How to rebuild your child’s Chinese foundation in 30 days
If your child is struggling with reading or comprehension passages, one of the root causes is forgetting many words from previous levels. Many students focus on practising the upcoming spelling or specific chapters they will be tested on, and almost never review words from previous levels. So when kids doing comprehension come across these forgotten […]
A year in review: reading
Building a reading habit is by far the best way to improve in Chinese. Empirically speaking, students who have regularly read Chinese stories do significantly better and enjoy the language more. The problem is how? Especially for students who currently dislike Chinese. That’s when I decided to set myself a reading challenge. You see, I […]
How to encourage children to read Chinese (Interview)
As parents, we all know how important reading is to doing well in Chinese. The question is: how do I encourage our children to actually read. In this post, we interview 林老师, a Chinese teacher whose daughter Jane* is currently in a top SAP secondary school and is able to read Chinese novels like 活着 […]
