Welcome parents and learners!  I am Ms. Amy.  In this ongoing class we will meet twice a week to learn speaking Mandarin, reading and writing simplified Chinese. I will tailor lessons to your student's interests and goals.  

Please feel free to bring your own materials or assignments to our class. You can also let me know if there are certain areas you would like specialized practice in, so I can identify some useful materials for us to work with together.

For students of intermediate level we will work on improving pronunciation skills,  using high frequency characters and expressions, language skills proficiently for  daily communication, practicing writing Chinese characters, and reading leveled texts.

Each class will be specific to the student's proficiency and needs , this is an example of typical topics covered each lesson:

Week 1: Greetings, Pinyin, tones, strokes, Numbers1-5
Week 2: Greetings, Numbers6-10, Spring Festival 
Week 3: Numbers 11-20, Lantern Festival
Week 4: Numbers 21-30, my family 1
Week 5: Numbers 31-40, my family 2
Week 6: Dates 
Week 7:  Birthday
 Week 8: Weeks 
Week 9: Animals 
Week 10: Pets 
Week 11: Colors
Week 12: Clothing
Week 13: Mother's Day
Week 14: Fruits
Week 15: Foods
Week 16: Father's Day
Week 17:  Sports
Week 18:  Summer Break 1
Week 19:  Summer Break 2
Week 20:  Travel 

For students of advanced level, we will focus on learning common colloquialisms and idioms to better understand and speak in Chinese, reading different types of reading resources, and practicing writing emails, journals, notices, stories, etc. 

Each class will be specific to the student's proficiency and needs, this is an example of typical topics covered each week:

Week 1: Introduction, Numbers, Laba Festival  腊八节
Week 2: Dates, Chinese New Year  春节
Week 3: Birthday, Lantern Festival  元宵节
Week 4: Time,  Women's Day  妇女节
Week 5: Greetings, Chinese Arbor day  植树节
Week 6: Family Members, Chinese Memorial Day  清明节
Week 7: Relatives, Mother's Day  母亲节
Week 8: Hobbies,  Dragon Boat Festival  端午节
Week 9: Leisure, Children's Day  儿童节
Week 10: Weather, Father's Day  父亲节
Week 11: Seasons, Chinese Valentine's Day  七夕节
Week 12: Sickness, ZhongYuan Festival  中元节
Week 13: School facilities, Teachers' Day  教师节
Week 14:  School subjects, Mid-Autumn Festival  中秋节
Week 15 :  Making phone calls, ChongYang  重阳节
Week 16:  Fruits and vegetables, National Day  国庆节
Week 17:  Meats and meals, Winter Solstice Festival  冬至
Week 18:  Eating out, New Year's Day  元旦

class time breakdown:
10 min - review what we learned through conversations or fun activities using flashcards, pictures, Zoom whiteboard, etc.
25 min - learn new materials like Pinyin, characters, common expressions, short sentences, practice writing characters, etc.
15 min - practice what we learned in conversation or Picture Talk.

Please give me a short note about your Chinese language skills and needs so that I can be more prepared and make the learning more efficient.