Let’s Learn Chinese
The school year of 2008-2009
Introduction
An
innovative way of learning Chinese - learning through songs and rhymes
Children can learn a language
best when what they feel their learning enjoyable. Learning
through songs, rhymes and simple verses followed by role-playing and dialogues
developed from such songs and rhymes is an effective way to develop phonemic
awareness, expand vocabulary, master difficult sounds, and get fluency with less
effort but more and pleasure than otherwise.
Many of the traditional Chinese folk songs and rhymes in
this collection have been popular for generations. Our selecting strategy is to
make each song immerse student in the language full of rhythms, rhymes and emphatic
refrains. The rhyme and musicality would ease the burden of memorizing
vocabulary and help create a natural flow of language leading to a stage of
fluency.
The traditional Chinese folk songs and rhymes also contain a lot of
history and culture which can be learned in an enjoyable way together with
language.
Learning
through Songs and Rhymes is a collection that contains 140
children’s songs and rhymes in Chinese, which are arranged by levels based on their length and difficulty. Each book contains 20 songs and rhymes together
with 160 most frequently used words.
English translation and pinyin are added to each of the songs and rhymes to facilitate the
study. Students will focus on learning a few frequently used words or phrases they
come across in each song or rhyme.
Furthermore, the class work, homework, computer flash programs and
PowerPoint programs, as well as hands-on practice on our website, are all
designed to reinforce our focused language learning process. For each month we
shall have a different theme-based lesson plan in context with the songs and
rhymes being learned in the month.
Our exclusive Chinese learning website, www.waytochinese.com is getting a
better shape day by day. More and more animated songs and rhymes with
translation and pinyin are added on weekly basis. Children are encouraged to visit
the website, where they are able to review what they have come across in class
and learn a lot more by themselves.
Class schedule:
Tuesdays
Thursdays
Saturdays
There will be 35 classes in
total.
The first class starts on the
second week of September and the last class ends on the second week of June,
2009.
Objectives:
o
To singing and
reciting 20 songs and/or rhymes;
o
To recognize 160 most
frequent characters selected from the songs or rhymes;
o
To apply Chinese to
daily life by learning short and basic conversations; and
o
To be able to read
from pinyin.
Program polices:
The 2008 Chinese New Year Performance (details will be posed)
A Chinese year will begin on January 26.
2009.
It will be the year of the Ox.
Tuition:
$320 per semester
20% discounts to register two class
per week
1st Semester September to January
2nd Semester February to June