Dougherty Valley High – Chinese Mandarin II for Heritage Learners

Apr 2026 · 2nd Semester

Highly Recommend: C or better in Chinese Mandarin I in high school or 1B in middle school or successfully passed DVHS placement test. This course is designed for students who have higher proficiency in listening and speaking of Chinese Mandarin, and are interested in learning Chinese Mandarin, which is more challenging than the regular Chinese II curriculum. This course will focus on using Chinese II vocabulary and grammar, level-appropriate authentic material and some advanced vocabularies to further develop skills, especially in reading and writing. This course presupposes a good listening and speaking ability of Chinese Mandarin and sufficient knowledge of words, sentences, and grammatical structure. Emphasis will be placed upon using authentic material to conduct vocabulary comparison, oral discussion, written presentation in Chinese Mandarin, so that students will use their language advantage to experience how the language is used in an authentic Chinese-speaking environment. For students who have not taken Chinese Mandarin I in high school or Chinese 1B in middle school or have not taken equivalent class in any accredited school, please register to DVHS placement test and complete student survey to determine class placement.