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Summer Language Courses for Children 3-6 years old

It has long been recognised that children make more rapid progress in their studies when they enjoy what they are doing, and our Mandarin language courses for young learners have been devised with this in mind.

Each of our courses has been carefully planned to draw on children's inherent learning skills and capacities, and to provide continued opportunities for them to explore, create, and experience the world around them whilst learning Mandarin.

 

Our activity-based learning approach means that children are presented with a wide variety of age-appropriate activities, designed to bring the Mandarin language to life, cultivate creativity, encourage interaction, build confidence, and effortlessly develop effective communicative language. Each lesson is designed to be pertinent to the children’s needs, interesting, varied, lively and fun.

Tuition is provided in an exclusively Mandarin environment so that the children are immersed in Mandarin from the moment they step into the classroom.

Our teaching method involves interactive child-centred learning. All our courses are oral and conversation-based, and use specifically designed books, HKIL tailor-made supplementary materials, and specially selected resources. Fun activities, songs, stories, puppets, pretend-play toys, language development games, audio visual aids and multimedia tools also form an integral part of our programme. Applied in the appropriate context, they provide an excellent medium through which the children can reuse and consolidate what they have already learnt, and further develop their comprehension and communication skills.

Young children learn to communicate by listening and speaking, so we place an emphasis on the spoken language, and encourage children to participate and become actively involved in each lesson.
     
  Start Date: July - August Enrolment Date: on or before 30 June  
   

We offer a variety of summer courses in Mandarin to suit all levels, needs, and objectives :

Age Group Course
3 - 6 years old Summer Immersion Programme *
3 - 6 years old Mini-Playgroup *
5 / 6 years old Fun with Chinese Characters / Calligraphy
3 - 6 years old Story-Time & Theatre *
* Students are grouped per age and level of ability.
Summer Programme Highlights
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SUMMER IMMERSION PROGRAMME (3 - 6 years old)
 
Schedule
(Class A) Mon-Fri : 9:30am-12:30pm (Class C) Mon-Fri : 1:30-4:30pm
(Class B) Mon, Wed & Fri : 9:30am-12:30pm (Class D) Mon, Wed & Fri : 1:30-4:30pm
 
 

An exciting programme specially designed to promote the spontaneous and natural use of Mandarin, and boost your child’s Mandarin skills in a creative and entertaining setting!

This whole programme is aimed at encouraging your child to use his/her Mandarin skills in a fun context, while becoming so enthralled in what he/she is doing that he/she forgets he/she is actually learning and practising Mandarin.

Our action-packed Summer Immersion programme includes: songs, pretend-play, games, puppet shows, storytelling, drama, arts & crafts, and more - all performed in Mandarin around a chosen theme, with a key project to be completed by the end of each week. It offers the perfect setting for your child to develop his/her listening and speaking skills, and to become more confident in the use of the language.

This comprehensive immersion course is specifically designed to offer your child extended opportunities to re-use what he/she has previously learnt, enabling him/her to reinforce his/her existing language, and to progress at a much faster pace, while having loads of fun and a fantastic time!.

 
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MINI-PLAYGROUP  (3-6 years old)
 
Schedule
(Class A) Mon, Wed & Fri : 9:30-11:00am (Class C) Mon, Wed & Fri : 1:30-3:00pm
(Class B) Tue &Thu : 9:30-11:00am (Class D) Tue &Thu : 1:30-3:00pm
 
 

A fun-filled, stimulating theme-based programme whose main focus is to develop your child’s listening and speaking skills.

Each lesson is organised as a series of fun, interactive activities, making use of rhymes, songs, stories, puppets, games and arts & crafts, that engage your child’s mind and spirit and encourage him/her to participate actively and to build up his/her interest in learning the language.

Lessons are divided into themes with the vocabulary and different activities relating to each theme. Through this repeated exposure, the children soon remember and reuse the new words that they have learnt.

erman is used at all times, so your child is immersed in the Mandarin language from the time he/she steps into the classroom: language acquisition takes place naturally and spontaneously.

 
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FUN WITH CHINESE CHARACTERS / CALLIGRAPHY (5/6 years old)
 
Schedule
(Class A) Mon-Fri : 11:00am-12:30pm (Class C) Mon-Fri : 3:00-4:30pm
(Class B) Mon, Wed & Fri : 11:00am-12:30pm (Class D) Mon, Wed & Fri : 3:00-4:30pm
 
 

A lively and fun-filled introduction to writing Chinese characters.

Through fun and colourful Illustrations, your child will be told the story of Chinese characters and how they came to be formed, the aim being for him/her to learn how to recognise, write, and memorise simple characters. The words learned will be applied through stories, rhymes, games and activities.

The ultimate goal is to teach your child to read, and write Chinese characters, while arousing his/her interest in Chinese characters and culture.

Your child will also be introduced to the art of calligraphy.

 
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STORY-TIME & THEATRE (3-6 years old)
 
Schedule
(Class A) Mon, Wed & Fri : 11:00am-12:30pm (Class C) Mon, Wed & Fri : 3:00-4:30pm
(Class B) Tue & Thu : 11:00am-12:30pm (Class D) Tue & Thu : 3:00-4:30pm
 
 

Through exciting stories, folk and fairy tales, this fun-filled programme stimulates your child’s imagination and encourages him/her to practise his/her Mandarin and build up his/her self-confidence.

By participating in activities related to the stories, your child will develop his/her creativity and discover a real desire to communicate in more expressive ways, therefore developing his/her interpersonal and communication skills.

To add a touch of magic to the fun and excitement, your child will also have the opportunity to take part in face painting, using props and dressing up - with one key performance in our specially designed drama room at the end of the summer.

 
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Summer Programme Highlights:
 

• Our comprehensive programme is available throughout the summer from 3rd July to 25th August.

All of our courses are available 2-5 times weekly, with a choice of several morning or afternoon sessions (see enclosed time-table).

Classes are organised in small groups of 4-6 students to guarantee plenty of interaction with the teacher and the other students, ensure greater attention to each individual student, and maximise each student's participation and progress.

We only employ experienced native-language teachers who hold internationally recognised teaching qualification.

• We go a step further than others by only entrusting our Exam Revision classes to teachers with extensive prior exam revision experience and syllabus knowledge ; this produces the best revision results and proves highly effective in helping our students to achieve their full potential.

All our summer courses are designed to encourage your child to participate actively in class , and to put his/her language skills to practical use in a fun, refreshing environment. The various stimulating activities provide an excellent medium through which your child can reinforce what he/she is learning in class, develop vocabulary, improve pronunciation and communicative abilities, and build confidence.

Private or Semi-Private Tuition is also available . Lessons can be organised on the day and at the time of your choice (subject to teacher's availability), either at our premises in Central, or in the comfort of your home. We can also help you arrange your own private group
at home
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• We provide end of course progress reports and certificates of achievement.

All our Mandarin language courses are in line with the Council of Europe's Common European Framework for Modern Languages which is recognised throughout Europe, and provides an accurate and official appraisal of one's competence.

 

To ensure faster progress, we strongly recommend our
SUMMER IMMERSION PROGRAMMES
available at a Special Discounted Rate !

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