Edexcel GCE Advanced Subsidiary Chinese Specimen 2017, Paper 1 (8CN0/01) (PDF Book)

Pearson Edexcel AS believes languages should appeal to all students. The new Pearson Edexcel AS Level in Chinese has been developed to inspire all students who have an appreciation of the language, literature, film and culture of the Chinese-speaking world.Pearson Edexcel AS designed a motivating course of study that will enable your students to develop an advanced level knowledge and understanding of the Chinese language, the culture of China and other Chinese-speaking countries and communities, as well as practical and valuable language and transferable study skills. This specification will help to prepare students for higher education and enhance their employability profile. The two Inspiring and engaging themes are studied alongside either one literary text or one film and assessed through two externally-examined papers (Papers 1 and 2) and one teacher-examiner conducted speaking assessment (Paper 3).Theme 1: Changes in contemporary Chinese society 当代华人社会变迁Theme 2: Chinese culture