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Mandarin GCSE

2 parts · 12 chapters · 196 lessons

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    1. 9Core words7 lessons
    2. 10Identity and culture16 lessons
    3. 11Local, national, international and global areas of interest15 lessons
    4. 12Current and future study and employment9 lessons
      1. Exams, science and stress
      2. Tingshuo hearsay speech
      3. CVs, interviews and part-time jobs
      4. If I could, I would
      5. University, work or a gap year
      6. Formal connectives
      7. Yue lai yue
      8. An email about school and the future
      9. Read: 兼职面试
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Mandarin GCSE · Chapter 12 · Higher

Current and future study and employment

AQA Higher vocabulary for current and future study and employment.

2 vocabulary lessons (14 words), 3 grammar lessons, 2 phrase lessons, 1 story, 1 exam-practice task.

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  1. Vocabulary

    Exams, science and stress

    AQA Higher vocabulary for current and future study and employment.

  2. Grammar primer

    Tingshuo hearsay speech

    Prescribed by the AQA specification.

  3. Vocabulary

    CVs, interviews and part-time jobs

    AQA Higher vocabulary for current and future study and employment.

  4. Phrase session

    If I could, I would

    Wishes, dreams and what you would do if.

  5. Phrase session

    University, work or a gap year

    Weigh up what comes after school.

  6. Grammar primer

    Formal connectives

    Prescribed by the AQA specification.

  7. Grammar primer

    Yue lai yue

    Prescribed by the AQA specification.

  8. Exam practice

    An email about school and the future

    Exam practice: a piece of writing.

  9. Read a story

    Read: 兼职面试

    A reader on the current and future study and employment theme, written only in the AQA GCSE vocabulary this course covers.

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