K1 Native & Non-native

This week, students in the K1 Mandarin native language class reviewed the Chinese characters they had learned previously through a Chinese character card game. In addition, we learned a new ancient poem "夜宿山寺", and we recited this ancient poem together with the music. Together we learned the Chinese character "不" in this ancient poem.

This week, K1's children started learning about the Chinese New Year theme. We met an animal called "dragon", and around it, we learned about its length, height, and decorated dragon paintings with different shapes.

K2 Native & Non-native

This week, students in theK2 Mandarin native language class learned a new traditional Chinese mythologystory "Pangu Creation of the World". After listening to this story,the students independently completed cutting and pasting the story cards, andthen retelling the story to their peers. story. In this way, students' socialcommunication skills and oral expression skills are exercised.

This week, K2 children started learning about the Chinese New Year theme. We learned about the story of the Nian monster and learned about the order of dragons in the twelve zodiac signs through nursery rhymes and stories. We also made a handmade paper dragon chain.

K3 Native & Non-native

This week, students in the K3 Mandarin native class reviewed the knowledge of "Chinese character structure" with their teachers, and learned "Chinese character radicals", "Tian character pattern", "sitting posture for writing Chinese characters", "writing Pen holding posture for Chinese characters" and other aspects. We learned a new ancient poem "Wanglu Mountain Waterfall". We recited this ancient poem with music.

This week, the children of K3 started learning about the Chinese New Year theme. We learned that 2024 is the Year of the Dragon in China, and through nursery rhymes and stories, we learned about the order of the twelve zodiac animals. In addition, we also learned about the story of Nian Monster and how people celebrate the New Year during the Spring Festival.

G1 Native & Non-native

In Grade 1 native class, we are getting close to the end of the semester and we spend a lot of time reviewing the characters and texts in recent units. Our reading program turned out to be successful and helpful for G1 learners and we would take a further step of extracurricular reading soon. Look forward to it!

This week in G1 Mandarinintermediate class we started learning Lesson 10. We practiced listening and speakingskills through throwing games, and practiced writing skills by breaking downstrokes and comparing previously learned parts of Chinese characters.

G2 Native & Non-native

This week in G2 Language art class, we have learned to read the text silently. Silent reading requires reading without speaking or finger pointing. After practice, the students have all mastered the method of silent reading. This way of reading the text can improve students' reading speed.

We start our Mandarin lesson with a character riddle everyday and students just love it! Yesterday we finished learning all the new words of lesson 12 and we played a vocabulary matching game afterwards. I am very surprised to see that they remembered all the new words and they have great passion for learning Chinese! Here are some lovely moments from our Mandarin class.

G3 Native & Non-native

This week in G3 Languageart class we are sharing photos of our students’ vacations and interestingstories from their vacations. We discussed some bad phenomena in society, suchas drunk driving, queue jumping, and throwing garbage everywhere. The studentsalso put forward their own ideas on how to better prevent these bad phenomenafrom happening. The students spoke freely and actively expressed theiropinions. I am really proud of them.

This week in G3 Mandarinnon-native class, we start learning Lesson 10. In this lesson, we learned wordsto describe the appearance of characters. We described the appearance ofcharacters by looking at pictures and giving examples of people around us.

G4 Native & Non-native

Recently in G4 Mandarin language arts class we held a debate competition with the theme of "Is Jingwei Reclamation meaningful?" During the debate, the students from both sides showed their confident debating style. This was a great oral communication activity. We also held a monthly reading book fair.In the book fair report, students shared the books they were reading, which exercised their expression skills.

This week, students in theG4 non-native language class began the transition from pinyin learning toarticle learning. It will really help them put their pinyin skills into practice.Although students find article learning a bit difficult, they still feel veryproud when they see that they can use the pinyin ladder to further learnChinese.

G5 Native & Non-native

In G5 Mandarin class, we are learning the unit focused on the beauty and fun of nature， describing scenery from different perspectives at different times and places. The students appreciated the scenery of the four seasons, felt the different scenes of the big banyan tree in the morning and evening, and imagined the story of the moon. In class, students worked together to find the key information and structure in the material to show their understanding.

This week, students in the G5 non-native language class completed the exercise of "Xue Bao's Home" together. This is a different way of learning than textbook learning. Students learn new vocabulary by themselves by watching the video. Of course, all the vocabulary appears in the video. They need to watch it carefully and comprehensively understand it, and finally convert it into the knowledge they need. For this kind of independent exploration of learning, students become the main body of learning and lead their own learning, which requires them to use a variety of skills comprehensively.