S2E05 Candy Teacher Part 1 American International School Teacher | Continuous learning and reflection on teaching methods to lead children to cross the threshold of Chinese | Language learning seeds
♥ Preface
Teacher Candy slowly learned and explored from being a parent to becoming a Chinese teacher
Start practicing with your child every day
His children's love for Chinese remains unabated
You can live more comfortably in a Chinese-speaking environment
How to lead children? The secret of children's happy learning
Simple, structured, and repetitive practice
More methods are all in the interview
Candy gradually learned and explored from being a parent to becoming a Mandarin teacher.
She began guiding her children to practice Mandarin every day, building up their skills over time.
Her children's love for Mandarin never faded; they now feel comfortable living in a Mandarin-speaking environment.
How did Candy lead her children? What are the secrets to children's joyful learning?
-Keep it simple
- Use sentence patterns
- Practice repeatedly
All of these methods—and more—are shared in the interview.
♥ Outline
00:00 Parents should help their children find the purpose of learning Chinese, persist in it, and give them lots of encouragement.
00:38 Parents spend an entire weekend morning in Chinese school. There are actually better ways.
01:00 Candy's child does not go to a Chinese school. How can she help her child to cross the threshold of Chinese? Don't be stressed, but be regular.
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02:28 LELE TALK is a channel designed for parents around the world to help their children learn Chinese well
02:44 This episode is about Candy, a teacher who returned to Taiwan from the United States. She created a language environment at home and led countless families to learn Chinese.
04:03 How did Candy start teaching children Chinese?
05:26 When the children were 5 and 1 years old, they moved to the United States with their parents.
05:45 I first tried a Chinese school, and the classes were 3 hours long, which was too long for a 5-year-old child, and I was not satisfied with the teaching content.
06:17 After thinking about it, I started to learn Chinese at home by myself until my child entered university.
06:47 When the children were in high school, Teacher Cindy had some experience teaching Chinese and taught Chinese in a private school.
07:40 The children were in school for two and a half years (the oldest was in grades XNUMX to XNUMX, and the second was in kindergarten to grade XNUMX)
I took my child back to Taiwan for two semesters to attend elementary school (fifth grade and first grade) and observed how the school taught the child.
09:16 Before returning to Taiwan to attend elementary school, I always asked my children to "write" in the traditional way.
12:19 The child enters the fifth grade and likes going to school very much
13:10 In terms of study, the children found that students from Taiwan learn more solidly
14:30 I go back to Taiwan for 2 months almost every year, and my children have found the purpose of learning Chinese🌟
16:20 International school teaching experience, the goal is to make three-year-old students not hate Chinese and continue to learn it
17:30 ① Build children’s sense of achievement
18:25 ② In life (hearing, seeing), try to use the same sentence pattern so that children can hear it many times
19:40 Share the video to encourage other families to continue using Chinese and identify with their own culture while learning Chinese🌟
20:44 How to use [LeLe Listening and Reading Series]? Red, yellow and green books, children learn Chinese naturally🌟
21:10 [LeLe Listening and Reading Series] 10 minutes a day to go from not knowing Chinese to being able to read independently [Secret Weapon]🌟
22:10 After attending elementary school in Taiwan and returning to the United States to attend classes, Cindy completely changed her approach.
22:54 Cindy's goal for her children to learn Chinese:
① Don’t expect your child to read novels, but rather expect your child to use Chinese
②Children can learn independently
23:15 Give your child a daily homework schedule
The textbooks are for grades 4 to 6 of Taiwan elementary schools.
The children continued to study the fourth to sixth grade content until high school, and kept alternating.
When I return to Taiwan, I buy new textbooks for grades 4 to 6. They are new to my children.
25:50 Cindy gives her children homework (writing, reading) that can be completed in 10-15 minutes
27:05 Share the words that touched you in the video with other families learning Chinese. Language is not just a tool, it is love and connection.
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28:33 Simple, patterned, repeated practice
29:30 When children reach high school, they can use listening, speaking, reading and writing freely.
Sometimes you may read it but not understand it.
But the children can live comfortably in a Chinese-speaking environment
31:10 Teaching methods before using the Lele Listening and Reading Series. Candy wishes she had the Lele Listening and Reading Series.
31:33 Thank you for listening to the first part of the interview with Candy. If you have any feedback, please leave a message in the [Audience Question Box] and share it.
32:42 We want to say to families who are learning Chinese: “You are working very hard. You are doing the most important thing. Use love and language with your children to connect your life stories.”
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33:55 Let’s embark on the Chinese journey of building connections through reading. You don’t need to be a Chinese teacher, you just need to be willing to accompany reading every day.
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