World Language and Culture: Chinese (Mandarin) (Grades K–12) Subtest 1

Subarea 4: Language Structures

0006

Demonstrate knowledge of the structures of Chinese.

demonstrating knowledge of the major phonological, orthographical, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic features of Chinese
comparing and contrasting linguistic structures and features of Chinese with linguistic structures and features of English
transforming sentences or short passages in Chinese according to given instructions (e.g., combining two sentences into one sentence, transforming a statement into a question)
analyzing sentences and short passages in Chinese to determine grammatically correct words or phrases to complete them
identifying the appropriate use of words and phrases in Chinese
selecting appropriate corrections to morphological, syntactic, or pragmatic errors in Chinese