NCEA L1 Chinese case studies

NCEA L1 Chinese · Put your knowledge to work in context.

NCEA Level 1 Chinese (Mandarin) is the first-year senior secondary qualification in Mandarin within New Zealand's NCEA system, delivered under the Learning Languages area of the New Zealand Curriculum. It is designed for secondary students who are building listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Mandarin, and it is assessed through a mix of internal and external assessment. The NCEA L1 Chinese case studies are 5 cases and about 3,217 words.

Negotiating a bathroom and dinner timetable with a homestay family

You are a Year 11 student from Christchurch on a three-week exchange at a middle school in Suzhou, staying with the Wang family. Your school rugby fitness sessions run 5:45–6:45pm three evenings a week at the school gym, and you get home at about 7:05.

617 words, about 3 min 2

A 90-second persuasive pitch for a Mandarin immersion camp

Your Year 11 Chinese class of 24 students must deliver a 90-second spoken piece in Mandarin for the Communicate for a Chosen Purpose standard. You choose to persuade classmates to sign up for the school's first Mandarin immersion camp: one weekend in Term 3 at Waikanae, $40, 20 places only, no phones allowed, with dumpling cooking, a treasure hunt, and a calligraphy session with a visiting teacher from Shanghai.

638 words, about 3 min 3

Two conflicting WeChat messages about a dumpling-making event

Your class WeChat group contains two messages about the same event. Message A, from 学生会, Monday: 「同学们注意：下星期六下午两点，在食堂二楼包饺子。每人交五块钱。请自己带碗和筷子。四点结束。」 Message B, from 李老师, Wednesday: 「更正一下：包饺子改到星期天上午十点，地点不变，因为星期六学校有篮球比赛，食堂要用。碗和筷子学校提供，不用带了。费用还是五块。请星期五以前在群里报名。」 Your friend Tane has read only Message A.

646 words, about 3 min 4

A voice message that cuts off: invitation, surprise, and a dead battery

You are on a bus in Auckland and listen to a voice message from your friend 小雨 in Mandarin. You hear: 「喂，是我。我现在在商场。我本来想给我妈妈买一件毛衣，可是没有她的号，所以我买了一条围巾，红色的，一百二十块。星期六晚上六点半在我家吃饭，你别迟到啊。对了，你别告诉我妈妈，这是一个惊喜。啊，我的手机快没电了，我再打给你。」 The message cuts off.

602 words, about 3 min 5

Exchanging a discounted shirt with no paper receipt

You are in a department store in Nanjing, three days before flying home. Yesterday you bought a shirt for 180 yuan, size M, at a counter with a sign reading 打折商品七天内可以换，不能退（需带小票）.

714 words, about 4 min