Teaching Chinese at Home

[jedamum]

Joy:

I bought the whole set for 29.40 include shipping.

jedamum:

[quote=\"cchew\"]I saw 四五快读 selling at one of chinese bookstore at the bookfair 2010 at Suntec. The whole set is about $68 . There were posters about 四五快读 on their wall too.

i have no connections with zhangping, but i remembered browsing her website and she is selling the whole set at $41++
for cheaper alternative, you can consider getting from her.
http://www.sgshinekids.com/22235201162455535835.html
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6238&start=0

i did think initially of getting from her, but did not cos i am not sure if i need the whole set, so i bought separate singles from dangdang.

[/quote]
i only know tamarind got from dangdang at $37 including shipping (correct?) so that is the comparison that i made (ie comparing that i don't have amex or citibank, if i want to get whole set, i was considering the online shop cos the price diff was only $5 and no need to wait for shipping time).
anyway, i got the first 3 vols only......asked my friend coming back from china to get for me :oops: (paisay to ask him to get the full set cos it is heavy.)

[tamarind]

jedamum:

Joy:

I bought the whole set for 29.40 include shipping.

[quote=\"jedamum\"]i have no connections with zhangping, but i remembered browsing her website and she is selling the whole set at $41++
for cheaper alternative, you can consider getting from her.
http://www.sgshinekids.com/22235201162455535835.html
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6238&start=0

i did think initially of getting from her, but did not cos i am not sure if i need the whole set, so i bought separate singles from dangdang.

i only know tamarind got from dangdang at $37 including shipping (correct?) so that is the comparison that i made (ie comparing that i don't have amex or citibank, if i want to get whole set, i was considering the online shop cos the price diff was only $5 and no need to wait for shipping time).
anyway, i got the first 3 vols only......asked my friend coming back from china to get for me :oops: (paisay to ask him to get the full set cos it is heavy.)[/quote]jedamum,
$37 is the cost of direct shipping from dangdang.com to our home address.

For those who bought from sprees, the cost is cheaper. But the risk is high because there have been cases of organizers disappearing after collecting the money. Also buyers need to collect the items from a collection point or pay extra money to use courier. The complete set of 7 books is slightly over 2 kg, not accepted as a mail item.

Of course the cheapest is like what you have done Book 1 is only RMB 19.40, about SGD 4, the other books in the series are even cheaper.

[tamarind]

Brenda10:

moom:

Brenda, Tamarind


would you recommend the versions you are watching for 7 and 5 year olds? pref with english subs. The idea is to get them used to listening to the language and enjoying it, more than learning anything concrete at the moment.

I learnt a lot of my chinese as a kid, watching all the 'dubbed' HK TVB drama serials as my parents can't speak or understand chinese.

Thanks

Hi moon,
I think tamarind should be the best person to recommend you pertaining to age 5 and age 7. I only started putting a heavy weighing in the CL after my dd (Now P5) did not do well in last year SA1 (e.g. oral test only 12/20) . As such I started sourcing for CL Story books and CL show (VCD/DVD which only came in Chinese sub tile) aim to buck up her CL standard. By doing all these, I can observe my dd now hardly spent time on learning CL spelling and dictation. She even scored 98 marks for her spelling rev test without revision. Her P5 SA1 exam score was higher than P4 SA1. Therefore I would advise to let the child get use to see/listen to the show in CL without the helping of English sub title. I believe you would able to see the benefit in the long term. Hope the information is useful to you.

I agree with Brenda about watching only Chinese sub titles. I don't think that English subtitles are effective. My hubby said that he must read the English subtitles, the result is that he still could not speak mandarin fluently after so many years.

For kids at age 5 to 7, I would recommend the Chinese Doraemon series, and all the Hayao Miyazaki 宮崎 駿 animes in Chinese. I am sure that kids will enjoy them even though they don't completely understand the language.

I rarely have the time to watch HK/China TV series now, I also don't know which series is suitable for kids age 5 to 7.

[Joy]

Tamarind


Thanks for recommendation.

I have just pm u.


Rgds
Joy

tamarind:

Brenda10:

[quote=\"moom\"]Brenda, Tamarind

would you recommend the versions you are watching for 7 and 5 year olds? pref with english subs. The idea is to get them used to listening to the language and enjoying it, more than learning anything concrete at the moment.

I learnt a lot of my chinese as a kid, watching all the 'dubbed' HK TVB drama serials as my parents can't speak or understand chinese.

Thanks

Hi moon,
I think tamarind should be the best person to recommend you pertaining to age 5 and age 7. I only started putting a heavy weighing in the CL after my dd (Now P5) did not do well in last year SA1 (e.g. oral test only 12/20) . As such I started sourcing for CL Story books and CL show (VCD/DVD which only came in Chinese sub tile) aim to buck up her CL standard. By doing all these, I can observe my dd now hardly spent time on learning CL spelling and dictation. She even scored 98 marks for her spelling rev test without revision. Her P5 SA1 exam score was higher than P4 SA1. Therefore I would advise to let the child get use to see/listen to the show in CL without the helping of English sub title. I believe you would able to see the benefit in the long term. Hope the information is useful to you.

I agree with Brenda about watching only Chinese sub titles. I don't think that English subtitles are effective. My hubby said that he must read the English subtitles, the result is that he still could not speak mandarin fluently after so many years.

For kids at age 5 to 7, I would recommend the Chinese Doraemon series, and all the Hayao Miyazaki 宮崎 駿 animes in Chinese. I am sure that kids will enjoy them even though they don't completely understand the language.

I rarely have the time to watch HK/China TV series now, I also don't know which series is suitable for kids age 5 to 7.[/quote]

[daisyt]

Joy:

Brenda10


I love 射雕英雄传 .I remember during my time, I will rent all the VCD and chase after the series and so hooked into it.

I remember at one point of time, the TV chanel was showing it but was the newer version, and I din enjoy it that much.

Happy watching...


cheers
Joy

Brenda10:

[quote=\"tamarind\"]Brenda,
OIC

Hi tamarind

The next show plan to watch: 射雕英雄传
:lol:

[/quote]Yes, me too. At the age of 9, I already started watching these 金庸 HK drama. So crazy about the characters and the actors/actress. I felt regretted, did not started my girl to watch all these at younger age. Now trying, but definately taking more effort.

[Brenda10]

daisyt:

Joy:

Brenda10


I love 射雕英雄传 .I remember during my time, I will rent all the VCD and chase after the series and so hooked into it.

I remember at one point of time, the TV chanel was showing it but was the newer version, and I din enjoy it that much.

Happy watching...


cheers
Joy
[quote=\"Brenda10\"]Hi tamarind

The next show plan to watch: 射雕英雄传
:lol:

Yes, me too. At the age of 9, I already started watching these 金庸 HK drama. So crazy about the characters and the actors/actress. I felt regretted, did not started my girl to watch all these at younger age. Now trying, but definately taking more effort. :D[/quote]
Hi Joy, daisyt

Yes. Those 金庸 shows really so interesting. I also love another TVB show 大内群英, story about 清康熙末年，众太子图夺皇位, 四太子迫多修改诏书将“传位十四太子允祯”改为“传位四太子允禛”。

I still remember they amended 传位十四太子 to传位于四太子。 I also love the song very much.

:celebrate:

[daisyt]

I wanted to buy the DVDs of all these HK drama but the price still quite exp. Saw at TS, 射雕英雄传 all the 3 series is $79 (by 黄日华和翁美玲 - she was my idol, haha). 鹿鼎记 is $39 or $49 (I forget). Anybody got better lobang?

[Brenda10]

I bought 倚天屠龙记 DVD for $19.90. Yet to look out for射雕英雄传 (国语发音)，李亚鹏 or 胡歌 版本。

[jedamum]

tamarind:

Of course the cheapest is like what you have done Book 1 is only RMB 19.40, about SGD 4, the other books in the series are even cheaper.

yes, though it is cheapest, i would rather order direct cos very paisay to trouble friend. if only dh agree to get Amex... ...but then again, i don't think i will be able to curb shopping online at dangdang if he really does have the card! :!: :lol:

[pummanuel]

When we were staying in China, my daughter and I used to watch CCTV children programmes. One of our favourites was a Chinese animation 《喜羊羊和灰太狼》. The story is about 2 wolves 灰太郎 and his wife 红太郎who spotted a herd of sheep and wanted to have them for their dinner but luckily, the witty 喜羊羊 and his friends conceived ways to help the entire clan escaped the wolves’ clutches. The cartoon comes with a very catchy song, “喜羊羊,美羊羊,懒羊羊…\"


For parents who still equate Chinese animation with 《孙悟空》and《哪吒》, 《喜羊羊和灰太狼》 is a far cry from these productions. This series was one of the pioneering efforts by the Chinese government to develop its animation industry. When it was aired in China, it was immensely popular and received rave reviews in HK and Taiwan too. For parents who are used to Taiwanese-dubbed animation, it may take some getting used to the Chinese accent in 《喜羊羊和灰太狼》but with so many Chinese mainland teachers in preschool and primary school now, the children may be more receptive to the accent. However, there may be terms that our children may not understand (more difficult vocabulary) or peculiar to China (like butter is 黄油 instead of 牛油), hence parents would be encouraged to watch it with their children.

For more info, you can refer to the official website http://www.22dm.com/ or watch snippets of it by searching for it via http://www.baidu.com or googling.

I'm not sure if the DVDs are available in our local stores but dangdang does carry it. The comics are also available from dangdang, so mothers keen to let their children learn Chinese through comics can consider it if your children like the animation. I would say this is a unisex option.