BETTER CHINESE UK SUMMER SALES 2012

Visit Xihaha Chinese Children Bookshop (Stand 103)
21 (FRI) to 23 (SUN) OCTOBER 2011
The Language Show Olympia, London, United Kingdom

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By Rachel Walton
Teacher in Ballard School New Milton and New Forest Chinese Academy

We've been using My 1st Chinese book series for more than three years. Most of our learners have gained excellent progress from the books, and been able to recognise and write characters in a short period of time.  Some of my learners have commented that they are surprised how quickly they are learning.

Another series of fantastic Chinese board books for babies and toddlers! "Counting in Chinese", "Starting in Chinese Part 1" and "Starting in Chinese Part 2"

I met the author when I was visiting a Chinese school in London 3 years ago, she was one of the parent at the school and very enthusiastic about children learning Chinese. I remembered we discussed about the shortage of good quality Chinese books for young children learning Mandarin in this country.

by Penny Lynch,
Teacher in South Wirral High School, Upton-by-Chester High School, St Brigid’s School Denbigh and Argoed High School in Flintshire.

I purchased the Chinese Treasure Chest published by Cengage Learning which was mentioned on the forum in the summer. I paid about £70 for 2 books of reproducible resources and I have to say, it's been worth every penny. There are songs, games, things to make and cultural activities - it's brilliant and has saved me hours and hours of preparation time. The activities are of varied levels, from Y1 - Y8. I have been using the older activities for Y7 & 8 but there are plenty of things for much younger pupils which I have not used yet.

I have been searching Chinese idioms story books which suitable for my 7 years old. Many are too difficult for her to understand, I tried to read a few idioms books to her, but she couldn't understand most of the Chinese characters from the books and just couldn't bring up her interest. Two months ago, I received a set of Chinese Idioms books by Better Chinese, the books are for beginners to intermediate level. The sentences used in the books are very simple and easy to understand. There is also a summary of the story in English, vocabulary table and some questions and answers in the book.

There are more parents sending their young children to learn Chinese. How to keep the children as young as 18 months interested in this new language is really a challenging job. Teachers play a big part, in my opinion, a happy and friendly teacher will make the job easier. At home, parents who are a non native speaker are encouraged to play some Chinese children songs or DVD to stimulate their brain. Let the toddlers familiar with the tone or perhaps some Chinese characters posters/flash cards with eye catching pictures on it. I found my 19 months baby tries to recite小白兔 (Little Rabbit poem) after a few months of "Little Rabbit" stimulation by me. It really works!

By Janet Williams
Associate Lecturer for the Open University

《守株待兔》的故事，一共有150多个字，他录了几遍，刚开始读得没头没脑的，还忘了怎么呼吸，后来读得通顺了，这一篇念得还可以，舌头刚开始有一点打结，不过大概可以得85分，值得鼓励。

《成语故事》动物篇和本领篇，这两本书，是我上星期在伦敦买的。这套书是Better Chinese的最新出版品，今年刚出版。

Better Chinese 有一套不错的中文教材，这套《成语故事》是辅助教材，中文（附拼音）写得简洁流畅，字句也是小孩可以掌握的。优点是，孩子学过一点中文后，可以自己朗读课文。每篇课文超过100个字，有点挑战，对初学者来说，长度适中。故事还附有英文翻译。

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 4, 2010 -- Named one of the hottest toys at the recent 2010 International Toy Fair in New York City by Toytips.com, Kingka (www.kingkagames.com), the award winning brain teaser game that teaches players 54 basic Chinese characters and over 1000 words, will be part of Distinctive Assets Mother’s Day Celebrity Gift Boxes this year, going to 25 top celebrity moms including Amy Poehler, Heidi Klum, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kourtney Kardashian and more.

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Finally uploaded the teacher reward stickers to our website. We designed some bilingual encouraging words that can put down the teacher's name on the bottom as well, make to order.

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"When I decided to start studying Mandarin all my friends asked me why on earth I wanted to study such a difficult language. It’s not an easy question to answer. People study the language for all kinds of different reasons."

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"I appreciated the value of Mandarin only when studying in the United States, when my non-Chinese friends saw that I was able to communicate with people from China and Taiwan."


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"the way to correct this was to get children interested in the language, regardless of their linguistic ability, he said, because, with interest in the language, they will have it for life."

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Xihaha Ltd has launched its first range of stationery products - the popular Iwako erasers from Japan.

Xihaha Chinese Children Story in Cantonese
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Let's Sing Mandarin 1, 2 & 3

Let's Sing Mandarin series promotes the learning of Chinese as a second or foreign language through songs.

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By Mr Hua Yan - Hummersknott School & Language College

June 18, 2007 (Monday) Promoting Chinese in primary schools comes at a very opportune moment, as the National Languages Strategy for England urges every pupil in Key Stage 2 to have access to high quality language learning by 2010. Moreover, ‘Catching them young’ is in compliance with the language-acquisition theory, as current research suggests that the best time to study a new language is before the age of 12.
 

However, teachers must keep Chinese classes light-hearted to maintain children’s interest. We must ensure their first experience of Chinese learning is enjoyable. Otherwise we will lose them in Key Stage 3. Success in Chinese delivery can only be judged by pupils’ enjoyment and enthusiasm for the lesson.

In order to engage all pupils and develop enjoyment of their Chinese learning, we should bear in mind in our daily teaching what primary pupils want to learn and how they want to be taught. 

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By Rose Gao
Teacher of Harlow Chinese School

I teach Year 1 class in the Harlow Chinese School. My pupils and I all very enjoy in using "My First Chinese Words" series in the class. The Attention-grabbing pictures, the exciting content appeal to children’s curiosity. The CD ROM and the exercise books are an excellent range of teaching resources. They are an idea series for the young children to learn Chinese as a secondary language.

By Hsiu Nian Wei
Chinese teacher of Various London Schools 

"My first chinese words is an exellent teaching material, it is very popular for children. They like the picture and the card games. The book is easy for both children and parents to read together. For teacher, the book plus other supplying sets, like Songs,Games, CD-Rom, makes the preparation much easier and it is a great pleasure to see students enjoying it as well as learning well. "

By MaiSim Merry
Headteacher of Buckinghamshire Chinese School

I have been using the BetterChinese – My First Chinese Words series as our nursery class course curriculum for children ages between 5-7 years old since September 2007.

This series is designed for children who are learning Mandarin as a second language.  It is, therefore designed in both English and Mandarin with Hanyu pinyin(Chinese phonic system) . The pressure of written work is taken off as the emphasis of this series focuses on the children to learn to read first and at the end of the series, they should be able to read 250 characters and be able to hold some basic conversation.