The Advanced Chinese IV course will expand on the student’s intermediate proficiency skills and language development with cultural references. Students will cultivate and demonstrate proficiency in reading through texts, fiction, and nonfiction, listening competence through formal and informal conversational exchanges, and writing proficiency through the use of descriptive, expository, and persuasive approach. At the end of Advanced Chinese IV, students should reach a proficiency level of Intermediate-Mid to Intermediate-High in Reading and Writing and Intermediate-High proficiency in listening and speaking. Advanced Chinese IV students will focus on the same TEKS prescribed by the State of Texas for the language level but will emphasize advanced application of listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills. Students will be challenged with instruction designed at a greater depth in order to prepare for Advanced Placement (AP) and/or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses. This course will be conducted primarily in Chinese.