# A Level Chinese and Leaving Cert Mandarin Practice Free A level Chinese PDFs for Pearson Edexcel 9CN0: speaking, the IRP, translation and the essay, plus Leaving Cert Mandarin oral, aural and written. Source: https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/a-level-and-leaving-cert-chinese-workbooks By Mei Lin A level Chinese and the Leaving Certificate are school-leaving exams, taken at about 17 or 18 in England and Ireland. These books cover Pearson Edexcel A level Chinese (9CN0), at about HSK 5 to 6, and Leaving Cert Mandarin Chinese at Ordinary or Higher level, at about HSK 2 to 3. By the end of the A level books you have practised theme discussions, the Independent Research Project, translation both ways and the essay on a literary text or film. The Leaving Cert book covers the oral, aural and written papers. All three have model answers and free audio. ## Best first book [A Level Chinese Speaking Practice: Theme Discussions and the Independent Research Project](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/a-level-chinese-speaking-practice): Stimulus-card discussions for the four A level themes and a step-by-step guide to the Independent Research Project, with model answers and audio. Sitting the Leaving Cert? Open the Leaving Cert book. ## Workbooks (3) Free. - [A Level Chinese Speaking Practice: Theme Discussions and the Independent Research Project](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/a-level-chinese-speaking-practice): 21-page PDF, A level (about HSK 5-6). Stimulus-card discussions for the four A level Chinese themes and a step-by-step guide to the Independent Research Project, with model answers and audio - [Leaving Cert Mandarin Chinese Practice: Oral, Aural and Written](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/leaving-cert-mandarin-chinese-practice): 18-page PDF, Leaving Certificate (Ordinary and Higher, about HSK 2-3). Oral questions with model answers, aural and reading practice and writing tasks for the Leaving Certificate Mandarin Chinese exam, with audio - [A Level Chinese Translation and Essay Practice: Into English, Into Chinese and the Essay on a Work](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/a-level-chinese-translation-and-essay-practice): 16-page PDF, A level (about HSK 5-6). Translation passages both ways with model answers and traps, and the A level Chinese critical essay step by step with analytical language and plans, with audio ## Which A level Chinese exam do these books follow? Pearson Edexcel A level Chinese (9CN0). The speaking book prepares Paper 3, and the translation and essay book covers both translations and the essay on a literary text or film. ## Is there help with the A level Independent Research Project? Yes. A Level Chinese Speaking Practice walks through the IRP step by step, next to discussion cards for the four themes, with model answers and audio. ## What does the Leaving Cert Mandarin book cover? Oral questions with model answers, aural and reading practice and writing tasks, at Ordinary or Higher level. 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