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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 MandarinParents’ 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 MYP Coordinator Chinese Teachers Debbie Tai (Team Leader) Susan Peng SuvyShu
IB MYP Curricular framework • Balanced curriculum • Mandarin studied as Language A or B (Advanced or Standard)
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
Cross-phase connection from PYP to MYP Resource: ESF Chinese Curriculum, 2007
How to bridge…? • Ask ourselves why our children are learning Mandarin? • Plan early • Set goals and work towards them • Be flexible • Be realistic
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
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
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!
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
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?
Communication with Mandarin teachers • E-mail • Comment Box on homework • Diary • Meeting
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?
At the rate he/she is currently learning, will he/she speak Mandarin fluently by Year10? They have 4 more years till this time.