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Children’s Chinese Courses to Take Their Career to Next Level
by Kim Jolly WriterAs per the Chinese proverb "there is no limit in learning", the children's mandarin course should enhance their learning capabilities. Every child has unique and limitless potential and it should be more properly utilized to bring in the maximum output of learning Mandarin.
Mandarin: Mandarin is the traditional spoken form of Chinese language. Apart from being the official language of China and Taiwan, Mandarin is spoken by more than a billion people.
Capabilities of Children: Children learn faster than adult and their capability to grasp new things faster enables them to learn the Mandarin language with ease. Their natural curiosity will help in learning a new language like Mandarin easy and interesting. The children's mandarin courses depend on the age groups for faster and easier way of teaching.
Mandarin play lessons for children below 5 years of age:
Children of this age group absorb new information like sponge absorbing water. Private 1 on 1 play lessons is the best introduction to Mandarin.
The teacher should explain only in mandarin with the following
- Real objects,
- Gestures
- Pictures
- songs
- Fun games
- Role play sessions
- Demonstrations
And many more to grasp pronunciations of the Mandarin language.
Communicative lessons for children between 5 – 10 years old:
Classes for this age group will emphasize more on developing the communication skills of both speaking and listening. They are taught to recognize and write Chinese characters with funny conversational learning, mind maps, printable of expressions and sentences of basic daily usage of Chinese language. They will also learn many topics such as
- Numbers
- Colors
- Etiquettes
- Self-introductions
At the end of the course, this age group will be able to read and write 50 characters and 300 words in Chinese.
Private courses for teens:
They are taught interesting ways like movies, TV programs, dramas and many more. The various levels of learning of Chinese are completed with tests and accreditation to the best performances. This will help to learn more than 200 Chinese characters. The confidence of learning mandarin by these teens will be increased with proper appreciation by exams and competitions.
Teens can also be prepared for writing various tests and exams like SAT II, GCSE and many more apart from being ready for the IB exams conducted by the Chinese Government Educational Authorities.
The children's Mandarin course will also mainly depend on the background of the learners. They are classified as the following:
- Totally alien to the Chinese language
- With some background knowledge of Chinese by adoptive parents
- Chinese origin of one of the parent
- Prior elementary education in the Chinese language
Based on these backgrounds they are categorized into 3 types of
Beginners or starters: This category comes under totally new to Chinese language and has to be started from the scratch.
Intermediate: They come under some influence of Chinese language and could start with sentences and conversations.
Advanced: They fall under the advanced level and could be mastered with Chinese grammar and for full time learning of Chinese language. Children's mandarin courses are the cradles for learning the beautiful language of Chinese for a better future.
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