{"id":341,"date":"2017-05-09T12:16:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T02:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=341"},"modified":"2025-07-16T23:28:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:58:05","slug":"year-8-chinese","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/year-8-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 8 Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Level:\u00a0<\/strong>Year 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Length:\u00a0<\/strong>Full year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Please note:<\/em><\/strong><em> This subject is not suitable for students who are fluent native speakers of Chinese or who have recently arrived in Australia from Chinese-speaking communities.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Content:<\/strong><br><br>The Year 8 Chinese language program builds on the foundations established in Year 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is based on concepts identified in the Australian Curriculum and aims to develop students\u2019 knowledge, skills and understandings as described in the achievement standard for years 7 and 8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>communication skills&nbsp;<\/li><li>literacy skills in Chinese (pinyin and some characters) and English&nbsp;<\/li><li>intercultural capabilities&nbsp;<\/li><li>understanding of, and respect for, diversity and difference, and openness to different experiences and perspectives&nbsp;<\/li><li>understanding and appreciation of how culture shapes world views and extends their understanding of themselves, their own heritage, values, culture and identity&nbsp;<\/li><li>critical and creative thinking.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Concepts studied<strong> <\/strong>in year 8 include: time, journey, health and wellbeing, celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assessment:<\/strong><br><br>Students\u2019 performance will be determined according to the achievement standard for Chinese years 7 and 8, as outlined in the Australian Curriculum: Languages. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes. The types of assessments include Text Analysis, Text Production, Interaction and Reflection. Students will be assessed on two of these assessment types per term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leads to:<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/year-9-chinese\/\">Year 9 Chinese<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Level:\u00a0Year 8 Length:\u00a0Full year Please note: This subject is not suitable for students who are fluent native speakers of Chinese or who have recently arrived in Australia from Chinese-speaking communities. Content: The Year 8 Chinese language program builds on the foundations established in Year 7. It is based on concepts identified in the Australian Curriculum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[33,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6582,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions\/6582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}