Leodis V. McDaniel High School – Chinese Mandarin 7-8

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

This s the fourth level of a four-year sequential course. It’s designed for students who are comfortable and confident with Chinese characters without the use of Pinyin. The course includes class discussion, spontaneous speaking in authentic and more fluent Chinese with more grammatical accuracy, challenging comprehensive writing assignments, and higher quality of project completion and oral presentations. Throughout the course, students are expected to write short essays and express their points of view for different events. They are expected to be able to participate in conversations about various familiar topics, communicate effectively in everyday scenarios, and present information, both verbally and writing, on present, past and future events. Students are expected to speak Chinese daily as their main form of verbal communication, and to write regularly."