Hehehee... I brought Kion 2 a chinese enrichment class called Zhiying today 4 a 30mins 1-1 demo conducted by the teachers there & of cos, I didnt told her that we were going 2 a Chinese enrichment school, instead I told her that we were going 2 a music school where the teachers teaches children new songs 2 sing along, & looking @ how Kion conversed with the Mandarin Teacher during the demo, made me laughed all the way home =)Actually, I should have been worried, but the scenerio was just so funny & even if she sucks @mandarin, come on she's only 2yrs old, I'm sure she would be able 2 catch up soon....
During e 30mins, the teacher brought out 3 A4 size flashcards, one side with pics & words while the other side with only words. The teacher told me 2 look while she asked Kion what the pictures on the 3 cards were. Kion answered all 3 correctly except that she answered all in english. And when teacher asked her 2 repeat after her in mandarin, I heard a english accent mandarin, funny pronouciation of words.... This, I tot was ok, cos it means that Kion actually understood most of what the teacher was talking abt. It was only @later part, when the teacher asked Kion 2 pick up diff colours crayons from a basket & Kion only got 2 correct, that I realized she may be really quite poor in her MT.
Anyway, after 30mins, Kion walked out of the class still not really able 2 memorize the names of the 3 fruits shown in the flashcards in chinese, but asked me instead:
Mummy, y is this school so funny? just come in 2 learn the names of the fruits, colour the strawberries, play lego 4 awhile then time 2 go home already??? Is it like that everyday?
Hmmm.... I dunno if I'll sign her up for classes here, but I do know that both mother & daughter had a fun 30mins @Zhiying today =)
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