Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises Grade 10 Mandarin Chinese Curriculum Design.

  It is a Senior School curriculum developed by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) under the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC).

  • Level: Senior School (Grade 10)
  • Learning Area: Mandarin Chinese
  • Year of Publication: 2025 (First Published)
  • Curriculum Approach: Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC)
  • Pathway: Social Sciences (Languages option)
  • Focus: Development of communicative competence in Mandarin, intercultural understanding, and practical language skills for global engagement and career opportunities

  The curriculum aims to enable learners to:

  • Listen and respond appropriately in authentic communication contexts
  • Communicate effectively in a variety of real-life situations
  • Read and comprehend texts of moderate complexity
  • Write clear, coherent, and creative texts in Mandarin
  • Apply Mandarin grammar accurately in communication
  • Use digital tools to support language learning
  • Develop intercultural competence and global citizenship

  It covers the following strands and sub-strands:

  • Strand 1.0: Listening and Speaking
    • Phonological Awareness
      • Sound discrimination
      • Tone discrimination
      • Initials and finals
      • Syllable division
      • Retroflex finals
      • Blending
      • Rhyming
    • Oral Presentation
      • Clarity and articulation
      • Pronunciation
      • Fluency
      • Verbal and non-verbal expression
      • Logic and coherence
    • Listening for comprehension (active listening, summarising)
    • Speaking fluency (vocabulary use, pace, coherence, pragmatic skills)
  • Strand 2.0: Reading
    • Reading aloud (fluency, pronunciation, articulation)
    • Reading fluency (pace, coherence, appropriate expression, intonation)
    • Reading comprehension (inferencing, summarising, skimming, scanning)
  • Strand 3.0: Writing
    • Orthography
      • Stroke order
      • Character formation
      • Handwriting clarity and legibility
    • Writing Mechanics
      • Pinyin spelling
      • Punctuation (Chinese full stop, comma, etc.)
      • Word order
    • Creative writing
    • Paragraph writing (logic and coherence)
    • Descriptive writing (word choice and organisation)
  • Strand 4.0: Grammar
    • Parts of speech (verbs, pronouns, adverbs, prepositions, adjectives)
    • Particles and conjunctions
    • Sentence structures
    • Classifiers

  The strands are delivered through thematic contexts including Social Life, My Environment, Tourism, Health, School and World of Work, and World of Business. The curriculum emphasises learner-centred activities such as role plays, oral presentations, reading practice, character writing, cultural exploration, and use of digital platforms. It also integrates core competencies, values, and pertinent and contemporary issues such as intercultural awareness, collaboration, communication, digital literacy, creativity, and global citizenship to prepare learners for further studies and international engagement.

• Category:

  Curriculum Designs
• Level:

  Grade 10
• Subject:

  MANDARIN

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