Theme-based Chinese Vocabulary for Edexcel IGCSE Chinese 1CN0F (3038 words) 集中、分类、分级、情境词汇速成

Book excerpt: Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9 - 1) in Chinese (spoken Mandarin/spoken Cantonese) (1CN0) First teaching from September 2017, First certification from June 2019, consists of four externally examined papers based on the following skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students must complete their speaking assessment in April/May and all other assessments in May/June in any single year. Theme-based learning is a way of teaching and learning, whereby many areas of the curriculum are connected together and integrated within a theme. For Chinese International exams, like IGCSE, IB, are evolving into Theme-based curriculum. Students develop the ability to communicate in the target language through the study of language, themes and texts. By referring Edexcel IGCSE Chinese 1CN0F Syllabus and HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) Version 2021 New Standards for International Chinese Language Education, we added more vocabulary and give the HSK classification, both Version 2009 and the latest Version 2021. Within each topic, the vocabulary are arranged by HSK V2021 levels. This will give teachers a guidance for difficulty level and allow students to set priority on the vocabulary they should know to read, write or both. It will also help a lot for student to do revision. Some students call them as “LIFESAVING" book before their examinations.