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Year 5 and 6 Mandarin Parents’ Information Night

Year 5 and 6 Mandarin Parents’ Information Night. Oct. 12, 2009. Agenda. Mandarin in the MYP Cross-phase connection from PYP to MYP Co-teaching and Differentiation Program in Year 6 Plan for Year 5 Question and Answer Session. Presenters. Phillipa Beeson Head of Primary Adrian Gan

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Year 5 and 6 Mandarin Parents’ Information Night

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  1. Year 5 and 6 MandarinParents’ Information Night Oct. 12, 2009

  2. Agenda • Mandarin in the MYP • Cross-phase connection from PYP to MYP • Co-teaching and Differentiation Program in Year 6 • Plan for Year 5 • Question and Answer Session

  3. Presenters Phillipa Beeson Head of Primary Adrian Gan MYP Coordinator Chinese Teachers Debbie Tai (Team Leader) Susan Peng SuvyShu

  4. Mandarin in the MYP

  5. IB MYP Curricular framework • Balanced curriculum • Mandarin studied as Language A or B (Advanced or Standard)

  6. IB MYP to IB DP • MYP Language A ->DP Language A (Standard Level (SL) or Higher Level (HL) – currently under review by the IB) • MYP Language B (Advanced) ->DP Language B (HL) • MYP Language B (Standard) -> DP Language B (SL) IB MYP to IB DP IB learner profile developed through all 3 programmes

  7. Cross-phase connection from PYP to MYP Resource: ESF Chinese Curriculum, 2007

  8. How to bridge…? • Ask ourselves why our children are learning Mandarin? • Plan early • Set goals and work towards them • Be flexible • Be realistic

  9. Y6 Mandarin Program

  10. Who teaches in the program…? Background Class Debbie Tai (Chinese teacher) Pathway2 Group 1 Chinese EA-Sarah Wang Pathway 1 Group 4 Chinese EA- Karen Shum Pathway 2 Group2 Pathway 2 Group3 SuvyShu (Chinese Teacher) Matt Baron (Classroom Teacher) Tanya Surawski(Classroom Teacher) Pathway 2 Group4 Pathway 1 Group1 Susan Peng (Chinese Teacher) Kim Cassel (Classroom Teacher) Michelle Feehan (Classroom EA) Pathway 1 Group2 Pathway 1 Group3

  11. Routine and Schedule

  12. Plan for Year 5

  13. Resources • Chinese Made Easy Book Textbooks & Practice books Where to buy: PTA Shop • 小学华文 Where to buy: • T H LEE & Co Ltd  (天利行有限公司)       Mongkok Branch - Tel. No.: 2388 1743         Causeway Bay Branch - Tel. No.: 2527 7430(2) • Commercial Press (商務印書館)         Shatin Branch - 2693 1933         CP Plus, Mei Foo Branch - 2741 1030(3) • Ling Kee Book Store Ltd (齡記書店有限公司)          Kowloon Branch - 23943486          Central Branch - 2545 1540

  14. On-line resources • http://www.chinese-tools.com/ This website contains many tools for learning Chinese. Everything about modern and traditional China. • http://us.mdbg.net/ A very powerful on-line dictionary with pronunciation, stroke writing, pinyin, translation…function • http://www.popupchinese.com/chinese/writing A fun interactive website for learning Chinese. Great fun to use the writing pad to practise Chinese handwriting!

  15. How to help--homework • Track the progress of homework every week • Encouragement from you influences your child’s attitude • Review column on the front side of the homework sheet • Dictionary (on-line with audio & writing feature) • Comment Box to communicate with teachers • COMING SOON: On-line contact: Blog, E-mail, Class Webpage

  16. Others… • Motivation…the only chance to succeed! • Reading…is the key to promote the level of over-all Chinese competency • Fluency…won’t come unless real language experience is carried out in their life. • Extra support at home, like tutoring, private class…the purpose of it?

  17. Communication with Mandarin teachers • E-mail • Comment Box on homework • Diary • Meeting

  18. Now, tell me what’s on your mind…

  19. Questions from parents • What is the curriculum (including text book, exercise and goal) for Year 7? • Goals to reach for each secondary school year up to Year 13? • How does the school aim at the eventual IB exam, year by year, especially on reading and writing?  • Would there be any interesting book he/she can bring home to read regularly?

  20. At the rate he/she is currently learning, will he/she speak Mandarin fluently by Year10? They have 4 more years till this time.

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