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Most of our families don’t speak Mandarin at home. Here’s how their children got on.
"…we have seen remarkable improvement and interest in the language as we are non Chinese speakers…"
Mummy of KiaraMandarin is not our native language. However, given the increasing importance of Mandarin, we wanted Aaliyah to learn the language from an early age. We know that Mandarin is very complex, and we were initially uncertain if we could support her learning journey. After much thought and consideration, we decided to go ahead and expose our children to this multi-lingual environment with the support of Lao Shi. We are glad that we made this decision. Aaliyah has been showing significant progress and is now learning Mandarin as a second language in primary school. Lao Shi has been very kind and patient with Aaliyah, and we are very thankful for her guidance in building Aaliyah's interest in the language. Thank you!
Mummy of AaliyahWe have had Zou Laoshi for the past year teaching my 5 and 3 year old girls on a weekly basis. The achievements have been amazing! My 5 year old who is at an international school is now in the advanced mandarin band with native mandarin speakers (my husband and I don’t speak any mandarin). Zou Laoshi has been so great in engaging my 3yo with a variety of methods including singing, playing, watching mandarin cartoons. We had 2 previous failed tutors for the 3 yr old as she has never been interested in a sit down lesson and the play based lessons are doing wonders for her. I totally recommend Kel Lim’s tutoring company as she is personally involved in handpicking different tutors for your needs and follows up progress of the students closely with her tutors.
My little girl returned from school one day and told us mummy I want to be Chinese. Her friends at school are all local and speak Chinese amongst themselves- she was just 4yrs old but she wanted to be included. So we signed up for mandarin lessons once a week. Kelly would come out and my two girls loved her. She would play games with them all a while teaching them mandarin. Can you find this colour? Etc the girls love her games. And cos they are so young kelly is flexible she jumps around with the topics to suit what they are interested in. One minute we’re playing games about colours then the next they are playing with animals and she’s telling them the name of the animal in mandarin and then they are on to dresssing up and dancing. It jumps around a lot but is directed by the kids and Kelly goes with the flow. Their confidence has grown so much in mandarin that they even spoke some to their UK granny over zoom recently which was the most mandarin I have ever heard them speak. It’s lovely to see their confidence in the language grow. And they love it when the bell rings and it’s Kelly time.
Tanya QuinnThe brief was simple, “I am looking for someone who can play and converse with my son in full Chinese”. And that’s when Kel and Xi lao shi came into the picture. Coming from Australia and having a Chinese background but non-speaker, it was clear to us that we would love for our son to be able to pick up Chinese. Being his third language and non speaking at home we weren’t sure whether he’ll be able to pick it up easily. Having Xi laoshi come to our place and teach our son Kaden in a familiar environment has just not been superb but also gives a piece of mind as we know he is safe at home. Lao shi would interact with Kaden just like an older sister would, playing whilst teaching in Chinese. In the beginning lao shi started off with things/topics Kaden has huge interest in like dinosaurs, animals, etc. She gradually went into reading and writing. Recently she has started Han Yu pinyin with him. We have been amazed at the relationship between the two and of course Kaden’s progress and speed at picking up Chinese. With lao shi he just speaks so fluently and naturally. Needless to say my husband and I are extremely happy and impressed with the way Xi lao shi teaches, interacts and her professionalism.
Mummy of KadenThey have never disappointed us.
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