a choice of foods
  1. Sports and leisure activities: (review and plus)
    1. Review B4 curriculum and practice in the classroom
    2. Ask whether someone likes a certain sport
    3. Match famous athletes with their sports
    4. Orally present the favorite sport(s) of his/her family members    
  2. Daily routine: (review B3 curriculum, and continue to practice in the classroom)
  3. Telephone: (review or cover B4 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  4.  Shopping: (review or cover B4 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  5.  Weather: (review or cover B4 curriculum, and practice in the classroom)
  6. Travel:

To travel, heat, hot weather, to calculate, some, a little, square, direction, port, gold, sea, coast, shore, machine, aircraft, to do, to manage, to take photo, appearance, photo, to feel, to sleep, plump, to smile, to laugh, thin, lean, tight, to help, to assist, be short of, difference, to fly, man, male, etc…

    1. Express an intention or plan
    2. Use “ke neng (it is possible)” to state a probability
    3. Respond to teacher's or another student's questions about his/her travel experience
    4. Orally describe a travel experience at the airport, on a plane, on the ship, on beach, at picnic, in someplace, etc…
  1. Ask for directions and public transportation:

Road, away, from, far, near, close, public, to ride on animal or bike, time, clock, to sit, to take, steam, vapor, to know, way, station, stop, toward, to, to pass, cross, south, north, east, west, etc…

    1. Ask and talk about the means of transportation
    2. Ask and talk about distance
    3. Ask and talk about the length of time required
    4. Ask how to get somewhere
    5. Ask and talk about public transportation
    6. Ask if someone knows something
    7. State before or after an event
    8. Orally present a student’s daily commute to school
    9. Role-play asking/giving direction
  1. Others
    1. Simple idioms
    2. Sentences

About the curriculum:

This curriculum was organized based on information provided by LCS bilingual teachers (Debra Chang, Emily Chao, Michell Chiu, Chui Han Chow, Ming Lee, Sandra Lee, and Jessie Tsai), conversations with other LCS teachers (especially Ting-Ting Yeh and Yu-Wen Wang), and the curriculum from Needham Public School. Thanks also to LCS student Jessica Chu for her help.

This is only the 1st version of the curriculum. We will continue to modify the curriculum to maximally benefit our students. Any suggestion is welcome.