Mandarin Chinese Boot Camp Part 1-3: Immersion Weekend - Beginners - Small Group

In this 3-day Immersion Camp students will have 20 hours of Chinese class time with learning, activities, games and songs. We will meet in 2 hour segments back to back.

Matthew Grace, M.Ed

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120 minutes

per class

10x per week

over 1 week

13-18

year olds

4-6

learners per class

per learner - per class

How does a “Multi-Day” course work?

Meets multiple times at scheduled times

Live video chats, recorded and monitored for safety and quality

Discussions via classroom forum and private messages with the teacher

Great for engaging projects and interacting with diverse classmates from other states and countries

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Class Experience

This class is a 3-Day class where students will be taught 20-hours worth of beginners material. We start from square one and move up to the approximate skill level of approximately 7 weeks of regular 3-day a week Chinese classes. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY: This class is meant for beginners who speak no Chinese but can be done by upper level beginners as well BUT this is an immersion camp so English is not allowed outside of very specific designated times during the classes. Students...

Students will learn the following:
1. Pinyin
2. Tones
3. Questions and Answers on the following topics
    a. Food and the Dinner Table
    b. Hobbies
    c. Friends
4. Cultural Topics About 
     a. Traffic/Streets
     b. Cold
     c. Eating/Entertaining Guests
     d. A 4th topic related to whichever Chinese holiday is nearest to the Immersion camp you sign up for

I have a Master's Degree in Teaching Languages and have been tutoring and/or teaching since 2004. I lived in China for 4 years where I learned Chinese and my wife is Chinese so we practice constantly. I have been teaching Mandarin Chinese Boot Camps on Outschool since Late 2019.

There will be some homework the first night, setting up accounts for anki or making the flashcard system. This should take 30 minutes or so. The second night will have about 20 minutes of homework as well just to review the pinyin and tone songs. The third night is the end of the class.

1. Students will be sent a pdf packet that should be printed out before class starts, it will be thick, don't be intimidated, it's for 20 hours of learning! It will be about 30 pages long.
2. Students should either have a digital device to get Anki on(it's $25 on iOS devices but free on all other things) or index cards, tape, rubber bands, and a shoebox to make flashcards with.
3. Students will be asked to grab things from around their house they want to learn how to say in Chinese at different points throughout the course.

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:Youtube For Songs
Anki for digital flashcards
How and why to use SRS

Students will continually be given informal assessments throughout the 20 hours of class time. At the end of the class if any parent requests I will be happy to assign a letter grade and provide a written overview of how their student did in the class.

20 hours per week in class, and an estimated 0 - 1 hours per week outside of class.

Teacher

Matthew Grace, M.Ed

🇺🇸

Lives in the United States

Math...Chinese...Patience...Persistence

289 total reviews

306 completed classes

About Me

Hello! I'm Matthew and I'm excited to help you with your educational goals! 
A little about the classes I teach:
- I teach Languages: English(Masters in TESOL), all levels, and Chinese, specialized for beginners. 

- I also teach Math(Bachelors in...