1. 2012
Meeting with Parents
Welcome
Mandarin Language and
Cultural Center
Principal Jane Chen
8:00~8:30
2. Benefit from learning Chinese
• Use both parts of the brain (Sophie Scott)
• Learn to think in a new way
• Memory will go up
3. The Organization:
• Non-Profit organization
• 5 board members
• 8 administrators
• 54 teachers
• 1039 students
• Two campuses: Milpitas High, Saratoga
High
• Office at 1630 Oakland Rd. A-207, San
Jose
4. The Mission
• To provide high quality language & cultural
programs with affordable tuition
• To enhance multi-culture understanding
and diversity in the communities.
5. 55 Chinese classes in two
campuses
• 26 Chinese classes in Milpitas
• Total 445 students in Milpitas
6. School Administrative
Personnel
• Principal: Jane Chen
• Curriculum Design:
Chihmei Wang, May Hsiao, Chenhui
Wu, Peiyun Lin, Yuchin Ho
• School Events Coordinator:
May Hsiao, Reuyling Chang
• Treasure: Celia Wu
10. Days off (total 5 days)
• 11/23 Thanksgiving
• 12/21， 12/28 Christmas
• 2/22 Presidents’ Week
• 4/11 Spring Break
11. Registration and refund
policy
• Date of registration for next school year
3/1/13 for current students and siblings
3/22/13 for new students
• Refund policy
before 8/1/13, $40 will be charged，
before the third week of school, $100 will
be reduced
after the third week of school no refund
12. E-newsletter
• If you don’t receive school’s newsletter via
email by 10/5
Please call：(408)441-9114
or email: mlcc@mandarinschool.org
• The newsletter will be posted on MLCC
website www.mandarinschool.org
• Resource for parents
www.mandarinschooldigitalcenter.org
17. Seminars for Parents
The following seminars are held in the office.
• 9/14 @ 8:20 Introduction of Acculive, the
online virtual classroom
• 9/21 @ 9:30; Talk with parents of G1
students, 10:30 with parents of PK
students
• 9/28 Hanyu Pinyin and Chinese input
class for parents
18. Activities
• 10/26 Halloween trick or treat
• 2/08 Chinese New Year
• 3/15 CFL Open House
• 4/19 Book Sale,
Annual Fundraising
20. Textbook: Chinese Wonderland
CFL 1: Chinese Wonderland 1
CFL 2: Chinese Wonderland 2
CFL 3: Chinese Wonderland 3
CFL 4: Chinese Wonderland 4
CFL 5: Chinese Wonderland 5 (piloting)
21. MLCC + TKB in Taiwan
Paper
Textbook,
APPS workbook,
Audio CD
Website CD Rom
e- for
learning Teachers
9/12/2012 國語語文學校 21
22. CFL Program
• Six levels of CFL courses
• 2 hours/week on site class, 32 weeks in
a school year
• 15 min/week online class, 28 weeks in a
school year
23. CFL Program Goal
• Develop students’ interest in
learning Chinese.
• Develop students’ language ability*
for daily life applications.
* Students can think and speak in
Mandarin even with limited
vocabulary.
24. CFL Program Highlights
• Focus on conversational Mandarin
related to daily life.
o Build up oral skill
o Recognize Chinese characters
o Read in contained material
o Write Chinese characters from
Level II
o Practice Hanyu Pinyin from L IV
o Learn Chinese input from L V
25. CFL Program Highlights
• Mainly use Mandarin in classroom;
use English only when necessary.
• Use real objects or pictures to help
students to comprehend.
• Many conversational activities in
classroom to build up oral skills.
• Learning is reinforced by well
designed homework.
26. Topics for CFL 1
Family Pets
Hobbies Colors
Clothes Food
Toys School Supplies
27. Functions for CFL 1
• Greeting
• Introduce him/herself
• Get and give information
• Express likes and dislikes
• Make request
• Express needs
• About 20 sentences structure
28. Basic Phrase Evaluation
• Fall semester: 11/30, 12/7, 12/14
• Spring semester: 4/19, 4/26, 5/03
• Recognize 100 phrases in Level I
117 phrases in Level II
116 phrases in Level III
118 phrases in Level IV
131 phrases in Level V
29. Play with the Flash cards http://quizlet.com/mlccschool
30. The Online Synchronized Virtual
Classroom
• Once a week, 15 min/ week
• 4-5 students a group
• Introduction: 9/14 8:20-8:50 #F1
• Select the time slot: 9/12 on google doc
• Get the info (schedule, account name &
password by 9/17
• Online testing: the week of 9/18
• First class: the week of 9/25
31. On-line Moodle or Edmodo
Classroom
• On-line audio assignment
• Additional listening comprehension
and speaking exercise
• Instruction of using Edmodo and
Audacity will be given by Ms. Ho
of CFL 1 class today
32. Parents on Campus Duties
• Six parents each week
• This year turns to K-G7
• Report to the office 15 min before
class starts
• Ensure students' safety during
arrival, recess, and departure time
• Patrol campus during class time
• Assist with school office work
33. Safety Notes
• Parents must accompany your child
in and out of school campus
• Do not let children wander around in
parking lot
• In case of medical
emergency, parents have the
responsibility to pay for the
ambulance and medical expenses
35. No Cellular Phones, or other
Electronic Devices (iPods, etc)
• Students are prohibited by school
policy to use any type of unauthorized
electronic or mechanical device
during regular school hours.
36. Parking
• Please park at big lot for students.
• The parking lots along to Escuela
Parkway is reserved for teachers and
parents who are in charge of library
books.
37. SCRIP on Sale Every Week at
office
• Starbucks 、Peet’s、Jamba Juice
• Sweet Tomato 、 The Porridge
• 99 Ranch、Marina 、Whole Food
