Headteacher of Buckinghamshire Chinese School
I have been using the Better Chinese – My First Chinese Words series as our nursery class course curriculum for children ages between 5-7 years old since September 2007.
This series is designed for children who are learning Mandarin as a second language. It is, therefore designed in both English and Mandarin with Hanyu pinyin(Chinese phonic system) . The pressure of written work is taken off as the emphasis of this series focuses on the children to learn to read first and at the end of the series, they should be able to read 250 characters and be able to hold some basic conversation.
Some parents were delighted when their children ran up to them and said ‘我爱我的妈妈’(I love Mummy) or ‘我爱我的爸爸’(I love Daddy) in Mandarin at the end of their the first lesson. This is what I like about My First Chinese Words series — the content is very well written based on every day situation which the children can relate to, it is written in sentences so that they can develop their listening and speaking skills rapidly; after reading book 1 & 2 , they can read , speak and make over 30 sentences! The series also included some very interesting facts about Chinese characters, and the children get to learn and write some very basic characters expected from this age group.
I have received excellent feedback from parents:- from ‘ He asks to go to Chinese school’ to ‘ she is more interested in listening and reading characters when we go out’ to ‘ Can we finish our homework please’!
The series is also very well supported with the teacher’s guide, audio music CD, games cards, audio CDs , a set exercise books, large print flash cards and a interactive CDRom where the children can test their memory at the end of each lesson. This takes some pressure off the teachers to prepare learning materials. They can instead, focus on making learning fun and interesting for the children.
The interactive CDRom is also very useful for families which do not have Mandarin speaker at home. Our school can only provide 1hr 30 minutes of active learning; but with the help of the Better Chinese CDRom at home, it is possible for the children to read one book a week and therefore, making it possible to finish the first set of reading in just one year .
This is a very powerful and effective learning material for school or home learning. My First Chinese Words is definitely one of best teaching materials that I have seen in the recent years.
This series is designed for children who are learning Mandarin as a second language. It is, therefore designed in both English and Mandarin with Hanyu pinyin(Chinese phonic system) . The pressure of written work is taken off as the emphasis of this series focuses on the children to learn to read first and at the end of the series, they should be able to read 250 characters and be able to hold some basic conversation.
Some parents were delighted when their children ran up to them and said ‘我爱我的妈妈’(I love Mummy) or ‘我爱我的爸爸’(I love Daddy) in Mandarin at the end of their the first lesson. This is what I like about My First Chinese Words series — the content is very well written based on every day situation which the children can relate to, it is written in sentences so that they can develop their listening and speaking skills rapidly; after reading book 1 & 2 , they can read , speak and make over 30 sentences! The series also included some very interesting facts about Chinese characters, and the children get to learn and write some very basic characters expected from this age group.
I have received excellent feedback from parents:- from ‘ He asks to go to Chinese school’ to ‘ she is more interested in listening and reading characters when we go out’ to ‘ Can we finish our homework please’!
The series is also very well supported with the teacher’s guide, audio music CD, games cards, audio CDs , a set exercise books, large print flash cards and a interactive CDRom where the children can test their memory at the end of each lesson. This takes some pressure off the teachers to prepare learning materials. They can instead, focus on making learning fun and interesting for the children.
The interactive CDRom is also very useful for families which do not have Mandarin speaker at home. Our school can only provide 1hr 30 minutes of active learning; but with the help of the Better Chinese CDRom at home, it is possible for the children to read one book a week and therefore, making it possible to finish the first set of reading in just one year .
This is a very powerful and effective learning material for school or home learning. My First Chinese Words is definitely one of best teaching materials that I have seen in the recent years.
About MaiSim Merry
Mai Sim was born in Hong Kong and grew up in the UK. Whilst she was growing up, she has attended a community Chinese School in London. Mai Sim has also loves books, and was an avid reader from an early age and her family home was always full of books of different subjects, therefore even though she was growing up in the UK with very little chance of using her language in everyday life, she did not loose the use of her language and she took every opportunity to learn about everything that is related to Chinese culture. As a mother of 3 children, she firmly believes that learning starts at home and furnishing the home with appropriate learning material is very important.
Mai Sim became a voluntary teacher of Chinese for the local Chinese School to learn the effective ways to teacher her first child and over the years has came across different teaching methods of both English and Chinese school as well as taking appropriate training course to develop her teaching method.
At present Mai Sim is a registered Social Service interpreter, a voluntary Chinese School Head Teacher, a private tutor for Business people in language centre as well as mother to her 3 children.
She remains a student of many subjects and loves to share her knowledge with those who wishes to learn.
Mai Sim was born in Hong Kong and grew up in the UK. Whilst she was growing up, she has attended a community Chinese School in London. Mai Sim has also loves books, and was an avid reader from an early age and her family home was always full of books of different subjects, therefore even though she was growing up in the UK with very little chance of using her language in everyday life, she did not loose the use of her language and she took every opportunity to learn about everything that is related to Chinese culture. As a mother of 3 children, she firmly believes that learning starts at home and furnishing the home with appropriate learning material is very important.
Mai Sim became a voluntary teacher of Chinese for the local Chinese School to learn the effective ways to teacher her first child and over the years has came across different teaching methods of both English and Chinese school as well as taking appropriate training course to develop her teaching method.
At present Mai Sim is a registered Social Service interpreter, a voluntary Chinese School Head Teacher, a private tutor for Business people in language centre as well as mother to her 3 children.
She remains a student of many subjects and loves to share her knowledge with those who wishes to learn.
By Hsiu Nian Wei
Chinese teacher of Various London Schools"My first chinese words is an exellent teaching material, it is very popular for children. They like the picture and the card games. The book is easy for both children and parents to read together. For teacher, the book plus other supplying sets, like Songs,Games, CD-Rom, makes the preparation much easier and it is a great pleasure to see students enjoying it as well as learning well. "
By Rose Gao
Teacher of Harlow Chinese School
I teach Year 1 class in the
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