Accredited Mandarin Chinese Curriculum

Study Mandarin Chinese language online for high school credit at Sterling Academy! Chinese language study is not only available for Sterling Academy full-time students, but also students from other schools who do not have Chinese courses available at their school. Since we are an Cognia/SACS accredited school, your credits are generally easily transferable to your local school.

WHAT IS COVERED IN OUR MANDARIN CHINESE COURSES?

Our online high school Mandarin Chinese courses feature a variety of activities. Each unit introduces a vocabulary theme and grammar concept. Activities to practice the material learned include reading, writing, listening, and speaking, and games. Every unit also includes a lesson on Chinese culture. Assessments (quizzes and exams) include set answer questions (i.e. multiple choice), writing portions, and speaking portions.

The courses have been carefully aligned to national standards as set forth by ACTFL (the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages). Listed below are some examples of what is specifically covered in each high school course. The lists of topics and grammar points are not complete lists, but give substantial examples of what is covered.

Mandarin I A

Topics in the first semester online high school Mandarin I course include greetings, numbers, months and days, colors, rooms and household items, and illnesses.

Grammar covered includes measure words, plurals, asking questions, adjectives and opposites, describing differences, possessives, and describing where things are.

Students are introduced to pinyin and tone marks immediately, and later in the semester are introduced to Chinese characters.

Activities in first semester Mandarin I include creating your own story and writing a song or poem.

Mandarin I B

Topics in the second semester online high school Mandarin I course include addresses, family, school, food, recipes, eating utensils, clothing, going to a movie, animals, drawing words, nature, going on a trip, and directions (getting around town).

Grammar covered includes repeating words, when/while/during, describing things, comparisons, time placement, near and far, directions.

Mandarin II A

Topics in the first semester online high school Mandarin II course include sports, seasons and activities, feelings and emotions, Internet/TV/gaming, places and things to do in a city, hobbies, weather, professions, transportation, and international cities.

Grammar covered includes ordinal numbers, choosing the right verb for the right sport, how to express feelings, expressing arriving with dao, using different buts, measure words, using if, when and superlatives.

Mandarin II B

Topics in the second semester online high school Mandarin II course include music and instruments, holidays, Chinese cooking, a Chinese love story, marriage, extended family, dialects, idioms, and philosophy.

Grammar covered includes: How to express spending time, expressing understanding, expressing what you can do, compliments, before/after, the phrase "and with me go," using fillers, using verbs, passives, cognates, metaphors, "this way…that way…", the many meanings of xiang, and giving advice.

Part of the final exam in Mandarin II B requires the student to write ten sentences on a topic using Chinese characters.

NEED MORE DETAILS?

If you have specific questions about anything covered in our Mandarin Chinese courses, you may fill out the form on this page and include your questions there. Or, if you're interested in signing up, you can also contact us using that form.

WHY STUDY MANDARIN CHINESE?

With the fast pace of globalization in today’s world, Chinese, especially Mandarin, is becoming one of the most important languages in fields such as business, politics, travel, etc.

Economically, China is developing rapidly. As a matter of fact, China has the second largest economy in the world and is still growing fast every year. Therefore, being able to understand and use Chinese will give you a great advantage in the competitive international business field.

China is one of the oldest countries in the world, with thousands of years of history. Learning Chinese will certainly enrich your understanding of the fascinating Chinese culture and will help you enjoy China more during traveling.

Besides developing rapidly economically, China is also playing a more and more important role in today’s world politically. Therefore, knowing Chinese gives you an advantage when seeking a government job.

Chinese is a major world language for the 21st century -- be prepared for your century by studying Chinese at Sterling Academy!

FIND OUT MORE

If you would like to learn more about any of our other foreign language courses (French, German, Latin, or Spanish) or have any other questions about Sterling Academy, click the link below and our Enrollment Counselor will contact you and answer your questions for you.

OUR COURSE OFFERINGS

We offer the following Chinese courses. Each course is 1 semester.

High School Mandarin I A
High School Mandarin I B
High School Mandarin II A
High School Mandarin II B
Middle School Beginning Mandarin A
Middle School Beginning Mandarin B
Middle School Intermediate Mandarin A
Middle School Intermediate Mandarin B

Click here to see a video tour of our online language course. The tour uses Spanish as an example, but the format is the same for each world language.

Have questions regarding our Chinese Courses?

Yueming Guo, Chinese teacher

Yueming/Sophie Guo is a native Chinese/Mandarin speaker. She gained her master’s degree from the University of Delaware for Teaching English as a Second Language. She is certified in teaching Chinese/Mandarin and ESL (English as a Second Language) in Virginia, Maryland, and Illinois. She has been teaching Chinese, Japanese and ESL for many years with different school districts and colleges, such as Cecil college, Chicago public schools, Appoquinimink school district, Reid Temple Christian Academy, and other schools. She loves her students. She is good at singing and dancing. She would like to try her best to help her students to improve their Chinese.