Mandarin
Back to Key InformationIB Mandarin
Exam Board: International Baccalaureate (IB)
Specification: Language B (Standard Level Diploma)
IB Mandarin is a rigorous, rewarding course that will equip you with essential language skills, cultural awareness, and critical thinking. Whether you're aiming for top universities or preparing for a global career, studying Mandarin will provide you with the tools to succeed.
Our Mandarin pathway can be taken as a fourth option, studied alongside three full A Levels.
Course content
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Engaging Resources: You'll work with a variety of authentic texts, including articles, videos, and literature, that reflect real-world language use.
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Interactive Environment: Participate in discussions and authentic conversations to enhance your speaking and listening abilities.
Course Structure and Assessment
Course Structure
The specification is organised into five prescribed themes: identities, experiences, human ingenuity, social organization and sharing the planet. Within each theme, you will:
· Acquire knowledge of vocabulary and grammar (the what of language), reinforced and extended by understanding audience, context, purpose, meaning and variation (the why and how of language).
· Develop a global mindset
· Be exposed to a variety of authentic text types
· Describe situations, narrate events, make comparisons, explain problems, and state and support their personal opinions on a variety of topics
· Produce a wide variety of oral and written texts for audiences, contexts and purposes associated with academic and personal interests
Assessment
Paper 1: Written production 25%. Paper 2: Receptive skills (reading & listening) 50%. Paper 3: Individual oral examination 25%. Papers 1 & 2 are externally assessed. The oral component is internally assessed but externally moderated.
Entry requirements
Grade 6 in GCSE Mandarin
