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Step 7: Tingxie - give learners a positive experience of doing an (often dreaded) dictation
In this series, I’m sharing seven areas I pre-teach to new learners before starting any course or programme. They are: Characters 🀄️ Digital…
Dec 4, 2022
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November 2022
Step 6: Memorise the numbers 1-10 by heart *in correct tones*
Tips to help beginner learners know the differences between tones
Nov 17, 2022
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Step 5: Know the basic rules of pinyin
In this series, I’m sharing seven areas I pre-teach to new learners before starting any course or programme. They are: Characters 🀄️ Digital…
Nov 11, 2022
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Step 4: Appreciate - Starting to recognise and appreciate basic radicals
In this series, I’m sharing seven areas I pre-teach to new learners before starting any course or programme. They are: Characters 🀄️ Digital…
Nov 3, 2022
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Step 4: Appreciate - Starting to recognise and appreciate basic radicals
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October 2022
Step 3: Write - begin to learn, practice and appreciate stroke order
In this series, I’m sharing seven areas I pre-teach to new learners before starting any course or programme. They are: Characters 🀄️ Digital…
Oct 26, 2022
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Step 2: Equip - making sure every learner has an offline and online digital dictionary
In this series, I’m sharing seven areas I pre-teach to new learners before starting any course or programme. They are: Characters 🀄️ Digital…
Oct 21, 2022
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Step 1: Inspire - ignite curiosity & a sense of "I got this"
(With lesson outline)
Oct 14, 2022
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7 areas to pre-teach new learners of Mandarin (and why they make teaching easier)
(+ a draft learner objectives checklist)
Oct 1, 2022
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September 2022
Using Miro to replace flashcard games: a quick look & access to the board
Last week I shared some info on Miro and how I’ve been using it in Mandarin classes to bring learning with flashcards over to online formats. I started…
Sep 23, 2022
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How to integrate praise into every lesson (and why it's so vital)
What you praise more of, you get more of In many contexts, when you praise something more, you’ll usually get more of it. In Arab culture, if you praise…
Sep 15, 2022
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How to recreate the fun of physical flashcards in a virtual class (using a tool called Miro)
If there is one thing I missed when we switched to virtual classes only, it was flashcards, paper, and tangible items. When I taught in person, my…
Sep 9, 2022
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3 Macbook tools I use to make teaching, training and using my laptop more efficient (and they're free, easy, and simple)
We’re in September already - 哇! And back to school season for me is filled with coordinating hundreds of training sessions for teachers all around the…
Sep 4, 2022
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3 Macbook tools I use to make teaching, training and using my laptop more efficient (and they're free, easy, and simple)
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