When I passed today’s lesson to the LP’s, they showed surprise: “How come there are two different questions to ask the same ‘How old are you’ ?” Their surprise is reasonable, but there actually more ways asking “How old are you” in Chinese. The choice of how to ask depends on the age of the [...]
We have practiced how to write 生日. The students showed sincere interest in writing the characters. Here I would like to show you how to write them in the right order. Click on the PLAY to take a look.
It is not exactly the original version of “Happy Birthday to you” in Chinese, but it is good video for this topic. Hope you all enjoy it.
I came across an article “Language Learning is Messy” today, and I think the analysis on Children’s language learning advantages is quite good. According to the author Albert Wolfe, the following points stand out:
Children talk a lot.
Children make lots of mistakes.
Children learn what they need.
Children don’t have language goals.
If you are interested in the article, [...]
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This is a podcast from Chinesepod.com regarding the topic at the newbie level. Listen to it to get more feel about “birthday”.
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Birthday is obviously a very important event in life, esp. for the young children. The song “Happy Birthday” is known to everybody. For a birthday party, candles, candies, party hats, banners and presents are so popular, but without the “Happy Birthday” song, the party will seem to have something missing…
In China, the “Happy Birthday” song [...]
Hi, Chinese Club LP’s,
I am glad to announce the launch of the new blog. It will be a new platform for you and other young Chinese learners to read, to share, to discuss any issues in learning Mandarin Chinese, exploring Chinese culture and lots more.
You are welcome to send me ideas and comments.
Tomorrow will be [...]
