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Our mission is to provide an opportunity for children to learn Mandarin Chinese the way that children learn best in the virtual world and to make it available and affordable. Extensive research on 21st century learning has been applied to our curriculum making it effective and efficient. We focus on learn through play in a social environment where peers play a major role in the learning process. We integrate a carefully designed cycle of activities that help the learners to retain the language. Each lesson is presented with visuals and activities that motivate learners to speak the language. Lessons are also supplemented with additional materials to be used outside of class. We are continuing our curriculum development rapidly, and will make future curriculum available for our growing students, providing them continuous learning as their level of Mandarin progresses. Both second language classes and Chinese immersion content classes are offered. Upon completion of the second language classes, students are ready to take the immersion classes.
We recommend that children begin learning language early and continue using it at least until age 15. Studies have shown that exposed language sounds, structure and even culture are embedded into the foundation of neurological networking in the developing brain by age 5. This defines how a person perceives the world and processes information throughout their lives. Once this neurological formation is set (around age 12) it will forever exist as part of the foundational bank of information by which anything new will be perceived. Chinese provides unique sounds (tones and pronunciation that don't exist in Latin-based languages), visuals (Chinese characters) and culture to the brain bank. The younger a child is when learning a language, the easier it is for them to learn, to hear and mimic sounds along with absorb grammar and cultural concepts since their brains are in the developmental stage. An older child who's neurological networking is already established will relate a new sound to sounds already stored in the brain and imitate the new sounds using sounds heard before. Thus the phenomenon of having an accent when learning a new language and the struggle to correct the accent. We are continuously striving to learn more about second language acquisition and enhance the learning journey of our students.
We recommend that children begin learning language early and continue using it at least until age 15. Studies have shown that exposed language sounds, structure and even culture are embedded into the foundation of neurological networking in the developing brain by age 5. This defines how a person perceives the world and processes information throughout their lives. Once this neurological formation is set (around age 12) it will forever exist as part of the foundational bank of information by which anything new will be perceived. Chinese provides unique sounds (tones and pronunciation that don't exist in Latin-based languages), visuals (Chinese characters) and culture to the brain bank. The younger a child is when learning a language, the easier it is for them to learn, to hear and mimic sounds along with absorb grammar and cultural concepts since their brains are in the developmental stage. An older child who's neurological networking is already established will relate a new sound to sounds already stored in the brain and imitate the new sounds using sounds heard before. Thus the phenomenon of having an accent when learning a new language and the struggle to correct the accent. We are continuously striving to learn more about second language acquisition and enhance the learning journey of our students.
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