Achievement Standard 2.3 The Impression as an Exchange Student from New Zealand to China

Achievement Standard 2.3 The Impression as an Exchange Student from New Zealand to China

Student Instruction Sheet

Achievement Standard 2.3

Assessment Number: 90384 (version 2)

Converse in Chinese in a less familiar context        Credit: 3

Topic: The Impression as an Exchange Student from New Zealand to China

You are an exchange student from New Zealand to study in China for a period of time. During one of the school’s assemblies, you are invited to answer the Chinese students’ questions by giving your impression and express your point of view about the similarities and differences between China and New Zealand. Your teacher will play the role of the student(s) to ask you some questions.

You need to give an introduction to invite the student to ask the questions and the following ideas could possibly be included in the students’ questions and asked by Chinese students in the assembly.

• Your overall impression about China and New Zealand
• What you like most about China and New Zealand
• The friends you met in China and New Zealand
• What attributes you should have as a high school student in New Zealand and China
• What you would like to recommend about China to New Zealand and vis versa

Conditions:

• You will hold a conversation with your teacher, which will be recorded for assessment reference purposes.
• Your part in conversation should be a minium length of two minute.
• You have a week to prepare for this conversation and you have 2 periods in class on preparation.
• Speaking order will be decided before hand and determined by ballot and/or negotiation.
• Cue cards are not allowed but visual aids (maps or pictures) can be used.
• Check the assessment schedule and examples of performance carefully and make sure you know what level of performance is required, so that you know what you must do to achieve at each level.
• The language examples are given as a guide for you, you may use part of them or adapt them, but do not quote them verbatim.
• Your speech must be your own work.
• You must speak clearly – don’t speak too fast.
• Use as a wide variety of vocabulary and sentence structures as possible and correctly used preposition.
• Avoid repetition and lists. Vary your word order – inversion.
• The date for the assessment is               of July 2010. Ensure that you arrive in good time for your appointment.

1．请你References:

1．请你向我们分别叙述一下你对新西兰和中国的印象以及他们之间相同和不同的地方。

(Your impression about China and New Zealand and what the similarities and differences between New Zealand and China and what you like and dislike about both New Zealand and China)

(Reference section: Ni Hao 4: 2.1 and 2.3 and page33, 39, 45)

2．请你向我们分别叙述一下在新西兰和中国作为一个高中学生分别应该具有的学习态度和品德。 (What attitude and attribute you should have and what is the school’s expectation toward you as a high school student in both New Zealand and China )

(Reference section: Ni Hao 4: 1.1, 2.2 and 2.3 and page3, 39, 45)
3．请你向我们分别叙述一下在新西兰和中国在校学生一般所参与的学校课外活动和校外活动。 (The similarities and differences of school’s extra curricular activities, outside school activities and social events in both New Zealand and China)

(Reference section: Ni Hao 4: 1.2 and page9)
4．请你向我们分别叙述一下在新西兰和中国作为一个高中学生一般是如何结交朋友以及是如何维持友谊关系。 (How you make your friends, how you build up and maintain your friendship in both New Zealand and China)

(Reference section: Ni Hao 4: 1.1, 1.3 and 2.2 and page3, 15, 39)
5．请你向我们分别叙述一下在新西兰和中国的通讯系统及网际网路使用上相同和不同的地方。 (The similarities and differences of communication system and form of communication, such as internet usage… etc, between both New Zealand and China)

(Reference section: Ni Hao 4: 1.3 and page15)
6．请你向我们分别叙述一下在新西兰和中国在资源回收政策上相同和不同的地方。

(The similarities and differences of recycling policies between both New Zealand and China)

(Reference section: Ni Hao 4: 2.2 and 2.3 and page 39, 45)

Note:

The answer for each question must allow you to hold the conversation for at lest 30 seconds