WCCA
Westlake Chinese School offers different levels of Simplified Chinese classes (suitable for students whose parents have a Chinese native language background) and Chinese culture classes (suitable for students whose parents do not have a native Chinese language background, adopted Chinese children and those interested in Chinese culture and arts) and extra curriculum programs, such as Tai Chi, Martial Arts, Painting, Dancing, Badminton, Table Tennis, Cucurbit flute, Vocal Class, etc. Both parents and students are welcome. For specific course teaching content and teaching materials, please refer to the relevant pages for details.
Zero Basic Pinyin/Radicals Class
Instructor: Liu Shuangshuang
Target Student:
Students over 5 years old with zero foundation in Chinese
Textbook:
掌一支粉笔，借两袖清风，倚三尺讲台，叹The four seasons are sunny and rainy, the five tones are incomplete, the six roots are pure, the colorful life is loved, the eight-faced book is appreciated, and the nine days and the moon are not admired, but the ten years to cultivate people.
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Course Introduction
Teaching purpose: Learning pinyin well is very helpful for typing and looking up dictionaries. The teaching purpose of this course is to accurately confirm, write and read pinyin, master special pinyin rules (for example, when j, q, x, y encounters ü, take off the little hat on it), and understand and recognize radicals (188 radicals, Learn 6-7 per class), and learn simple Chinese characters on top of that (such as "I" wants to eat "饣" because I'm "hungry", or "18 x 6" is "school", "from small to large" " is "pointy")
Students need to prepare: notebooks, 3x5 cards (parents are advised to prepare small boxes or pockets to prevent littering) and a plastic reading board (doodle board, dry erase board is not recommended, children scribble and doodle, the pen is also easy to dry; The electronic board is afraid that the child will break it), color pens
Homework requirements: Focus on reading, supplemented by writing. At the same time, let the children make up their own songs. Before each new class, there will be a test of the knowledge points of the previous class, and the test results will be returned to the parents at the end of the school year.
Remarks: Because the students are young, we hope that a parent will help maintain the order in each class. Parents are requested to discuss the date by themselves.
If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Liu: liu_shuangshuang@hotmail.com
Simplified Chinese Class 2
Instructor: Zhang Yanyan
Target Student:
Age 5--10 years old, grade 1--4
Course Introduction
This year's teaching plan
1. Complete all the content of the Simplified class first grade textbook and all the content of the homework textbook in the whole semester
2. Be able to read the content of reading and dialogue in textbooks.
3. Proficient in writing and reading Chinese characters in textbooks.
Simplified Chinese Class 2
Instructor: Weicheng Huang
Target Student:
Age 6--10 years old, grades 1--4
Course Introduction
The second grade is one of the most difficult grades in Ma Liping's textbooks. After entering the second grade, students should not only maintain the progress of learning new characters, but also consolidate the previously learned Chinese characters as much as possible. This grade's texts and reading materials will appear more in the form of essays. Chinese learning in the second grade is an obvious "hurdle", which requires the joint efforts of teachers and parents to help students break through the bottleneck of literacy, so as to achieve the purpose of improving reading. This outline is summarized from the following four aspects: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
One, listen
1. Can understand the teacher's requirements and instructions in class, for example: please open the second page of the book. Please read the first paragraph aloud. Please use to make a sentence.
2. Can understand simple stories, for example: a tadpole looking for a mother.
Two, say
1. Able to conduct daily conversations and answer questions from teachers. For example: What does this radical mean? Do you think the little monkey is smart?
2. Can interpret a sentence or a simple event after understanding what someone said. For example: Today we learned the story of the little white rabbit. The little white rabbit likes to work and grows a lot of cabbage.
3. Continue to learn the correct pronunciation, and be able to apply the new words or grammar points learned in the classroom to the usual speech. For example: I like football more and more. I can run faster than Maya. The moon is sometimes curved and sometimes round.
Three, read
1. About 60 Chinese ideographic radicals will be studied in this school year, and Chinese characters will be taught from the radicals. So as to achieve the purpose of consolidating the first grade Chinese characters and learning new characters. E.g:
氵 扌 辶 艹 女 亻 釒 口 门 日 心 犭 刂 讠 土 忄
2. The second grade will learn 600-700 new words, which requires a lot of memory. The best way is to put new words in the text and learn to recognize characters by reading aloud.
Examples of some new words: I was so anxious to catch the night, I quickly pulled it backwards with Lao Kuai, and the other was long and straight. 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Catch some more hungry, no more points
Sample text:
fishing for the moon
One night, a little monkey was playing by the well. He looked into the well, and there was a moon in it. The little monkey screamed anxiously: "Oh, no, the moon fell in the well!"
The big monkey heard it, ran over to take a look, and hurriedly called out, "Oh, no,, the moon fell into the well!"
3. There are some after-class reading stories after each class, aiming to increase the reading volume and improve the reading ability. Not all students are required to know all Chinese characters. It can be used as a reading exercise or as a storytelling exercise.
Fourth, writing is not required to be able to write all the new characters, and focus on learning to write radicals and the new characters derived from radicals. Main requirements 1. Good looking 2. Uniform size Vertical 4. Neat and clean
In addition to the teaching objectives above, there will be homework in each class. For example: read the text aloud, copy and write new words, do the workbooks that match the teaching materials, and do online homework.
Simplified Chinese Class 3
Instructor: Liao Yiming
Target Student:
Age 7--14 years old, grades 1-7
Material:
Liao Yiming, graduated from Dalian University of Foreign Studies in 2003, majoring in Japanese language and culture. In 2007, he obtained a master's degree in Japanese Classics from Kobe National University. During his life in Japan from 2003 to 2014, he successively served as a Chinese lecturer for the Japan-China Friendship Association, Itochu Trading Company, and Nova International School. In July 2014, he went to live in the United States. Since 2017, he has been serving as a teacher of the simplified class of West Lake Chinese School.
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Course Introduction
Learning Content:
1. Pinyin
After studying two textbooks (Ma Liping's first grade and second grade), the first unit of the third grade will start to learn Pinyin systematically and in detail. Including: birth mother, finals, compound finals, spelling and writing rules of pinyin, etc.
2. Vocabulary: Grade 3 is a grade in which literacy continues to "climb" in Ma Liping's textbooks. After students enter the third grade, in addition to consolidating the Chinese characters they have learned in the first and second grades, they will learn the text more in the form of vocabulary.
E.g:
You may not have noticed how time passes, little boy! He passed by quietly and in a hurry. When you lie down and rest, it slips past your bed quietly; when you sit and read, it passes by your desk unknowingly. You play on the playground, you play on the grass, and it runs past your laughter. Did you notice it?
3. Compound Sentence:
Compared with the simple single sentences in the first and second grades, the third grade is more about the learning of various complex sentences.
E.g:
Although... but since... even if...
4. Read:
Reading remains a top priority in third grade textbooks. There are many idiom stories and some classical legends involving Chinese culture in the texts and reading materials of this grade.
E.g:
Cao Chong said that the purpose of reading is to not only let students review and consolidate vocabulary and grammar, but also deepen their understanding and understanding of Chinese culture.
In addition to the above, homework will be left after each class.
For example: reading texts aloud; copying new words; doing workbooks and online homework that match the teaching materials.
Simplified Chinese Class 4
Instructor: Yang Lu- Alexander
Target Student:
Age 9--14 years old, grades 4-7
Material:
Mrs. Lu attended Jinan University and obtained her bachelors degree in international economics and trade in 2005. In 2008 she moved to Stockholm, Sweden to pursue a masters degree in Real Estate Management from the Royal Institute of Technology. While in Sweden, she began tutoring Chinese language to her fellow Swedish students and many of the students she tutored began to improve their Chinese very quickly. This gave her confidence to take teaching language very seriously.
While in Sweden, she met her husband, Michael, who was also an international student in the real estate management program. They were married in Sweden and settled in Ohio in 2011 where they are both work in the real estate field. They currently live in Lakewood with their two daughters.
Her oldest daughter attended a local Chinese immersion school from kindergarten through 3rd grade. Through her daughter’s experiences of learning Chinese, Mrs. Lu believes that she has a very firm understanding of how children in the US can benefit from learning the Chinese language. She is now ready to share her love and interest for the Chinese language with her students at the Westlake Chinese School.
Course Introduction
Course introduction:
Welcome all students to study Chinese at Cleveland Westlake Chinese School. Simplified Chinese Class 4 focuses on improving applied listening and speaking skills.
The teaching content of this course is conducted on the principle of equal emphasis on academic literacy levels. The enhancement of listening and speaking ability is centered on improving students' enthusiasm and participation. Through various teaching forms, the training of listening and speaking ability on related topics is carried out in class. The improvement of reading and writing level takes Ma Liping's fourth textbook as the main teaching material. It teaches students to correctly read and write Chinese words at the fourth grade level, and to read complete sentences and paragraphs smoothly, so as to accurately understand the specific sentences and the meaning of the articles. In view of the differences in the age and Chinese level of the whole class, according to the situation of each student, the basic knowledge of Chinese at the corresponding level will be reviewed and homework will be assigned.
Classroom Guidelines:
1. Before class, ask parents to arrange a quiet and suitable space for their children to study, and then use a computer or tablet to log in to the teacher
Zoom meeting ID and turn on the video and audio function to facilitate smooth interaction between students and teachers in class.
2. It is forbidden to use network devices to play games and make loud noises in online classes.
3. Listen carefully to the speeches of teachers and other students, respect teachers and classmates, and treat teachers and classmates with courtesy.
teaching plan:
1. Improvement of listening and speaking ability: in the form of life and academic topics, one topic every two weeks. For example: the theme of the first and second week of school is self-introduction. . It is planned that the content of listening and speaking ability training will gradually transition from simple life topics (such as restaurant ordering) to academic topics related to Chinese human geography knowledge (such as a brief introduction to Beijing, the capital of China) later in the school year.
2. Improve reading and writing level: Based on Ma Liping's fourth volume of textbooks, study related words, phrases, sentences and paragraphs, and plan to complete one lesson of text content every two weeks. The content of Ma Liping's fourth textbook has already covered idiom stories such as "Tian Ji's Horse Racing" and "Sai Weng Lost a Horse", as well as reading materials for mythological stories such as "Chang'e Flying to the Moon". The difficulty of new words and sentences is similar to that of the fifth grade level of the current Chinese version. Therefore, according to the current Chinese level of the students in the fourth grade class, each text will be explained in an easy-to-difficult manner, explaining words and related words and sentences in detail, and words and paragraphs that are too difficult will only introduce the general idea.
3. Consolidation of basic knowledge: The content includes 1. Knowledge of systematic pinyin; 2. Writing, reading and memory of 1000 commonly used basic Chinese characters, words and example sentences.
Grading:
1. Homework: 20 points 2. Midterm exam: 40 points 3. Final exam: 40 points
A: 94-100 A-: 90-93 B: 84-89 B-: 79-83 C: 74-78 C-: 69-73 D: 60-68 D-: below60
Simplified Chinese Class 5
Instructor: Wang Yan
Target Student:
Age 12+
Material:
Yan Wang: Master of Applied Mathematics, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Worked for MFJ enterprises Inc. Has teaching experience in using Ma Liping textbook from grade 1 to grade 7. Won the title of outstanding teacher of the National Chinese Association. Many of her students have also won prizes in the National Chinese Examination, the Global Chinese Composition Competition, the Small Anchor Competition, and the Recitation Competition.
Wang Yan is also an art teacher. She studied in the Fine Arts Department of Cleveland State University. The work has been selected by the judges for several adult art exhibitions at Cleveland State University and the Cleveland area. Excellent works were also ordered by the judges before the exhibition started.
Course Introduction
Ma Liping's sixth grade textbook is an important turning point - teaching grammar and writing. The 7th grade textbook further teaches students to learn different types of writing styles. These two textbooks require students to synthesize and apply previously learned word and sentence knowledge to writing. Writing essays is a difficult point for students. The problem that students often encounter is that they don’t know how to start writing the essay, and they can’t go on without writing a few sentences. How to enable students to write fluent, beautiful sentences and articles is the top priority of my teaching.
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