GCSEinChineseallowsstudentstodeveloptheirabilitytocommunicatewithChinesenativespeakersinbothspeechandwriting.StudentswillstudyacrossavarietyofcontextsrelevanttotheirageandinterestsandwillalsodevelopagreaterawarenessofthecultureofChinese-speakingcommunitiesandcountriesthroughthelearningofChinesegrammar,rangeofvocabulary,alistofwordsandotherrelatedfieldstosatisfytheirneeds.

考试结构Exam

Fourexternally-examinedpapersbasedon

Listening,

Speaking,

Reading,

Writing

考试形式Format

Paper1：

Writtenexamination

Foundationtier:35minutes,including5minutes’readingtime;50Marks;

Highertier:45minutes,including5minutes’readingtime;50Marks;

25%ofthetotalqualification

Paper2:

Internallyconductedandexternallyassessed

Foundationtier:7–9minutesplus12minutes’preparationtime;70marks

Highertier:10–12minutesplus12minutes’preparationtime;70marks

25%ofthetotalqualification

Paper3:

Writtenexamination

Foundationtier:50minutes;50marks.

Highertier:1hour5minutes;50marks;

25%ofthetotalqualification

Paper4:

Writtenexamination

Foundationtier:1hour15minutes;60marks

Highertier:1hour25minutes;60marks

25%ofthetotalqualification

P.S.

TheassessmentwillbeavailableinMandarinandCantonese.

Studentscancompletetheassessmentusingeithertraditionalorsimplifiedcharacters

课程核心内容模块Contents

Paper1:

StudentsareassessedontheirunderstandingofstandardspokenChinesebyoneormorespeakersinarangeofpublicandsocialsettings.

Foundationtier

AllquestionsaresetinEnglish.TheinstructionstostudentsareinEnglish.

Highertier

AllquestionsaresetinEnglish.TheinstructionstostudentsareinEnglish.

Paper2:

StudentsareassessedontheirabilitytocommunicateandinteracteffectivelythroughspeakinginChinesefordifferentpurposesandindifferentsettings.

Therearethreetaskswhichmustbeconductedinthefollowingorder:

Task1–aroleplaybasedononetopic

Task2–questionsbasedonapicturestimulusbasedononetopic

Task3–conversationbasedontwothemes

Paper3:

StudentsareassessedontheirunderstandingofwrittenChineseacrossarangeofdifferenttypesoftexts,includingadvertisements,emails,letters,articlesandliterarytexts.

1.SectionAissetinEnglish.TheinstructionstostudentsareinEnglish.

2.SectionBincludesatranslationpassagefromChineseintoEnglishwithinstructionsinEnglish.

Paper4:

StudentsareassessedontheirabilitytocommunicateeffectivelythroughwritinginChinesefordifferentpurposesandaudiences.

Foundationtier

Therearethreeopen-responsequestionsandonetranslationintoChinese.

Highertier

Therearetwoopen-responsequestionsandonetranslationintoChinese.