My4arrows Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 My DS 6 (7 in a few months) keeps asking to learn Chinese. Whenever I ask him what the one thing he wants to learn, his answer is always Chinese. Where do I begin? I have heard needing a tutor, but I'm going to guess we won't be able to afford this, although I'm willing to save and do this later if I see him being serious in learning/studying. Curriculum suggestions? Where to begin? Online tutors which are affordable? Quote
Carpe Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 My local Chinese cultural centre runs Chinese as a second language classes. They are very reasonably priced (less than $3/hr) but you must commit to the full school year. If you have a local cultural centre, they likely have a similar program. I'd try there before looking for a tutor. Quote
Tranquility7 Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 ITA with PP's suggestion of looking for a Chinese class locally. BUT - if you can't find one... I can highly recommend our Chinese tutor on iTalki - she is a professional Chinese teacher, native Chinese, lives in China, tutors over Skype, teaches young children as well as adults, AND she is only $13/hr! 2 Quote
My4arrows Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 ITA with PP's suggestion of looking for a Chinese class locally. BUT - if you can't find one... I can highly recommend our Chinese tutor on iTalki - she is a professional Chinese teacher, native Chinese, lives in China, tutors over Skype, teaches young children as well as adults, AND she is only $13/hr! Thanks! I will definitely check into that. About often do you have the lessons with her? How long are they? My local Chinese cultural centre runs Chinese as a second language classes. They are very reasonably priced (less than $3/hr) but you must commit to the full school year. If you have a local cultural centre, they likely have a similar program. I'd try there before looking for a tutor. I wish we had that nearby, but we live out in the country, so there's nothing close enough to us. It would be over an hour drive and I can't do that with all the kids tagging along. Quote
Meriwether Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 We don't have access to a local Chinese class. My son really wanted to learn, but I knew nothing about it. He is doing Chinese with Mike on his own. I obviously cannot attest to the quality of instruction since I don't know Chinese, but he is enjoying it. Quote
Carpe Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 There was a post here quite a while ago with free mandarin resources. Hopefully this link works http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/76594-mandarin-chinese-links-to-free-lesson-plans-worksheets-and-other-resources/ Quote
My4arrows Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 There was a post here quite a while ago with free mandarin resources. Hopefully this link works http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/76594-mandarin-chinese-links-to-free-lesson-plans-worksheets-and-other-resources/ Thanks! Love free resources! I'll try them out tonight 😀 Quote
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