IB Mandarin B HL study plan

Build a personal vocabulary bank of 60 high-frequency terms for identity, family structures, and social roles, tagging each with part of speech and one collocation

Draft and record a 2-minute spoken self-introduction covering background, values, and one social group you belong to, using at least 8 target terms

Write 8 sentence patterns for expressing opinion and hedging (e.g., 在我看来, 从某种意义上说) and use each once in a short paragraph

Summarize one short authentic text on changing family roles in 100 characters, then list 5 new words with synonyms

Compare two perspectives on generational differences by writing a 150-character summary of each and listing the points of contrast

Practise 12 connectors of contrast and concession (然而, 尽管, 反而) by rewriting 6 simple sentences into complex ones

Conduct a 5-minute mock conversation answering 6 personal-identity questions without reading notes

Correct 10 recurring grammar errors from your own week-1 writing and log the rule behind each

Assemble a 50-item vocabulary set for experiences, migration, education, and innovation, each with a Chinese definition and an example sentence

Write a 250-character narrative about a formative experience using past-tense markers and time sequencing (当时, 随后, 结果)

Read one authentic article on technological change and extract 5 arguments into a two-column table of claim and evidence

Deliver a 3-minute talk linking a personal experience to a broader social or technological trend

Role-play 4 oral-exam stimulus types (blog post, advertisement, letter, infographic description read aloud to you) and respond in 3 minutes each

Produce 10 complex sentences using cause, purpose, and result structures (由于, 以便, 从而) and check them against a grammar reference

Revise your week-3 text for register, replacing 8 informal expressions with formal equivalents

Summarize a 400-character text into 80 characters without losing the main claim

Build a 50-item environment and resource vocabulary set covering climate, consumption, and conservation, with collocations

Analyse one environmental data description in Chinese and write 5 sentences interpreting trends using comparative structures

Draft a 350-character argumentative text on individual versus collective responsibility, with a clear thesis and two supports

Debate a sustainability motion for 6 minutes, practising rebuttal phrases and conceding-then-countering moves

Map 6 global or social issues to the 5 prescribed themes and write a one-line angle for each that you could defend orally

Practise 8 impersonal and passive constructions (被认为, 受到关注) by converting 8 active sentences

Record a 5-minute oral on a social-organization stimulus and self-mark it against all oral criteria with timestamps

Compile 15 statistics-and-trend phrases and use 10 of them in a 200-character commentary on a chart you describe in words

Complete two full timed mock individual orals with different stimulus types and compare scores to identify the weakest criterion

Write two timed 30-minute Paper 1 responses and cut each by 15 percent in a second draft for concision

Review your accumulated error log and re-test yourself on the 40 items you got wrong most often

Rehearse 10 follow-up question responses of 30 seconds each to simulate teacher questioning

Sit one full mock of both papers under strict timing and mark it with the official criteria

Consolidate a one-page personal phrase sheet of 40 structures you will deliberately use in writing and speaking

Re-record your weakest oral stimulus from week 7 and compare it side by side with the original

Finalize a revision checklist of 10 recurring errors and verify each is absent from your latest drafts