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Education for a changing world
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Chinese
Board: Edexcel (9CN0)
INTRODUCTION
With 1.3 billion speakers of Chinese and 1.35 billion speakers of English, you’ll open doors to communicate
with one third of the planet. Pathways include careers in all fields such as Business, International Relations,
Finance, Travel & Tourism, Education, Translation, Government & Entrepreneurship.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Candidates must have achieved at least a 7 in Mandarin at GCSE level (or equivalent).
COURSE CONTENT
Year 12 Themes:
Family, Education and Work, Chinese Culture and Cultural Activities
Year 13 Themes:
Transformations, Sino-British Relationships, Communication & Technology, Economy and Environment
ASSESSMENT
Listening, reading and responding to texts (60 marks)
Translating between English and Chinese (40 marks)
Written response to a literary text and a film (100 marks)
Discussion of a stimulus card (30 marks)
Presentation and discussion of an individual research project (42 marks)
CONTACT
For more information contact: Mr D Kral, d.kral@kwschool.co.uk
