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Curriculum Mandarin for kids

Mandarin for Kids

Course Overview

The course is designed to help children develop strong language skills in Mandarin Chinese. Through creative activities, interactive exercises, and real-life scenarios, students will enhance their listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities. They will expand their vocabulary, practice pronunciation, and gain confidence in using Chinese in everyday situations. Each module is brought to life with activities, exercises, and high-quality materials based on real-world topics that children are really interested in. The outcome is geared toward kids feeling more confident in class and having more time to work on their speaking skills during class time with their teacher and classmates. The learning materials used are equivalent to the Mandarin Youth Chinese Test (YCT) competency standards. After a student completes 1 level in this course, then the student can be said to be equivalent to the YCT that corresponds to that level and can register for the YCT exam according to the desired level.

Levels

Panda 1

Equals to YCT 1

A child can:

Distinguish and sound out consonants and vowels. Count from 1-10 Describe shapes, colors, feelings Name and introduce family members, fruits, jobs and everyday things around me. Talk about things I like and dislike Talk about things I can and can’t do Name body parts

Lesson Materials Preview 9 Lesson
  1. Count from numbers 1-5
  2. Sounds the letters a, e, i, o, u dan tone 1, 2, 3, 4
  3. Recognize letter 一、二、三、四、 五、你、我、 个
  4. Writing strokes and letters 一,丨,丿,\
  1. Count from numbers 6-10
  2. Sounds the letters m, f, n
  3. Recognize letter 六、七、八、九、十
  4. Writing strokes and letters 乛、」、六、七、八、九、十
  1. Give greetings to teachers and friends
  2. Sounds the letters I, h, ü Recognize letter 好、你好、老师、您、早、再见
  3. Recognize and differentiate the use of pronouns 你 and 您
  4. Writing letters 日、早、好
  1. Asking names in Chinese
  2. Sounds the letters s, sh, -i
  3. Recognize letter 叫、什么、名字、他、她、不、知道
  4. Recognizing Radical 口
  5. Writing letters 口、叫、什么

Panda 2

Equals to YCT 1

A child can:

Distinguish and sound out consonants and vowels. Count from 1-10 Describe shapes, colors, feelings Name and introduce family members, fruits, jobs and everyday things around me. Talk about things I like and dislike Talk about things I can and can’t do Name body parts

Lesson Materials Preview 9 Lesson
  1. Recognize consonant sounds zh, ch, r
  2. Recognize letter 祝、生日、快乐、很、高兴、谁、今天、岁、了
  3. Recognizing Radical 山
  4. Writing letters 山、了、岁、今天、生日
  1. Recognize vocals sounds uei, uen, ian
  2. Recognize letter 认识、电话、打电话、号码、多少、零(O)、要、给、手机、 明天
  3. Recognizing Radical 石
  4. Writing letters 手机、号码、多少
  1. Understand neutral tone pronunciation
  2. Recognize vocals sounds uei, uen, ian
  3. Recognize letter 请、进、坐、听、说、你们、跟、读、写、汉字
  4. Recognizing Radical 讠
  5. Writing letters 请、坐、听、说、我
  1. Understand neutral tone changes
  2. Recognize vocals sounds uei, uen, ian
  3. Recognize letter 请、进、坐、听、说、你们、跟、读、写、汉字
  4. Recognizing Radical 竹
  5. Writing letters 里、笔、白、黑、桌子
2 Available levels
YCT 1-4 YCT Levels
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