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IB Mandarin ab initio SL

25 lessons in one SL course: Mandarin ab initio is offered at SL only. Five-minute lessons, exam-style questions and timed mock papers.

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Units
7
SL lessons
25
Questions
166
Key terms
85

What you will study

Every lesson follows the current IB guide. The first unit is free.

Identities (身份认同)4 lessons · free
  1. IdentitiesIntroducing yourself: 叫, 是 and 岁
  2. IdentitiesFamily: 有, 没有 and 的
  3. IdentitiesFood and drink: 喜欢, 要 and measure words
  4. IdentitiesPhysical well-being: 很, 不 and 没
Experiences (经验)4 lessons
  1. ExperiencesLeisure: hobbies and questions with 吗, 呢 and 吧
  2. ExperiencesDaily routine: telling the time and word order
  3. ExperiencesHolidays: transport and completed actions with 了
  4. ExperiencesFestivals and celebrations: dates and 过
Human ingenuity (人类的创造力)3 lessons
  1. Human ingenuityTechnology: 会, 能 and 可以
  2. Human ingenuityEntertainment and media: question words and opinions
  3. Human ingenuityComparing things: 比 and 一样
Social organization (社会组织)4 lessons
  1. Social organizationAt home: 在, 有 and position words
  2. Social organizationThe neighbourhood: places, 离 and directions
  3. Social organizationShopping: money, big numbers and measure words
  4. Social organizationSchool and work: 虽然…但是…, 想 and 要
Sharing the planet (共享地球)3 lessons
  1. Sharing the planetWeather and seasons: change with 了
  2. Sharing the planetPhysical geography: landscapes, animals and 最
  3. Sharing the planetThe environment and global issues: 应该 and 不要
Text types: emails, postcards, blogs and notices3 lessons
  1. Text typesInformal texts: emails and postcards
  2. Text typesDiary entries and blogs
  3. Text typesNotices and the formal register
Assessment: papers and the individual oral4 lessons
  1. Paper 1Paper 1: productive writing
  2. Paper 2Paper 2: listening
  3. Paper 2Paper 2: reading
  4. Individual oralThe individual oral

Try a question

From “Introducing yourself: 叫, 是 and 岁”.

Questions are in Mandarin, like the exam. Every answer comes with an explanation.

哪个句子的意思是“I am sixteen”？

  1. A我是十六。
  2. B我六十岁。
  3. C我有十六岁。
  4. D我十六岁。
Show the answer

D. 我十六岁。

Age needs 岁 and no verb: 我十六岁. 六十 is 60, not 16, and 有 is not used for age.

Start Mandarin ab initio today.

The first unit is free. No card needed.

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