All the teachers in the Sarasota classroom will wear the Chinese traditional costumes while giving the lessons. Meanwhile, students will also have the opportunities to try the costumes on! It's a nice way for students to feel immersed in the Chinese culture. We have many more clothing besides the pictures shown, please come and see!
All the teachers in the Sarasota classroom will wear the Chinese traditional costumes while giving the lessons. Meanwhile, students will also have the opportunities to try the costumes on! It's a nice way for students to feel immersed in the Chinese culture. We have many more clothing besides the pictures shown, please come and see!
Please come and join us for a series of fun filled Chinese lessons—
Chinese Mid-autumn Festival celebration!
Please come and join us for a series of fun filled Chinese lessons—
Chinese Mid-autumn Festival celebration!
Learning material: Chinese Paradise Beginner
Author：Beijing Language and Culture University Press
Introduction: Chinese Paradise is a series of textbooks designed for Chinese language learners, and recommended by Office of Chinese Language Council International. These books present the brief introductions to the Chinese culture, descriptions of Chinese characters and stories, and interesting songs, folks, and games.
How to use this material: You will use this textbook to start your Chinese learning journey with the help of your teachers! Teachers will guide you go through the vocabulary words and simple grammatical structures based on the scenario in each lesson, and you will practice the language with interesting songs, authentic folks and attractive stories, which is also a good way to get access to Chinese culture.
Learning material: Learn Mandarin with Chinese Mom and Son(LMCMS)
Authors: Baoma and Baobao
Introduction: From this material, students will go deep into a typical Chinese family’s daily lives. Students will learn about daily conversations, workplace dialogues, school activities and Chinese culture. Students will also learn about Chinese food, history, folklore, games and festivals.
How to use this material: After you have learned new vocabulary and phrases in your lessons, this is the time for you to talk! Get interactive and practice the exercises with one of our native Mandarin speaking tutors. Your tutor will guide you through the lesson, role play with you, correct your pronunciation, and answer your questions. Your tutor could also talk with you about non-lesson related topics of your choice.
Lesson Notes: These two power point notes was created and used by some selected teachers for their students. It accompanies level 1 lesson 3 shown above. Each teacher produces their own style of notes for different students. Teacher adjusts difficulty and content to suit each student.
How to use this material: Each teacher will use his/her own note made for you to guide you through the lesson material, ensuring a deep understanding of each lesson.
Learning material: Growing Up Chinese
Authors: Ai Hua, China Central Television
Introduction: Entertaining, fun and easy to follow. This video series has one hundred episodes, each fifteen minutes in length. The series´ aim is to use dramatic skits to three hundred of the most commonly spoken Chinese phrases.
How to use this material: After you have learned new vocabulary and phrases in your lessons, this is the time for you to talk! Get interactive and practice the exercises with one of our native Mandarin speaking tutors. Your tutor will guide you through the lesson, role play with you, correct your pronunciation, and answer your questions. Your tutor could also talk with you about non-lesson related topics of your choice.
Learning material: Peppa Pig in Mandarin (Subtitles in English)
Author：Astley Baker Davies
Introduction: Peppa Pig is a British preschool animated television series directed and produced by Astley Baker Davies. To date, four seasons have been completely aired, with a fifth currently airing. (From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppa_Pig)
How to use this material: You and your tutor will watch an episode in Mandarin (subtitles in English) together. Your tutor will teach some of the key words. You will practice the pronunciation and understand the meaning of the Mandarin words used in the episode. Throughout the process, you two will also talk about the story in the episode using as much Mandarin as possible. You will also work on the exercise prepared by your tutors based on the episode.
Season 2 Episode 1
Learning material: 马立平中文教材
Author：Liping Ma
Introduction: Ma Liping Chinese is a series of Chinese-learning textbooks designed and produced by Dr. Liping Ma, who is a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching. This series aims to scaffold students with some Chinese background to move to the next learning steps, and gradually cultivate their interests towards Chinese cultures and literatures.
How to use this material: With some backgrounds of Chinese language and culture, you will continue to explore Chinese language with your teacher. The teacher will lead you to read the interesting texts and articles, and have opportunity to learn many frequently-used Chinese characters! Additionally, you will get access to know about many Chinese classical cultures and literatures, such as Journey to the West.
Learning material: 中国义务教育课程标准实验教科书《语文》
作者：课程教材研究所，小学语文课程教材研究开发中心
出版社：人民教育出版社
介绍：这套书是中国的小学生的标准语文教材
如何跟着"宝中文“的老师学习这套教材:针对有一定听说能力，能用中文进行日常交流的的学员，老师在在线课堂里，教授学员拼音，写字，优美的中文辞藻，脍炙人口的诗词等。学员在这个课堂里，仿佛置身于中国的小学语文课堂里。
Learning material: Business Chinese
Author: Jiaying Howard and Tsengtseng Chang
Introduction: This book will help readers develop their competence in advanced Chinese in a business context. Rather than teaching language in isolation from substantive content, Business Chinese presents readers with both content and context. Exercises and tasks in the book require readers to integrate their language skills with their content knowledge. To meet learners' practical communication needs, the book focuses on both oral and written language skills.
How to use this material: This is the text we use for our business Mandarin lessons. It uses simplified mandarin. You will need a copy before we begin. (Buy this book on Amazon) You and your tutor will study one lesson and practice the material together in each session. You will complete the in-book exercises in your own time and we will review your answers in the following session. However, we can adjust the pace of our lessons to suit your learning speed.
