Mrs Chen Draper (李琛) is Head of High School Chinese at the United World College South East Asia (UWCSEA), Singapore. She teaches both IGCSE and IB Chinese. Prior to this, she was Head of Chinese at the prestigious Sevenoaks School, an independent school in the UK. Chen has firsthand and in-depth understanding of both IGCSE and IB assessment and what it takes for students to excel in the exams. Chen is an experienced regional workshop leader and teacher trainer. She has extensive experience as a workshop presenter at international conferences and regional teacher training courses both in the UK and in Singapore.

Mr Victor Bao (鲍思冶) is Head of Chinese at the PLC Melbourne. He is an experienced Chinese language teacher of IB and IGCSE who has taught in New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Singapore. Victor is also an IGCSE 0547 examiner and IB examiner and workshop leader. He was a member of the team that developed the new IGCSE 0523 examination.

Ms Angela Wu (吴星华) is Head of Mother Tongue Languages at the School of the Arts (SOTA), Singapore. Prior to this, she had been teaching Chinese at Nexus International School, Singapore, and Jimei University Affiliated High School, China. She was appointed as Languages Coordinator and then Head of Chinese Language to develop curriculum. In addition to language teaching, Angela is also an active workshop leader for teacher training for international schools in Asia. As a Google educator, she is good in using Google Apps, Teamie, Schoology, etc. to do flipping classroom, projected-based learning and task-based learning in her Chinese classroom.

IGCSE & IB: designed specifically for IGCSE Mandarin: Foreign Language, and IB Mandarin: ab initio

Themes & vocabulary: full coverage of IGCSE and IB syllabi

Exam prep: exercises in actual exam formats and full mock exam papers provided

Scaffolding: texts and exercises in different levels to cater to different needs

Four skills: balanced focus on reading, writing, listening and speaking

Assessment: guidance on assessment schemes with student sample essays

Culture: cultural comparison and reflection to facilitate intercultural appreciation

Audio clips (in MP3 format) for listening comprehension practice available online at www.cengagechinese.com/ichinese