Solway College Solway College

Level 2 Chinese

12CHIN
Course Description


This course is open to Year 11 - 13 students wishing to gain NCEA credits in Chinese.  

Course information and work will be in Google Classroom.

Students will also have access to course materials and loan textbooks with CDs; contact through Skype, text-messaging and email; links to Chinese websites for information and practise.
At NZC Learning Languages Level 5: “Students can understand and produce more complex language. They can communicate beyond the immediate context, for example, about past and future events. Students can understand and produce a variety of text types.”
At NZC Learning Languages Level 8: Students can use language variably and effectively to express and justify their own ideas and opinions and support or challenge those of others. They are able to use and identify the linguistic and cultural forms that guide interpretation and enable them to respond critically to texts.


Students may also avail themselves to

  1. China Educational Summer Camp

  2. Immersion Study Exchange in Nanchang China

  3. Regional Chinese Speech Competition



Course Overview

Term 1
Learning about self to others and beyond
You will gain skills in: Listening; Speaking; Reading Pinyin and Chinese Characters; and Writing Pinyin and Chinese Characters

Term 2
Building knowledge on how Chinese is linguistically and socially organised
You will gain skills in: Listening; Speaking; Reading Pinyin and Chinese Characters; and Writing Pinyin and Chinese Characters

Term 3
Gain valuable cultural knowledge
You will gain skills in: Listening; Speaking; Reading Pinyin and Chinese Characters; and Writing Pinyin and Chinese Characters

Term 4
You will gain skills in: Listening; Speaking; Reading Pinyin and Chinese Characters; and Writing Pinyin and Chinese Characters

Learning Areas:

Distance Learning



Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

Access to a device e.g. laptop or chromebook or cell phone to use the internet

Access to a CD player

Check email at the start of the week

Stay in regular communication with the tutor