Meryl James shared some fabulous ideas of initial approaches to beginning Mandarin. She began with explaining that once you knew the numbers, you could say the months of the year and days of the week. I liked the idea of writing the Chinese characters with your body, 人 Rén meaning person. Stand up straight with […]
I met so many wonderful teachers at this years conference. I promised I would share all my links and my online presentation. https://app.emaze.com/@ALCOTTTF/chinese-conference-2015 Jess McCulloch @jessmcculloch was the Australian teacher who introduces the lesson by jumping into the lesson. Follow her on twitter to see the great work and fun activities she uses in her […]
I have written an article about my fabulous journey into learning and teaching Mandarin Chinese in the online education magazine www.ukedchat.com Learn about the adventure of learning and teaching Mandarin Chinese simultaneously and a chance of a lifetime visit to Beijing and the link school there. There are also articles about the Chinese education system, […]