Teaching Chinese at Home

[Pignite]

I work with DS on the chinese websites recommended by school such as Zhishiboa, moe's recommeded chinese website under the student resources and his elearning website etc.


I realized boys cannot sit patiently just to study chinese. As most of them like to work on computer, might as well go to these websites for revisions. I sit with him as a guide and give a watchful eye so that he will not go onto \"other\" websites. Hence nowaday he is more willing to study chinese as it is less \"dry\" now.

He also likes to work on the games after revison. They revises characters learning through a series of short games. DS starting to like the short chinese story. :rahrah:

For me as long as he is interacting with chinese, i am happy.Sometime after we finished, i'll just let him work on other things with the computer for another half hour. I am minful not to let him stay online too long because i am worried he will get addicted. to computer......didn't want him to stay at the computer all day. There is definitely life away from PC... :please:

[KepalaPusingMommy]

I found this FOC site rather helpful when we started out in Kindy trying to learn Mandarin on our own at home. They have 3 stages, starting from beginner to elementary to intermediate. http://www.chinesehour.com/liveclass/topics/level/1/

[zhang lao shi]

Suz855:

Suggest you might start with bringing him to the library n get him to enjoy the Chinese story books first, you might also consider to borrow or buy those Chinese comics .... Once u ignite their love for the subject .... The rest will be easy .... Focusing on drilling n rote learning of course is faster to see result but there might be a long term price to pay ... For our dd, Chinese is a subject that we let her learn in fun only ... N she loves the subject n nvr need a day of tuition... (Dd in p5 this yr)Enjoy


:rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah:

Well, if you child has the language foundation, drilling will surely improve through correct teaching & learning method. Your child will be more confident once he/she see the result improved and started to love the subject.

[zhang lao shi]

2 Angels Mum:

Hi,


Any recommendation in how to teach a P4 chinese? My DS starting learning chinese in K2 and till now he couldn't catch up with the school syallbus. Currently, he is in a chinese learning ctr but I think the once a week lesson doesn't seem to help him much. I am intending to coach him at home but not so sure how to go about it. Any recommendations?

P4 is extremely important year. coz P5 will be a huge jump in terms of difficulty in compre and compo. Fortunately, there is amount of basic questions (% set by MOE SEAB) in SA paper, which will make sure your child can pass the exam.

[tuxsam]

Hi, my DD has just completed 四五快读 and am hoping to move her on to reading story books. She is currently K1 and I find 笑猫日记 a bit deep for her. :scratchhead: Is there any other books series which is slightly easier as a transition? Thank u

[schen]

Hi tuxsam,

May I know what is this 四五快读？ teaching hanyupinyin?

[Charmaine_chong]

Hi Schen,

It is a series of 7 books to teach kids for words recognition.
You may want to drop by Popular to have a look.

[Charmaine_chong]

Please click the link below to understand 四五快读


http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4ae81b480100dynb.html

Preview of the book
http://ishare.iask.sina.com.cn/f/8003431.html

[phtthp]

schen:

May I know what is this 四五快读？

四五快读 is a series of 7 books -
developed by China for kindergarten kids starting from aged 4 to 5 years old (N2, K1, K2) express learning Chinese, from scratch.
purpose / objective:
expose kindergarten children to learn & recognize Chinese vocabulary, characters, stroke.

picture of 7 colorful 四五快读l books
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4ae81b480100dynb.html

[Imami]

phtthp:

schen:

May I know what is this 四五快读？

四五快读 is a series of 7 books -
developed by China for kindergarten kids starting from aged 4 to 5 years old (N2, K1, K2) express learning Chinese, from scratch.
purpose / objective:
expose kindergarten children to learn & recognize Chinese vocabulary, characters, stroke.

picture of 7 colorful 四五快读l books
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4ae81b480100dynb.html

7 books set is the old version. The improved set comprised of 8 books.