{"id":344,"date":"2017-05-09T12:18:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T02:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:17:54","slug":"year-9-chinese","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/year-9-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"YEAR 9 CHINESE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Length:&nbsp;<\/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>The Year 9 Chinese language program builds on the foundations established in Years 7 and 8. 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 9 and 10.<\/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 Chinese 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<p>Concepts studied<strong> <\/strong>in year 9 include: past, education and work, communication, entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assessment:<\/strong>&nbsp;Students\u2019 performance will be determined according to the achievement standard for Italian 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&nbsp;Text Analysis (reading and listening), Text production (writing), Interaction (speaking), Reflection (in English). 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-10-chinese\/\">Year 10 Chinese<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1198\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-22-at-4.14.38\u202fpm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7726\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Length:&nbsp;Full 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. The Year 9 Chinese language program builds on the foundations established in Years 7 and 8. It is based on concepts identified in the Australian Curriculum and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/year-9-chinese\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">YEAR 9 CHINESE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344"}],"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=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7988,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions\/7988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}