Comments for Mandarin Immersion Parents Council

Comment on Will Rosetta Stone actually teach your child to speak Mandarin? by Ya Li

Ya Li — Sat, 26 May 2012 06:13:52 +0000

Yes, it works quiet well. Our family is currently learning three languages, with Rosetta Stone in German and Spanish, and Chinese school. The 7 and 9 year old are doing fantastic with it. It was a very good investment.

Comment on Why Parents, and Schools, choose Mandarin immersion by tungwaiyip

tungwaiyip — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:22:53 +0000

Thank you. This is a great piece to get a sense of the development of Mandarin immersion. How important it is to be aware of and respect different group of people and their different need? If only we have this level of analysis in other social issue we would have much more productive civil discourse.

On my part I’d like to add a little perspective. If the Chinese education method is so good in fostering achievement why don’t we just emulate them or just send our children to schools in China? Having been brought up in a Chinese school myself I want to let people know we also have concern of our own. First and foremost is the concern on inadequate English skill. Beyond this, Chinese community are also very aware of the limitation of memorization and drilling in education. Their kid may do well in examinations, but they often have problem adapting their skill in a new situation to solve a different problem. Growing up in a structured environment also make them more passive and feel disadvantaged compare to their more creative and assertive Western counterpart.

For this reason, some privileged parents may send their kid to the West for education to escape the so call “feeding duck” education system and to better prepare them for the 21st century workplace. What irony this is? Clearly there is no panacea.

Comment on Parents start online effort to save Chapel Hill’s Mandarin immersion program by Ardra Salemy

Ardra Salemy — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:41:17 +0000

Here is our blog: http://friendsofchinesedl.edublogs.org/
Thank you for calling attention to this! I’m looking forward to reading your book when it comes out (this summer?)

Comment on Parents start online effort to save Chapel Hill’s Mandarin immersion program by Ardra Salemy

Ardra Salemy — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:33:10 +0000

Please sign the petition to save our 10 year old Mandarin Dual Language program in Chapel Hill, NC!
https://www.change.org/petitions/chccs-school-board-preserve-the-chinese-dl-program-in-chapel-hill-carrboro
Thank you!

Comment on Global Competence for Chinese Language Teachers by 曾銍淅

曾銍淅 — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:32:44 +0000

If you learn Traditional Chinese, here is a stories collection of Chinese new year:
http://itunes.apple.com/tw/app/jing-dian-dong-man-zhi1-xin/id416508319?mt=8

If you learn Simplified Chinese, here is another stroies collection of Chinese new year:
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/zhong-wen-dong-hua-shu-liu/id414596855?mt=8

Hope you like it!

Comment on Chapel Hill wants to close Mandarin immersion, switch to Spanish immersion by Gene Singleton

Gene Singleton — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:08:49 +0000

It’s sad that such great program is cut when everyone realizes this becomes even more important to learn Mandarin. For those who will miss their Mandarin Chinese classes and teachers, they can watch Mandarin Chinese dubbed movies at home and continue learning Mandarin Chinese more efficiently! They can order from http://www.ChineseDubbed.com …

Be creative! You can certainly learn Mandarin Chinese outside of your classroom, and inexpensively, without the funding from your school.

Comment on Los Angeles Mandarin program enrollment not closed yet by echo

echo — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:54:55 +0000

Enjoy a summer of learning and fun! Study Chinese Experience Shanghai.

YK Pao School was founded in memory of Sir Yue-Kong Pao. We are a bilingual school with a commitment to establish a whole person education. Our Primary Division is located in downtown Shanghai and the Secondary Division, which provides boarding education, is located in Songjiang District, Shanghai.
The 2012 summer camps will be held at Changning campus, Primary Division.
•Highly qualified international teaching team with rich experience
•Range of sports facilities: indoor swimming pool, gym, soccer pitch
•Library with extensive collection of Chinese and English books
•Dance studio and music rooms, fully equipped ICT suite

1. MANDARIN SUMMER CAMP
Enrollment Age
5-11years
Programme Dates
Session 1: 2nd – 13th July
Session 2: 16th– 27th July
•Language, art and crafts, sports, drama, music, all taught in Mandarin
•Small class sizes
•Optional private tutoring classes
•Instruction from YK Pao School’s own highly experienced teachers
•Joint social activities with YK Pao School students
•Excursions and a variety of visits to experience Chinese culture
Language of Instruction
Mandarin

Email: summercamp@ykpaoschool.cn
Tel: 86-21-61671999 ext 8101

Comment on Chapel Hill’s Mandarin program faces axe due to budget issues by Friends of Chinese DL

Friends of Chinese DL — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:18:16 +0000

Get the full story here! Looks like we can still SAVE this program. To help us, please sign our petition and take the survey at this link: http://friendsofchinesedl.edublogs.org/

Thank you!
Friends of Chinese DL Program
Chapel Hill, NC

Comment on Will Rosetta Stone actually teach your child to speak Mandarin? by Marie Billy (@MarieBillyRS1)

Marie Billy (@MarieBillyRS1) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:28:23 +0000

As an employee at Rosetta Stone I’ve had the opportunity to use this program. One of the best new features is Rosetta Studio. In the Studio sessions you are in with a small group of other students learning the same language as you and a language coach. For 50 minutes everyone is speaking in the new language.

Comment on Will Rosetta Stone actually teach your child to speak Mandarin? by elizabethweise

elizabethweise — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:48:55 +0000

Could well, I suppose. I’m more aural, so I like Pimsleur audio course, but I’ve only used it for Spanish, not Mandarin. And as reading and writing characters are a huge part of what we want to be able to engage with our kids with, it’s probably not a bad way to go about it. I think it’s much more suited to adult learning styles.