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Why Primary 3 Chinese Tuition Matters to Your Children?

How can we increase children’s interest in learning? In other words, how can primary 3 Chinese tuition start with my child’s interests? Immersion opens the door to Chinese learning.

An English teacher’s journey of letting her daughter learn Chinese.

In this four-part series, former New York professor and “ang moh pai” (Western education) English teacher Dr Yanyan Hu goes from tearing up Chinese textbooks to writing Chinese comics and a giant musical touring China 25 cities.

She shares her journey and how she enabled her American-born daughter with zero Chinese to thrive in a Taiwanese public school with all Chinese instruction.

This lecture series was produced for the Singapore Ministry of Education’s Mother Tongue Symposium 2020 and is supported by the Speak Mandarin Campaign.

How to stimulate children’s learning interest in primary 3 Chinese tuition?
Why is free time important for kids? When learning music or language, we often think that we have to start from the basics, step by step, and only move on to the next stage when we have mastered the basic level.

That’s why there are graded readers in classrooms, why we have grades and exams in music, and why kickboxing has different ribbons.

Have you also noticed that many children practice and learn to play the piano for years until 8th grade and then never play music again in their life? Have you ever noticed that many of us living in Singapore may have studied Chinese for many years but never read Chinese novels?

My speculation as to why this happened is that these learners never really felt ownership of the subject matter, and the process and lessons never really sparked their interest. It’s a “what my parents want me to do” or “I have to study to pass a test” kind of thing.

While we always assume we have to start with “the basics,” I think that focus is misplaced.
I think we have to start with “interest”, what is “interesting”!

It’s not that the foundation is not important, but that we must first engage in interest. This will take us further. Because studying is for living, not just for passing exams.

The father of progressive education, John Dewey, told us in Experience and Education (1938) that there must be experiential fireworks—those that arouse enough “curiosity,” strengthen “initiative,” and make learners “

It is enough that the experience of “desire and purpose” is aligned so that that spark can carry the learner through those difficult parts of learning when we have to work very, very hard to acquire new knowledge. This means effective learning starts with interest!

What does it mean to start with an interest?
Her curiosity and creativity will have to give way to mundane homework.

This is probably the most important point. What is the goal of learning anything – Chinese or any other subject?

Isn’t it about making our kids smart, creative, and innovative?

Especially when we know that in our current and future world, most jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence, and the only thing that will allow our children to survive in the age of artificial intelligence is human intelligence, a major component of which must It’s creativity!

This means effective learning starts with interest!
What does it mean to start with an interest?

Curiosity and creativity will have to give way to mundane homework.
This is probably the most important point. What is the goal of learning anything – Chinese or any other subject?

Traditionally, the outside world’s impression of private schools is that there are many classes, many exams, and heavy schoolwork. This is indeed the case during the reporter’s on-site visits. But other than that, we also see some different changes in the current Weidao curriculum.

The day of my visit happened to be the regular class running time on Friday, and all the freshmen and sophomores in the school were busy taking “multiple elective courses”, walking faster than many public high schools.

During the interview, I observed a class called “Science for Playing Beauty”, which was co-taught by art, biology, physics, mathematics and other teachers, leading students to design websites and computer graphics.

Principle, draw many lively patterns and color them, and also design multi-color QR code, which is both beautiful and practical.
Every Saturday morning, students can also choose to deepen and broaden the “characteristic courses”.

Some courses focus on the analysis of previous exam questions and the strengthening of problem-solving skills, but there are also electives that are not related to exams, such as “AI programming” in the middle school The course has entered its fifth year.

The teacher who started the course, Cheng Weixiang, said that it can be combined with science exhibitions, and it is interesting, and is very popular among students. “I often think about what is the purpose of elite education?

It should be practiced and contribute to society.” Cheng Weixiang even combined with public services, leading students to exchange courses with Namasia Middle School in a remote village on weekends, encouraging those who take courses Junior high school students must learn mathematics and programming well before they can teach others.

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As for the more complicated characters, they are expressed in the form of building blocks. According to the shape and meaning of the characters, they are transformed into the most basic and simple elements.

Through the prompts, the images are formed in the brain, and the concept of the characters is established, and then the image text is read. To understand the meaning of words, deepen the understanding and impression of words.

Thomas pointed out that word forms and meanings are unique features of Chinese characters. When designing font-related pictures, they must be simple, easy to understand and easy to remember.

In addition, this learning method can also inspire creativity. Taking “birth” as an example, “the cow’s first birthday” was used as a prompt sentence. Later, a teacher proposed another interpretation method of “three-layer birthday cake”.

Thomas said: “The creative process allows learners to think carefully about the various elements of each character, and to experience the beauty of Chinese characters.”

Chinese learning needs to be done step by step, starting from learning single characters, and then combining single characters into words, using different character cards to form different characters or words, such as “日” and “月” become “明”, which can be associated with the sun and the moon are very bright the meaning of.

“Even nonsensical words, as long as they make sense, create associations, and understand them, that’s how Teochew comes from. Just like the compound word “Mingtian” I created, it means a luminous field.”

Summary:
We often hear “go with the child’s interests” but don’t know how to do it. I’ve demonstrated several methods:

“Symbiosis” with primary 3 Chinese tuition
Find ways to get our kids to contribute their knowledge
Most importantly, we need to protect and value free time because it is actually very productive time.

Primary 1 Chinese Tuition Is the Cornerstone of the Child’s Success

Many parents are worried about their child’s Chinese learning, and they will attach more importance to primary 1 Chinese tuition; Let’s start with some questions first…

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“Why can’t my child learn Chinese well after enrolling in a course to learn Chinese?”
“Why do children learn Chinese all the time, but the more they learn it, the worse it becomes?”
“I bought a lot of textbooks for learning Chinese, and my child’s Chinese ability still hasn’t improved!”

Parents obviously invest a lot in their children’s Chinese learning, but the children’s Chinese level is still at the initial state, and repeated learning is still unsatisfactory, and some primary 1 children will even become more and more resistant to learning Chinese.

I also received some similar feedback in our study group, and found that most parents are also facing these problems. After communication, I found similarities in the parents of these children.

In fact, parents must avoid these misunderstandings if you want your children to learn Chinese well!

1.Chinese is too difficult, and children don’t have to force it if they can’t learn it well.
I can understand my parents’ thinking, after all, they use foreign languages most of the time abroad; So primary 1 Chinese tuition is necessary;

Learning Chinese is not easy, and learning it abroad is even more difficult. If this concept is instilled in children, then when they learn Chinese, they will also think: Chinese is so difficult to learn, why should they learn Chinese? Why do you still have to take up your playing time to learn Chinese?

In fact, there is no child who is not playful. Coupled with the difficulty of Chinese, it is also difficult for children to learn.

Many parents will not bear to compromise after seeing their children fail to improve after studying for a long time.

I think: as long as you can speak, you don’t have to force your child to learn well.
So many children have the same problem: “It can be said, that they are illiterate and unable to write.”
You can learn Chinese well if you learn Pinyin well

Many parents teach their children in the domestic way when they start to learn Chinese, speaking first, and then learning Pinyin. In fact, foreign children cannot be taught in this way.

Because all sentences and articles in a foreign language are composed of letters, it is very important to learn alphabetic words well. However, Chinese characters are different.

Chinese characters are not composed of pinyin. Chinese characters are mainly based on form. To truly learn Chinese well, you must not only learn pinyin, but also understand the meaning and learn how to write.

Moreover, Chinese characters have their own particularities, and it is impossible to learn Chinese in the way of “just learn pinyin well”.

After taking primary 1 Chinese tuition, many children are able to speak Chinese, but when they are allowed to read and write Chinese characters, they find that they can’t and don’t know them at all.

When children start to have their own memorization ability, they can also learn Chinese characters while learning pinyin, starting from some simple characters.

Step-by-step learning method
The way of learning is also a very important part. When the child is young, parents can guide the child to speak Chinese through ordinary conversations, and try to speak Chinese as much as possible in life.
Learning Chinese through life is also a subtle influence. Such learning The method will not be particularly deliberate.

When children show unwillingness to learn Chinese, what parents should do at this time is not to press every step of the way, let alone use some extreme methods to force children to learn.

Instead, we should think about how to make children like learning Chinese.
Moreover, when studying, you should not be limited to some dry books. You should change your teaching methods and methods, and guide them from the perspective of children.

You can let children recognize them through some simple text cards.
When children are young, parents can guide their children to take primary 1 Chinese tuition through stories and poems. It’s okay if they can’t speak, at least they have been exposed since childhood.

When the child is slowly able to speak Chinese, parents can guide the child to read through the method of identifying Chinese characters at this time, which is an excellent method of unconscious cognition!

You can also choose the corresponding learning method according to the child’s interest. If the child likes the learning method with more interaction, at this time, the parents can arrange a simple drama based on the story and learn while playing. There is also a strong sense of participation.

I am afraid that my child will learn two languages, and neither of them will be able to learn well.
Many parents should have had this thought: they are worried that their children are still young, and they are afraid that their children will not be able to learn two languages.

In fact, there is no conflict between learning Chinese and learning foreign languages. When children start to babble, they can slowly teach them to speak some simple Chinese.

Although they are two different languages, there is no conflict between children’s learning.
If you want to learn Chinese well, you must use it frequently in your life.

Children use more foreign languages abroad, and they are exposed to foreign culture and education.
In fact, this will make the child form a fixed way of thinking. After the child has formed this kind of thinking, it will be more difficult to learn Chinese.

If parents want to cultivate their children’s bilingual thinking, it is best to learn Chinese at the same time when their children start learning foreign languages. In this way, it will be much easier for children to learn Chinese in the future.

In fact, the potential of every child is unlimited, and parents and the environment have a great influence on children.

Come and join in primary 1 Chinese tuition, I believe that children can learn Chinese well!

Reading Comprehension for Kids is a Piece of Cake!

When it comes to reading comprehension for kids, many parents are confused – They have no idea letting their kids like reading comprehension……

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Is your child having difficulty with Chinese reading comprehension in elementary school?

Then come and take a look at this about elementary school Chinese reading comprehension. Reading comprehension not only tests students’ ability of understanding Chinese, but more about their ability to apply Chinese.

Not surprisingly, students often view it as the hardest part of the Chinese test paper to do well.

Keeping an eye out for our next few blog posts for some helpful strategies, tips, and these tips you can use when parenting your kids at home.

Read books since childhood

First, help your child develop an interest in reading, and build a solid foundation in Chinese by developing reading habits from an early age, even before they enter Primary One.

Yes, reading comprehension for kids starts from reading!

As your child is exposed to more Chinese books, he/she will learn to recognize more words, understand more vocabulary and become familiar with common Chinese sentence structures (different from English sentence structures).

In turn, these help your child understand the comprehension passages he/she reads.

Now, you might be wondering, what kind of reading material is right for your child?

Read different books at different ages

 Preschool

If you have a very young child, read picture books (picture books).

Picture books usually have a large picture-to-text ratio. Some of them have so little text that you might wonder if they are worth reading or buying.

In fact, picture books can have different reading depths, suitable for children of different ages and different levels of Chinese, and can even be read all the way to the upper grades.

We will share more knowledge about how to make full use of reading Chinese picture books in the next introduction to elementary school Chinese reading comprehension, so stay tuned!

 After preschool

Read graded books (graded books) with your K1 or K2 child. These readers are designed to cater to different reading levels. Levels range from urgent/beginner to advanced/independent with increasing number of words.

As your child enters elementary school and builds a larger vocabulary, gradually encourage him or her to study other bridge books, which are usually simpler, shorter chapter books with a smaller illustration-to-text ratio.

Hanyu Pinyin – yes or no?

Are you torn about whether to choose books with or without Hanyu Pinyin (Hanyu Pinyin)?

The most important factors to consider when choosing books are still based on their content and value – whether the storyline is interesting, engaging, appealing to your child, encouraging thought and conversation, and teaching good values.

Then, as much as possible, priority is given to those who do not have Hanyu Pinyin. Your child will get more practice about recognizing and remembering Chinese words, instead of just relying on Hanyu Pinyin to read.

If you need help with this, invest in a dictionary to look up words. Looking it up in a dictionary is also a great skill to teach your child.

 Textbooks are not boring

Reading comprehension for kids?
What if your child has not developed a regular Chinese reading habit when he enters P1? Let him/her develop the habit of reading the Ministry of Education’s Chinese textbook “Happy Partners” at home every week, at least three times a week.

This will help to review and remember what he/she learned in school.

Make it a funny activity by taking turns reading alternate lines or paragraphs with him/her, or role-playing.

Enhancing learning by watching animations, listening to songs, and taking quizzes with him/her on LearningNet, the Department of Education’s digital resource library that complements the Joyful Partners curriculum.

Magazines as supplementary reading materials

Another reading resource is the popular Chinese magazine Good Friends (Primary 1-2 students)/Knowledge Pictorial (Primary 3-4 students)/Knowledge News (P5-6 students), also based on the “Partner” recommended syllabus for elementary school Chinese reading comprehension introduction.

You can subscribe through your child’s school or through Etutor’s website Knowledge Network.

Encourage your child to read the magazine at home after completing the exercises in the school magazine. If the subscription includes digital resources, you can also read with him/her on graded e-readers and try online quizzes.

Take reading comprehension seriously

Go to your local library or bookstore and check out Chinese comics such as Noisy Manga Paradise, Diary of This Class, and This Class Again. Written by local authors, the stories are full of country and humor.

Since your child can easily identify the characters, places, and situations in the comics, they may be more willing to read the comics instead of more text-based Chinese books.

Many children feel that reading comprehension is difficult, and they have no idea to answer the questions.

I hope this introduction to elementary school Chinese reading comprehension can make children no longer afraid of reading. In fact, reading is really not difficult to understand!

So reading comprehension for kids is not a difficult and boring thing unless you can work hard on it!

O level higher Chinese Tuition，Mastering Chinese in 1 Month!

Referring to O level higher Chinese tuition for children, what do you think about?

Most of these children are between 3 and 7 years old. Generally speaking, they have the following characteristics:

Inability to concentrate for a long time, often study may lead to desertion.

I am very tired of boring repetition. If it is just memorization, it will make them very boring and reduce their interest.

Inability to remember abstract concepts

During this period of time, I often see such a question, how to teach children who are three or four years old or slightly older?

In other words, how can children learn Chinese with zero foundation?

This problem frequently occurs in overseas Chinese families. Most of their children do not have a pure Chinese language environment, and most of them do not use Chinese in daily life.

Therefore, if you want to learn Chinese from scratch, you must have a suitable teaching form and lively and interesting teaching materials.

In our daily teaching experience, we have found that young children have difficulty concentrating and are easily distracted.

Many times the teacher’s teaching makes them feel bored, they will unconsciously look out the window, or fiddle with the stationery in their hands.

Therefore, the best way for O level higher Chinese tuition is to catch the children’s attention all the time and keep them very interested in your courses. The following are some commonly used methods in the teaching process:

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Singing nursery rhymes with children.

The most suitable way for zero-based children to learn Chinese is interactive teaching.

We can find some related nursery rhyme resources before class, and let the children sing and dance together before or during class.

This behavior will be difficult at the beginning. Most children can’t keep up with the speed of the song at all, let alone rap and dance, and more are just dancing with the music.

Repeat it several times, and start to speed up the song when some children can keep up, so that the children are happy, and the teaching effect is often not bad.

Watch animated videos with kids.
Watching cartoons is not learning for children, but a kind of reward and a kind of relaxation.

Children learning Chinese with zero basics cannot learn boring grammar and knowledge points all day long like adults learning foreign languages. No child can sit still and listen to you finish a class.

The colorful pictures are a wonderful world for children, and they will deeply remember the important knowledge points in the classroom while wandering in the beautiful animation.

Here I recommend several youtube channels, you can go there to download the animation videos you need.

Rubik’s Cube Chinese
Little Fox Chinese
Liuyi Children’s Network

Recommend children to read picture book stories
There is no child who does not like listening to stories, and there is no child who is not interested in picture books.

Which picture book stories are worth reading? Which picture books can children learn Chinese with zero basics?

Books for O level higher Chinese tuition Children Learning Chinese——10 Classic Picture Books You Must Read

As a simple and light teaching tool, it plays a pivotal role in the growth of many Chinese children. When we were young, we often begged our parents to buy us a new picture book after school.

4) Chinese mini-games

Games are one of the most effective channels for children to learn Chinese.

There are many Chinese games, including You Draw My Guess, Bingo, Story Solitaire, etc. You can choose the game according to the specific level of the child.

Making good use of games can make children learn Chinese more happily.

Build children’s confidence in speaking Chinese

For many overseas children, Chinese is a foreign language, and it is a long process to master a language proficiently. Then in this process, teachers and parents must give children timely affirmation and encourage their efforts.

Don’t be afraid of them making mistakes, but cultivate them to speak Chinese boldly, for example, let them use Chinese to have more conversations, and practice more in Chinese with other children.

When learning Chinese with zero foundation, pay attention to the problem of homophones.
The Chinese textbooks used by some teachers are written in pinyin throughout, without any Chinese characters.

Although such textbooks are easy to learn, there is a big problem-the inability to distinguish homophones. There are a large number of characters in Chinese that have the same pronunciation, but the meaning of the words is not related.

When learning Chinese with zero foundation, the purpose should be clear.
The purpose of learning Chinese is different, and the content of the teacher’s teaching naturally needs to be changed accordingly.

Some students only need to learn daily Chinese to deal with life scenes and general communication activities; some foreigners learn Chinese to deal with complex business conversations.

Teachers need to prepare lessons for different students. Usually, a teacher’s income is linked to the number of teaching hours. Most foreign students take Chinese classes three times a week, two class hours each time.

According to the different abilities of each teacher, the number of students that can be accepted is also different.

So do you have any other questions about O level higher Chinese tuition for children?

3 Ways Tell You How to Learn Chinese?

For overseas children, how to learn Chinese? Is it enough to enroll in a class?

If it works, as parents, we don’t have to worry about our children learning Chinese, and we don’t have to study hard on the Internet.

To learn Chinese well, we must start from three aspects.

This is because the big tree of Chinese has to develop three roots in order to thrive.

Taking Chinese classes, Chinese online classes, conducting systematic Chinese learning, and completing homework with high quality are just one aspect, and what nourishes is only one of the roots.

There are two other roots, which are actually more important, and correspond to the other two aspects of learning Chinese well: Chinese small environment and Chinese parent-child reading.

1.Create a good Chinese environment

Language learning, with the blessing of the language environment, can get twice the result with half the effort.

Chinese families should make good use of their own advantages in creating a small Chinese environment.

First of all, you have to insist on speaking Chinese at home with your children since they were young. (Please click here to know more information about Chinese learning)

Singing Chinese nursery rhymes, listening to Chinese stories, watching Chinese children’s programs, these must also be arranged.

As the child grows older, in addition to insisting on communicating with the child in Chinese, it is necessary to further enrich the content of Chinese input, such as guiding the child to listen to Chinese audio programs and watch Chinese film and television programs.

How do you memorize the pronunciation of “one” and “no”, for example, “a person” and “a bird”, “I don’t want to go”, in different words?

“Two” and “two” are used as numerals and have the same meaning. When do you use which one?
In the online class of the first section of the first volume of “Chinese”, teacher Mi Lier showed two geese as an application after learning the Chinese characters “one” and “two”, leading the children to count “one, two, two” Big White Goose”.

Careful parents consulted, why not explain to the child that “two” should be said instead of “two”.

How to learn Chinese?
There are also quantifiers in Chinese, which are large in number and complicated in use.

Like these, although some linguists have summed up the rules, how many of us use them by memorizing the rules?

It’s all about listening a lot, and then speaking, and it’s natural to use it correctly.

A good small Chinese environment, in daily life, helps children accumulate oral vocabulary, strengthens their sense of Chinese language, and has a subtle influence on cultural background.

We also need to make more use of vacations, return to China to visit relatives and friends, and throw the children into a 24-hour full-Chinese environment to soak.

The child’s listening and speaking ability will improve at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In fact, these accumulations will not only reflect the children’s Chinese listening and speaking ability, but will also promote the overall development of all aspects of Chinese learning.

Perhaps before the child enters primary school, there will be pressure, and it is necessary to focus on the development of the child’s local language in order to start primary school life smoothly.

But you can’t completely throw Chinese aside because of this, but you should at least insist on speaking Chinese with your children.

Moreover, once the child has passed the local language and is able to cope with school life freely, it is time to shift the focus to Chinese learning.

Insist on effective Chinese parent-child reading

How to learn Chinese?

It’s use, it’s communication.

First of all, parent-child reading in Chinese, if it is enjoyable, is a good time for parents and children to communicate and share in Chinese.

Listening to parents telling stories in Chinese and explaining some things softly, the feeling that Chinese brings to children is familiar, intimate and safe.

Secondly, Chinese parent-child reading also gives children an occasion to apply their Chinese learning.

From listening to stories at the beginning, children are gradually able to ask questions, express their thoughts, and discuss with their parents; words, a page of text, an entire article.

What you have learned is useful, and you can use it after learning. For any learning, it is the best positive feedback.

Chinese reading, and Chinese classroom learning promote each other and benefit each other.

The new words learned in Chinese class need to be repeated several times in different contexts, with different fonts and sizes, before they can be firmly remembered.

In Chinese characters, there are a large number of polysemous characters, which have different meanings when matched with different characters.

In Chinese classroom learning, it is usually difficult to cover multiple meanings, so it needs to be supplemented in reading.

A lot of reading is also a good way to cultivate your Chinese language sense and broaden your Chinese vocabulary.

In daily life, daily necessities, what you say to your children every day, are actually the limited ones that are repeated over and over again: get up, hurry up, eat, go to school, have you finished your homework, not now…

One of the most effective ways to accumulate vocabulary beyond the scope of daily life and more complex sentence structures is to persist in Chinese parent-child reading.

3.To take Chinese classes systematically and formally.

When it comes to learning Chinese, many people first think of enrolling in a Chinese class, finding a Chinese teacher, and taking Chinese classes.
There is nothing wrong with this. It is indeed necessary to study Chinese systematically and formally.

It is a necessary way to systematically learn Chinese language knowledge and comprehensively improve Chinese listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

In terms of form, whether it is a weekend class or an online class at home, it is good to choose the one that is most suitable for your family situation in terms of teaching materials, teachers, homework, parental participation, cost-effectiveness, etc.

The reason why it ranks third is because the first two aspects are too important.
Parents should also be reminded that there is a wrong idea that Chinese classes are simply equated with learning to read and write.

Various literacy apps, in the promotion process, also mislead everyone to a certain extent.

How to learn Chinese?
As a parent, the worst thing is to throw a literacy app to the child, thinking that it is learning Chinese and can replace Chinese classes.

epilogue
To learn Chinese well, there are three aspects, which are: small Chinese environment, Chinese parent-child reading, and Chinese lessons.

In terms of importance, it is: create a good Chinese environment > insist on effective Chinese parent-child reading > take Chinese classes systematically and formally.

In other words, if parents have limited time and energy and cannot do all three aspects, then striving to do the top one will be more helpful for children to learn Chinese well.

If the first aspect can be achieved and a good Chinese environment is created, the child must at least have good Chinese listening and speaking skills.

Of the four things, listening, speaking, reading and writing, the child accounts for two of them. He is an illiterate who understands Chinese, which is actually pretty good.

If you can also achieve the second aspect and insist on parent-child reading in Chinese with your child, then the child should not only be able to listen and speak Chinese, but also have a good ability to think in Chinese, and also have a certain reading ability.

In the future, through systematic learning, it will be relatively easy to supplement the ability to read and write and express in Chinese.

On the other hand, if you ignore the first two aspects and regard learning Chinese as enrolling your child in a Chinese class and finding one-on-one lessons, and your child does not even have basic Chinese listening and speaking skills.

You can only learn Chinese like foreigners. Learn as a foreign language.

How much can a foreign language be learned by taking one or two classes a week and spending one or two hours in total?

I believe our parents, if we think back to our experience of learning English, we will understand.

Of course, compared to sending children to Chinese classes and finding a Chinese tutor, the two aspects of establishing a good Chinese environment and insisting on effective parent-child reading in Chinese require much more time and energy from parents.

It is precisely because of this that we say that parents’ persistent support and help is the key to whether children can learn Chinese.

So now do you know how to learn Chinese?

Online Chinese Learning for Adults, You Deserve to Know!

What? You still don’t know online Chinese learning for adults?

Please come in…

Friends, why do you want to learn Chinese? Is learning Chinese worth it? Yes, you’d be a better fit for that dream job. Indeed, you’ll be more likely to get that promotion. Yes, it will be much easier to expand your business network in China.

But the best answers go beyond those reasons. Learning Chinese opens up a whole new world, a whole new way of thinking and seeing. On its own, this makes memorizing all those kanji worth the effort.

In recent years, China’s comprehensive national strength has been continuously enhanced, and there has been an upsurge of learning Chinese all over the world, and more and more people are learning Chinese.

With over one billion speakers worldwide, Chinese is the most spoken language in the world. The importance of Chinese in the global marketplace is undeniable;

With the rise of China as a superpower, businesses are increasingly looking to expand into the Chinese market. In addition, China’s booming economy means that Chinese speakers are in high demand in many industries.

If you’re interested in learning Chinese but can’t attend in-person classes, online Chinese learning for adults can be a convenient and effective way to acquire language skills. Here are some tips and resources to help you get started.

1.Choose a Program that Fits Your Needs
When it comes to online Chinese learning for adults, there are many options available, ranging from free resources to paid courses with personal tutors.

Before committing to a program, it’s important to determine what you want to achieve with your Chinese language learning. Do you want to learn conversational Chinese for travel purposes? Do you need to learn Chinese for business or academic purposes?

Are you interested in learning to read and write Chinese characters?
Once you’ve established your goals, you can choose a program that is tailored to your needs. Some popular online Chinese learning for adults programs include Duolingo, Rosetta Stone, and the Mandarin Chinese course on Coursera.

2.Create a Study Plan and Stick to It
Learning a language requires consistent practice and dedication. Without a study plan, it can be easy to lose motivation and fall behind. To avoid this, create a study plan that includes regular study sessions and achievable goals.

Depending on your schedule and learning goals, you may want to commit to studying Chinesefor a certain number of hours per week, or aiming to complete a certain number of lessons or activities each day.

In addition to regular study sessions, it’s important to incorporate different types of language learning activities into your study plan. This may include listening to Chinese podcasts, watching Chinese movies or TV shows, and practicing speaking with native Chinese speakers.

3.Utilize Language Learning Apps and Tools
Language learning apps and tools can be a helpful addition to your online Chinese learning journey. These apps and tools can help you practice Chinese vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. Some popular language learning apps and tools include Anki, Memrise, and HelloChinese.

It’s also important to use Chinese language input methods, which will allow you to type Chinese characters on your computer or mobile device. Pinyin, which uses the Roman alphabet to represent Chinese sounds, is a common input method for Chinese learners.

4.Connect with Other Chinese Learners
Learning a language can be a solitary pursuit, but it doesn’t have to be. By connecting with other Chinese learners, you can practice speaking, get feedback on your language skills, and share tips and resources. Online language learning communities like iTalki and HelloTalk can be a great way to connect with other Chinese learners from around the world.

In addition to connecting with other learners, it’s also important to seek out opportunities to practice speaking with native Chinese speakers. You can do this through language exchange programs or by hiring a personal tutor through online platforms like Verbling or Preply.

5.Immerse Yourself in Chinese Culture
Learning a language is not just about memorizing vocabulary and grammar rules. To truly master a language, it’s important to immerse yourself in the culture and context in which the language is spoken. This can include listening to Chinese music, reading Chinese literature, and watching Chinese movies and TV shows.

In addition to cultural immersion, it’s also important to learn about Chinese customs and etiquette. This can help you navigate social situations and communicate effectively with native Chinese speakers.

Online Chinese learning for adults, you deserve to know! By choosing a program that fits your needs, creating a study plan, utilizing language learning apps and tools, connecting with other learners, and immersing

Online Chinese Class and Honesty should be Your Eternal Mates!

Taking Online Chinese Class?

Hey, guys! How’s it going? I have noticed you and I thought you were seeing me; What are you doing in recent days?

Let me guess…You are busy in learning cooking recently, preparing to improve your child’s meals; you are planning to take a parent-child trip in the upcoming holidays; you are planning to enroll your child in a violin lesson to enrich your child’s after-school life…

Maybe I am right, haha~ But have you ever thought about letting your children take Online Chinese Class?

Are your kids familiar with mandarin Chinese? How much do your kids know about China and its language? Franklin has ever said:“Honesty and diligence should be your eternal mates”；

Learning Chinese is just like climbing a mountain, and diligence is essential. There is an idiom in Chinese called ‘天道酬勤’ – it means “Heaven rewards those who work hard”; So I think the most important thing in Online Chinese Class is diligence, thus the two can almost be equated.

As for honesty? Honesty is a must for learning mandarin Chinese! It’s a feedback of your kids’ learning outcome;

They can test themselves – If they can use the Chinese characters and words they have learned in their daily speaking and writing, then they have learned it. Otherwise, they should humbly ask the teacher for advice. ‘Practice makes perfect’!

You might ask:“why taking class online?”Okay~ Compared with traditional class, online-learning can save time and you can focus more on learning. So if you have a phone or an Ipad or a computer. You can take our lesson no matter where you are.

“My child is only 6 years old, is it too early to start Online Chinese Class now? My children have to learn other subjects; Learning Chinese will affect other studies…

Guys, please don’t worry! Your worries will only become a burden for your child’s learning; The story of the child prodigy Mozart is well known to everyone; Mozart has been learning the violin since he was 4 years old.

Once, his father asked him what he was doing, and Mozart said he was writing a piano concerto. His father brought over the staff paper and looked at it. He was so excited that he shed tears. He said to his friend: “Look, what he wrote is correct and meaningful!” With the support of his father and his diligence, he eventually become a generation of violin masters!

Generally speaking, Learning Chinese and learning the violin have the similar effect when shaping a child’s thinking. Experts have tested – children learning a new foreign language can better develop their thinking and improve their cognitive ability; Children have just learned about the world and are full of enthusiasm for everything; This is an excellent time for them to learn Chinese!

Oh! I almost forget that! Amy was just 4 years old when she took our Online Chinese Class; She has been learning with us for about a year, and she stood out in the interview for kindergarten promotion to primary school several months ago!! Just because her oral Chinese is fluent than other children and has memorized more Tang poems.

Come on, let me test your child! Amy can fluently recite this poem in her four and a half years old. So I wonder if your child can recite this ancient poem?
相思
（唐）王维
红豆生南国，
春来发几枝。
愿君多采撷，
此物最相思。

We have received lots of feedback from parents before:
Jerry said that Chinese is too difficult to write and pronounce, he has to straighten his tongue…
Lisa said that she still knew how to read this word in class, but she forgot it when she went back home, and she still doesn’t know how to use it normally…
Mary said that she didn’t know why she should learn Chinese, and felt that she was memorizing some words by rote every day, and she could only write but not use them flexibly…So she felt it is none of any use to learn Chinese!
……

Let me tell you! Actually, you kids have barely no interest in Online Chinese Class! ‘Interest is the best teacher’ – What we have been doing is to cultivate children’s interest in learning Chinese;

Compared with traditional teaching model: our students will become active learners, teachers are responsible for cultivating children’s expressions, observing children’s learning habits, and guiding each child in a targeted manner.

Many parents say that their children are shy and unwilling to speak. Don’t panic! In our Online Chinese Class, we will not force children to speak difficult Chinese from the very beginning. Sino – Bus will create an all-Chinese teaching environment for them. Under the influence of the surrounding environment, children will gradually speak Chinese on their own initiative.

Do you find it is difficult to write Chinese characters? Is it a little irregular? That’s right! Chinese is a pictographic character, and a pictogram is a word-making method that uses lines to describe the shape of objects. It is the wisdom of the ancients thousands of years ago. Such as‘日’，‘月’ ，‘山’，‘水’…… If you observe carefully, you will find that these Chinese characters are very similar to the things they represent. Isn’t it interesting!

These are just a little surprise, there will be more interesting and funny Chinese characters waiting for you to discover in our Online Chinese Class; We have waited for you for so long, come on now!

Sincerely wish our Online Chinese Class and honesty will become your kids’ enteral mates and they can harvest more from our mandarin online class! Okay~ see your kids in our online class!

Preparing Secondary School Places Allocation(SSPA), Can’t Miss!

Dear parents, Are you still worried about your children’s mandarin learning? Referring to mandarin online learning, your children are very upset? So wanna some tips for Secondary School Places Allocation(SSPA)? OK, I heard some of you say‘yes’~

…Wait a minute, please don’t worry! Let’s analyze the reasons first~ Only by finding out the reasons why children don’t like learning mandarin can we prescribe the right medicine!

I interviewed some parents before~
Q: What is the reason why children can’t learn mandarin well?
A1: Can’t learn mandarin well, it must be because he didn’t work hard enough!

A2: The teacher has taught he the knowledge, and the learning lies in the individual!

Other children in the class can learn mandarin well, why can’t he learn mandarin well?
……

That’s right, learning mandarin really requires you to work harder; Teachers have taught you the knowledge in class; So you really need to memorize and recite the content carefully after class!

But “Interest is the best teacher in learning”, if a child has no interest in learning mandarin at all, how can she learn mandarin well?

Secondary School Places Allocation(SSPA)

“Mom, I thought mandarin was quite interesting before, but after I took this teacher’s mandarin class, I don’t want to learn mandarin anymore;Mandarin is too boring”!! said Lisa……

A director of a private Chinese department in Silicon Valley once said:“it is very normal for overseas children not to want to learn mandarin.

After reading many courses in mandarin schools, she wanted to scold: What a fool! You may not be able to imagine that even in Silicon Valley, the teaching method of many Chinese schools is to ask kindergarten children to silently write 《弟子规》 and copy《三字经》.

Take a look at how children aged 3-8 in China learn English now – Online education companies are so competitive in various situational immersive animations and real-life lessons from foreign teachers.

Is there anyone still learning foreign languages by copying words and memorizing texts by rote?

1.We lack the output of soft culture in the general environment, which is not fun or cool.

2.Just as many foreign teachers in China can’t teach English, many Chinese in the United States can’t teach either, and they only work part-time.

But for children, in the most precious stage of 3-8 years old, they can’t teach mandarin; The love for mandarin is likely to be stifled~

So now do you still think that it is the children’s own fault that the they cannot learn mandarin well?

Okay, I heard some people start asking: ”So if that’s the case, may I confirm is there some tips for Secondary School Places Allocation(SSPA) ?

Of course!

1.Courses should be attractive enough and funny!
When talking about Chinese culture overseas, most foreigners think of “Chinese Kung Fu”, “Dragon and Lion Dance”, “Shaolin Temple”… Yes, these are all authentic Chinese elements! But the children are not interested in it, they like more trendy things；

They like browsing bilibili website, Douyin and other social media……In our Sino-Bus’ mandarin online class, teachers will play some Chinese movies that are more in line with the tastes of young people.

Children can immerse themselves in learning mandarin; There will be many activities and games related to mandarin in the class, and the children will not feel boring at all.

Several months ago, they need to learn a text about the 12 zodiac signs. Before the class, the teacher played a section of “The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac” starring Jackie Chan to the students;

The students were very focused in that class, and everyone was listening carefully; The bell rang for the end of class, no one came out of the classroom, and the idea was still unfinished！！

2.Teachers need to teach well!

The preschool Chinese market is mixed, and almost anyone who can speak Chinese can be taught. Parents are often limited to schools that are close to home; They think it is the Secondary School Places Allocation(SSPA).

Most of these teachers are temporary, and some of them are international students themselves. The teaching does not consider whether it is suitable for the age of the students, or whether it is acceptable or not as a second language.

Some of my students told me that in the Chinese class when they were young, the teacher gave the students answers for the sake of their test scores, or didn’t care about watching them cheat.

Until now, in the Chinese class in Silicon Valley, overseas Chinese students in kindergartens have just started learning Chinese, and they still memorize various characters by rote. For example, the word card below, don’t you feel a headache?

In our Sino-Bus, mandarin online teachers have a lot teaching experience. They are all bilingual teachers with at least 10 years of teaching experience. Students can learn the most authentic Chinese knowledge here!

If you are still struggling for Secondary School Places Allocation(SSPA), don’t hesitate! Join us!

Top 6 Best Ways to Learn Mandarin Online Free in 2023 !

“It’s already 2023! I wonder if there exist some best ways to learn mandarin online free”? says Leo……

The times are constantly developing, and the Internet is also developing rapidly; More and more people are aware of Chinese traditional culture, including foreign friends.

Chinese traditional culture is a classic handed down from our ancestors, and it is the most precious wealth left to us; Chinese characters are one of them.

As China’s national strength continues to grow stronger, Chinese has gradually developed into a common language in the world.

So not only Leo wanna find some best ways to learn mandarin online free, you might as well want to know it. Right?

Please don’t worry, I will tell you later~

When almost all human beings are learning a new skill, whenever they encounter difficulties, they want to find a shortcut immediately – This is human nature; Maybe you have seen similar titles: ‘Master 2,000 Chinese characters in 5 days’, ‘Learn Chinese writing in 7 days’…

Those titles look catchy, don’t they? But do you really think Chinese can be learned in a few days? Chinese culture is extensive and profound, and Chinese characters have a history of thousands of years – It is completely impossible to master more than 2,000 Chinese characters in 5 days! ! Don’t be fooled by these titles!

I heard some guys ask:“So there are no best ways to learn mandarin online free ?”

Of course there must exist some effective ways to learn mandarin online free~

Don’t be nervous, you can take it easy. To learn a language, you must first integrate into the language environment. The same is true for Chinese learning; It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a Chinese environment around you, we can create it ourselves!

You can find some Chinese TV dramas or movies to watch first, sitcoms like “Wulin Biography” and “Family with Children” are very suitable; You can also listen to some Chinese songs, why not try Jay Chou, many young people like his songs; If you wanna listen to songs with more ancient Chinese elements, you can try Yaoyang, Hetu, Huang Shifu, etc.

Well, now that you have gradually integrated into the Chinese environment, it is not too late to start learning Chinese systematically; Here are 6 best ways to learn mandarin online free:

1.To learn Chinese, you must first lay a solid foundation.
To practice using the four tones of Chinese. Chinese is a tonal language, which means that words have different meanings with different tones, even though they are pronounced and spelled the same.

Learning these different tones is certainly essential if you want to speak Chinese correctly.

2.Memorize simple vocabulary.
No matter what language you study, the more vocabulary you have, the more fluent you will be. Therefore, the next thing to do is to memorize some useful words. Such as：早上：zǎoshàng，下午：xiàwǔ，晚上：wǎnshàng）；Body part:（头：tóu，脚：jiǎo，手：shǒu）食物（牛肉niúròu，鸡：jī，鸡蛋：jīdàn，面条：miàntiáo）, and words related with color、transportation、weather and month etc.

3.Learn how to count.
Chinese does not have an alphabet, which makes it difficult for Westerners to learn it. Fortunately, the Chinese number system is fairly straightforward and fairly logical, and once you learn the first ten numbers, you’ll be able to count to 99.

4.Learn some basic conversational phrases.
Once you have a basic grasp of vocabulary and pronunciation, you can move on to basic conversational phrases that can be used in everyday Chinese conversation.

5.Write a diary
Many people have the habit of keeping a diary, recording what they see, hear and feel every day in a small diary; Keeping a diary can not only exercise perseverance and perseverance, but also cultivate the habit of writing and thinking!

But Harry reminds you, don’t write too boring schedule, describe more characters, scenes, write down people and things that make you deep, and then you can write a deep diary!

For example, students saw many torn-off propaganda posters left on the walls of flyovers. Some said they were whitewashing the peace, while others thought they were restoring order.

What do you think? The diary can not only be used to record the development process of things, but also can train students to describe their mood and feelings in words and summarize their thoughts; I believe it can greatly improve students’ narrative, lyric and discussion skills.

6.Read the movie’s original novel
Blessed are you who like to watch movies in your spare time! For every outstanding movie, there will always be its original novel, which is no less exciting than the movie version and allows you to understand the whole story.

To test DSE Chinese well, learning methods can be more diversified！If reading traditional literature isn’t your thing, reading novels for movies is another way to learn different writing techniques.

For example, Jin Yong’s works have been adapted into movies and TV series many times, and in martial arts novels, he added a lot of descriptions of behavior and characters, and the ups and downs of the plot are also impressive.

In addition, the recent Hong Kong-produced film “The Taste of Pepper” was adapted from Zhang Xiaoxian’s novel “My Love Is So Spicy”.

There are many emotional descriptions in it, describing how the three sisters managed the hot pot restaurant left by their father after losing their father. Candidates can definitely learn Chinese writing from it!

Chinese is the most spoken language in the world. Do as the Romans do when you go to the country, and you have to learn Chinese language and culture when you enter the territory of China, which also increases the difficulty of learning for foreign friends.

And Chinese is one of the most difficult languages in the world, which directly causes foreign friends to collapse several times while learning Chinese; So it is no wonder that many people ask the best ways to learn mandarin online free~

In fact, it is not easy to learn a language at the beginning; Chinese is to foreigners what English is to us, but English is much easier than Chinese. There are many cases in Chinese where there are different words with the same sound.

For example, ‘shi ’ has four tones, and the corresponding Chinese characters are yes, 是、四、事、使、思、市 …… Chinese people can easily distinguish them, but in the eyes of foreigners, they just can’t tell the difference – they might think these characters are same?

For another example, if these Chinese characters are combined with different characters to form words, the meaning will change a lot, and the same word has different meanings in different contexts; This is much more difficult than learning English.

No wonder it is so difficult for foreigners to make complaints about English, and even how difficult it is to use “memes” to make complaints about Chinese.

In this regard, netizens have seen how difficult it is for foreigners to learn Chinese, and they have left messages one after another, just like themselves who are learning English.

“Hello, Leo! May I confirm if you now get the best ways to learn mandarin online free”……

Fall in Love with Online Mandarin Learning in 3 days! Hurry Up!

“What? Did I hear you wrong? You mean…that I could fall in love with online mandarin learning in 3 days? Noooo, I can’t believe it!” said Tommy…(one years ago)
……

Tommy is a primary school student, in the third grade in a certain elementary school in Hong Kong；He has been learning Chinese for almost two years, but his Chinese grades have not been able to improve. When the time comes, he will have a Chinese interview at the junior high school. So What should he do? His Parents are very worried…

His mother also communicated with the Chinese teacher at the school many times, but it is no avail. Tommy still doesn’t listen carefully in Chinese class, always looks around, and can’t concentrate; He doesn’t finish his Chinese homework seriously after class, and sometimes he doesn’t even write Chinese homework; he doesn’t review before the Chinese test, and he often fails in Chinese. Basically, His Chinese score always is 40!

His mother is worried about his Chinese learning, and sometimes she wants to give up his Chinese learning!

Parents, do your children dislike online mandarin learning as much as Tommy? Get upset at the sight of Chinese characters? Can’t sit still in Chinese class for a while?

Okay, I saw some of you nodded silently, have you ever wondered why children can’t learn Chinese well?

It doesn’t matter if the child can’t learn Chinese well, but we must find out the reason. Only by prescribing the right medicine can we achieve twice the result with half the effort! In fact, the reason is very simple. Children are not interested in learning mandarin. A person can only learn it well if he is interested in this matter. You can look at those outstanding figures throughout the ages. Beethoven was born with a disability. If he didn’t love playing the piano, how could he become a piano master? Ronaldo grew up in a poor family. If he didn’t love football, how could he lead the Brazilian team to win the World Cup five times?

“Yes, what you said is correct. Interest is indeed the best teacher for learning, but my child is not interested in Chinese at all. What should I do?” Lili’s mother said.

”Don’t worry, Lili’s mother, listen to me slowly”.

It doesn’t matter if your child is not interested in mandarin, interest can be cultivated!

Different from other Chinese tutoring institutions on the market, our Sino-Bus has always paid the most attention to cultivating children’s interest in online mandarin learning. Our courses are all online, allowing children to experience learning Chinese online immersively, learning Chinese while playing.

In class, we will make interesting Chinese learning plans for children: for example, make plans to recite a few Chinese characters or Chinese idioms every day, so that children feel a sense of accomplishment.

Creating a relaxed and pleasant Chinese learning atmosphere: for example, learning Chinese characters and Chinese Pinyin through singing and dancing.

Make interesting Chinese character cards or pinyin cards: write Chinese characters or pinyin on the cards, and then memorize them through games and other methods.
Learning Chinese characters and Pinyin through stories, animations, etc.: For example, learning Chinese characters and Pinyin by watching cartoons.

The teacher of us can teach Chinese for all levels, such as Chinese lessons for kinder garden kids, for primary school , and for adults business needs. We choose the most suitable teacher for you according to your needs.

OK~ Now let’s hear some real feedback from our students~

♠Jane said that she still knew how to read this word in class, but she forgot it when she went back home; She was very confusing! After taking online mandarin class in Sino-Bus, She likes learning Chinese more and more, and has her own memory method, so she no longer has to worry about not being able to remember or use it.

♠Jerry said that he didn’t like Chinese at all, because it is too difficult to write and pronounce; But now after studying with us for a few days, she has become more and more fond of Chinese, and now she recites poems and reads books in her spare time.

♠Marry said that she didn’t know why she should learn Chinese, and felt that she was memorizing some words by rote every day, and she could only write but not use them flexibly…So she felt it is none of any use to learn Chinese! But after taking the class here, Mary was deeply impressed by the Chinese culture, and she could hear many ancient Chinese historical stories in every class. She said that she liked Chinese history more and more, and she must learn Chinese well!
♠……

“Hi everyone, I am Tommy, mentioned at the beginning. I think no one hates learning Chinese more than I did a year ago. I accidentally walked into Sion-bus. This online Chinese education institution seems to have a magical power. I had only been in online mandarin learning class for two days and suddenly felt that learning mandarin was quite interesting. When I got home, I told my mother that I wanted to continue the class. My mother was so excited that she almost cried. Believe me, uncles and aunts, If your children don’t like learning Chinese, then you must come Sino-Bus!” Tommy said.

Parents, don’t hesitate, please trust us, give us three days, Sino-Bus will let your children fall in love with online mandarin learning thoroughly! We have a free trial lesson, come and try it out!