Victoria's Chinese Playgroup
Developed by a Chinese Studies BA(Hons) degree holder and a mum of two. Catered for monolingual families who wish their babies, toddlers and preschoolers to learn Chinese language at the early childhood.
Wednesday 6 April 2016
Class Photos
Thanks to mummy Theresa, we have some photos of the LOs focusing and enjoying the class during their trial.
P.S.: The teaching info panel behind me and most of the props are intentionally cropped out to keep some surprise element for the mummies who haven't gone through their classes yet.
Monday 4 April 2016
Q & A
Also, NUS researchers have already confirmed babies as young as 6 months old can differentiate the 4 tones of mandarin pronunciation. (What about younger than 6 months old? Well, they haven't run the research on that so there's no verdict on that yet.)
IMHO, the moment students lose interest in what their teachers teach, it's just downhill from there. So what I always focus on is how to capture student's interest.
In the early education sector, however, it is also important to capture parents' interest so that you all find it fun to practice with your LOs between my weekly classes.
Recruitment Announcement
Chinese traditional value
Culture
Language
Expression
Application
(birth to 18 months)
Focus on music and phonic with aids of flash cards and props
(12 months to 36 months)
More sensorial learning and application
(2-4 years old)
More hands on, speech and drama
$10 for 1st trial. $25 for 2nd trial. (Max twice only per family. ) Trial fees are prepaid and non-refundable.
$250 per term, 10 classes. One time $50 registration fee per family, waived if signed up at trial.
All payments are non-refundable.
2 make-up class per term.
https://m.facebook.com/Victorias-Chinese-Playgroup-1441839899427111/
Wednesday 3 September 2014
The Straist Time: Babies exposed to two languages show better memory and learning ability
Tuesday 2 September 2014
双语环境成长婴儿 吸收辨识能力更强
http://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/singapore/story20140902-384480
双语环境成长婴儿 吸收辨识能力更强
2014年09月02日
图中王晶晶老师通过英语对译教导华文程度较弱的学生。今天,本地科研人员发布研究报告,指生长在双语环境的婴儿吸收能力和辨别能力都比生长在单语环境的婴儿来得强。(档案照片)
(联合早报网讯)新加坡科研人员研究发现,生长在双语环境的婴儿,无论在吸收新资讯,以及辨别熟悉物件方面,都比生长在单语环境的婴儿来得强。
领导这项研究的新加坡国立大学文学暨社会科学院心理学系副教授勒埃辛(Leher Singh)说,对于成人来说,学习第二语言或许是痛苦和艰辛的,因此人们往往会以为幼童和婴儿也会面对这样的困难。
她说:“但是,已经有很多研究证明,人们从婴儿时期开始就能够很好地学习和掌握双语。”
其它国家相关研究的结果也显示,生长在双语环境的婴儿日后在上学前和上学时期的智商和词汇测试等方面的学术表现,也有较突出的成绩。
这项最新研究是“在新加坡健康成长”(Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcome,简称GUSTO)研究的其中一部分。参与GUSTO研究的机构包括新加坡科技研究局(A*STAR)属下的新加坡临床科学研究院(SICS)、竹脚妇幼医院和新加坡国立大学医院。
研究结果已在今年7月30日刊登于科学刊物《幼儿发展》(Child Development)中。
本报记者:叶伟强
Thursday 31 July 2014
On Lian He Zao Bao today: Infants can differentiate English, Chinese and its 4 tones 今日《联合早报》:未满周岁婴儿能区分 华英语及“阴阳上去”
Sunday 13 July 2014
Never Too Early to Start Language Education
"Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another — by listening to the humans around them and "taking statistics" on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) show how 6-month-old babies use sophisticated reasoning to understand their world."
You can see this TED talk here via this link:
http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies