Teaching Chinese at Home

[tamarind]

deardear07,

I am not organizing any spree.

[tamarind]

Dear all,

My boy's Chinese teacher asked the kids to practice Hanyu Pinyin using this website :

Hanyu Pinyin
http://xuele.edumall.sg/xuele/slot/u107/index1.html

It is nothing fancy like the Leapfrog DVDs, but I think it is good enough for independent learning.

This website also contains resources for P1 to P6, as well as secondary school, including many stories with audio.

[laughingcat]

tamarind:

Check out my blog about how I develop a love for Tang Poetry in my girl :

http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2009/06/tang-poetry.html

The book that I used has nice pictures that explains every poetry. My girl has an idea of what the poetry is about by looking at the pictures. It also includes a CD containing songs and explanations, and my girl loved listening to it. I also printed out the poems, and make sure that my girl looked at every word when she recited the poems. This is to make sure that she can read the words, and not just know the sounds.

Many parts of Tang poetry can be incorporated into essays and novels.
For example, these 2 lines :
嫦娥应悔偷灵药，碧海青天夜夜心。

can be used to describe someone who regretted what she has done, and is suffering the consequences. If possible, using parts of Tang poetry in real life will be very meaningful, it is similar to using 成语.

I did not teach San Zi Jing, but I came across some San Zi Jing comics, not sure whether those are the ones you have. I saw a 三字经 comics by 陈国胜, the pictures relate the words to the modern day life which I think is good. I think that these comics are good enough for kids to have some basic understanding of San Zi Jing, and this is much more meaningful then memorizing the words alone.

Thanks Tamarind on the advise. Will try to use the Tang poetry.

BTW, do you know where can I get hold of the part 2 of \"Poetry in Tang Dynasty\"? Because I can't remember where did I get the part 1. :lol:

[laughingcat]

hquek:

laughingcat:

Anybody have any info on pictorial San Zi Jing or Tang poetry?

For san ji zing - line by line translated in english and explained, http://www.yellowbridge.com/onlinelit/sanzijing.php

Thanks hquek,

Thank you! :love:

[chrismei]

does anyone know of good and cheap courier company in china? tot dangdang’s transport fees are quite expensive…

[tamarind]

chrismei:

does anyone know of good and cheap courier company in china? tot dangdang's transport fees are quite expensive...

Actually I thought the dangdang direct shipping fees are reasonable, even including the shipping fees, the books are still 40%-50% cheaper than prices in Singapore.

[chrismei]

tamarind:

chrismei:

does anyone know of good and cheap courier company in china? tot dangdang's transport fees are quite expensive...

Actually I thought the dangdang direct shipping fees are reasonable, even including the shipping fees, the books are still 40%-50% cheaper than prices in Singapore.

yes i agreed that it is still reasonable compared to the price in Singapore. Tot of getting more saving since the shipping fee is about 75% of the cost of a book ??? and to ensure that i can receive my books in time. The storybooks that i ordered in Oct 10 has not arrived yet and dangdang informed that they need another 3 months to check from the date they reported lost...

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tamarind:

nz,

Here is the list of approved dictionaries, both book and electronic :

http://www.nyps.moe.edu.sg/PDFs/LIST_OF_APPROVED_CHINESE_DICTIONARIES_FOR_USE_IN_2010_PSLE_update.pdf

Personally I will stick with the book. What if the electronic dictionary becomes faulty halfway through the exam ?

quite true... will stick with the book for now then:) Thanks.

[daddybear]

chrismei:

yes i agreed that it is still reasonable compared to the price in Singapore. Tot of getting more saving since the shipping fee is about 75% of the cost of a book ??? and to ensure that i can receive my books in time. The storybooks that i ordered in Oct 10 has not arrived yet and dangdang informed that they need another 3 months to check from the date they reported lost...

That makes no sense as a new delivery should take 8 weeks. I would suggest you ask for a full refund and make a new order.

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daddybear:

chrismei:

yes i agreed that it is still reasonable compared to the price in Singapore. Tot of getting more saving since the shipping fee is about 75% of the cost of a book ??? and to ensure that i can receive my books in time. The storybooks that i ordered in Oct 10 has not arrived yet and dangdang informed that they need another 3 months to check from the date they reported lost...

That makes no sense as a new delivery should take 8 weeks. I would suggest you ask for a full refund and make a new order.

chrismei,
my order was shipped out in early Dec but til date, still no news. DD said needs 3mths to trace my parcel.

daddybear,
not so straightforward. DD told me since it had been shipped out, the only way to get a refund is do not accept the parcel when they deliver to me. Parcel will be returned to DD and DD will then refund the money to me. Quite ridiculous since DD was the one failed to deliver the goods within 8weeks. Quite a number of mummies had similar encounter. I guess there's nothing we could except waiting...