Cambridge IGCSE Mandarin Chinese - Foreign Language (0547)

Students aiming to sit the Foreign Language Mandarin exam will learn about 1000 Mandarin characters and be able to write short essays of around 150 words.

Skills Covered

Listening

Students will be able to understand and identify main points, specific information and details on everyday topics from a range of sources and deduce the meaning of occasional unknown words and expressions from the context.

Reading

Students will be able to understand a range of short texts and descriptions of events, opinions, emotions, hopes and ambitions in simple texts.
Students will be able to identify main points, specific information, themes, opinions, ideas, emotions and attitudes in predictable texts and deduce the meaning of occasional unknown words and expressions from the context.

Speaking

Students will be able to participate in short social exchanges, unprepared conversations on familiar topics of personal interest or relevant to everyday life and describe past events and experiences, hopes and ambitions and give brief reasons for opinions and plans.
Students will learn to communicate with reasonable accuracy, using a range of structures, time frames and vocabulary relevant to the given situation while using different features of pronunciation and intonation to convey meaning and attitude.

Writing

Students will learn how to communicate simple factual information in writing with reasonable accuracy, using a range of structures, time frames and vocabulary relevant to the given situation.
Students will be able to write simple essays on familiar topics and describe past events and experiences, opinions, hopes and ambitions and give brief reasons for opinions and plans.