FREE Resources for Teaching Chinese to Children in Schools

What might be important about young children learning a second language (or two) whilst young?

- understanding better how languages work thereby improving their general communication skills?
- becoming more multi-cultural ready for an ever more globalised world?
- that their brains will adapt forever to accepting language as something far more than their mother tongue?

Can you afford not to teach a Global Languages in your school such as either Spanish or Chinese or both! We have to prepare the next generation to compete and collaborate with the fastest developing economies.

It is easier than you might think to migrate your school towards Chinese and learning about China as a curriculum subject.

Look here for our - 'FREE report on integrating China within the Geography curriculum on our sister website The Chinese Staffroom.

Look here for the - 'FREE KS2(age 7-11) Scheme of Work for Mandarin Chinese. Use as it for hourly sessions or adapt as you need.

Do not know where to start with Chinese perhaps because you do not have a Chinese teacher?
- Then try to introduce more festivals than just the Chinese New Year
- Work with a story book such as the Gruffalo (based on an old Chinese story) adding some words in Chinese
- If you are KS2 then use the new TDA backed Schemes of Work for KS2 (UK) - see above for the link
- If you are working with KS3 and above (secondary or high school) then use current affairs as a way into cultural intelligence and then the language

Already teaching Chinese but need to up your standards towards outstanding:
- Make sure you are integrating ICT
- Make sure you are learning from general MFL best practice
- Make sure you are integrating learning about China across the curriculum for example into Geography
- Make sure you are correcting pronunication - too many students are making basic mistakes say experts

Contact us for free advice on children learning Mandarin Chinese. Contact us We are happy always to help out.

We offer
- Mandarin Chinese after school clubs, cultural workshops and in school curriculum teaching for children learning Mandarin Chinese
- private lessons for children with outstanding progress from skilled adaptable Chinese teachers
- development of classroom Chinese resources such as the KS2 Free Scheme of Work for primary school Chinese available free on our website and - '
- provide consultancy and teacher training for schools either established in teaching Chinese or starting up wanting to integrate Chinese somehow into their curriculum.

Children Learn Chinese News:

Should I be bringing my British children up in Beijing?

A Telegraph journalist wonders about the benefits and disadvantages of his children learning to live in China

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/7947932/Expat-life-Have-children-will-...

Follow the link to decide whether you agree with the journalits point of view.

IGSE Chinese

With the new government in the UK wanting to introduce IGCSE's into schools. Will this work for Chinese?

These sites may help you:

Edexcel
http://www.edexcel.com/quals/igcse/igcse09/lang/chinese/Pages/default.as...

Cambridge
http://www.cie.org.uk/qualifications/academic/middlesec/igcse/subject?as...

John Prescott to become patron of China policy Institute Nottingham

John Prescott and the China Policy Institute

The Rt Hon John Prescott MP, who as Deputy Prime Minister played a major role in the forging of closer relations between the UK and China, is to become the new Honorary Patron of the China Policy Institute at The University of Nottingham.

Mr Prescott will be officially inaugurated into his new role when he visits Nottingham on Tuesday March 30 to talk on China and Climate Change as part of the University’s Energy and Climate Change Special Lecture Series.

Richard Pascoe, Director of the China Policy Institute in the University’s School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, said: “We are delighted that John has agreed to become our new Honorary Patron.

Mandarin Chinese and the new Primary Curriculum Area of Learning

How does Mandarin Chinese link to the new Primary Area of Learning Understanding English communication and languages?

Learning Mandarin Chinese fits into 'Breadth of Learning' point 4.

d. By engaging with other languages (i), including, where appropriate, those used in their communities, children should:

1.look at the patterns, structures and origins of languages (i) in order to understand how language works

Mandarin Chinese is so very different from English, French, German and Spanish because of its origins and so lends itself to this outcome of understanding how language works. Ask us more to understand how to achieve this understanding of both English and Chinese when teaching Chinese.

2.listen to and join in with conversation in other languages and communicate about simple, everyday matters

Learning to speak Chinese especially working with a partner school in China fulfils this goal in a way that children engage so easily with. How can children start having conversations through understanding differences between the way the two languages work

3.understand how learning other languages can help them appreciate and understand other cultures as well as their own.

The potential for cultural work that spans the curriculum and which can be led by a non-native class teacher is huge. This is not 'educational tourism' but serious engagement with modern and ancient China. It is a very powerful way of making Mandarin Chinese belong to the whole school

New Primary Curriculum website launched

Understanding English, Communication and Languages is the new area of learning relevant to Mandarin Chinese

http://curriculum.qcda.gov.uk/new-primary-curriculum/areas-of-learning/u...

Following the review of the Primary curriculum in the UK here is the new area into which Mandarin fits - go have a look!

Singapore rethinks learning Mandarin Chinese at schools as more speak English at home

Change is in the air for Chinese language tests and exams in Singapore's schools

to cater to a growing group of students from predominantly English-speaking homes.

In this article how best to teach Chinese to children is debated. Is dual immersion the answer? And how to you adapt your instructional strategy /pedagogy as children get older?

More debate around uptake of 'up and coming languages' in the UK

Politicians Ed Balls and David Laws debate introduction of compulsory language lessons for 7-11 (KS2)....

Ministers have already announced the introduction of compulsory language lessons for seven- to 11-year-olds in 2011 to stimulate interest in the subject from a young age.

A spokesman for the Department for Children, Schools and Families said: "Introducing compulsory languages teaching in primary schools will instil a love of language learning in young children and help to encourage them to continue studying it as they move up through school and beyond.

Ed Balls to annouce 7 year olds to learn Mandarin Chinese

In line with Bamboo's development of a Scheme of Work in Mandarin Chinese for KS2..

Ed Balls will announce that pupils aged seven onwards will be able to learn languages including Mandarin and Arabic to meet the challenges of a globalised world. Officials cited CBI surveys showing that 52% of employers looking for language skills now want people with French, 43% with German and 38% with Mandarin/Cantonese. They said Labour was keen to prepare the next generation of workers for the new global economy.

Balls said yesterday: "In this new decade, our ties with emerging economies like China will become even more important and it's vital that young people are equipped with the skills they need. That's why we want all secondary pupils to have the opportunity to learn Mandarin if they choose, either at their own school or a nearby school or college."

Go ahead for Disney Park in Shanghai

Walt Disney is awarded planning green light to open a theme park in Shanghai.

The National Development and Reform Commission said the long-awaited park would be built in the city's eastern Pudong district.

Things to do in Shanghai with children

"Earlier this month, the Chinese government gave its approval for the park after years of talks.

Disney has been gradually expanding its presence in China since opening a theme park in Hong Kong in 2005.

Final details for the Shanghai park have yet to be announced. "

BBC November 2009

CBI conference speech - doing business with China

I want not just hundreds but thousands of Chinese companies in Britain, and British companies in China.

In his speech to the CBI Gordon Brown highlighted the global economy as a route for the UK - 'To succeed in that future, we also need an outward-facing Britain, attracting inward investment and sustaining high value added jobs.

Over a very short time, more than 400 Chinese companies have come to Britain. In our new growth strategy, I want not just hundreds but thousands of Chinese companies in Britain, and British companies in China.'

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