Initiation to Mandarin – Discovering Chinese culture.

Initiation to Mandarin – Discovering Chinese culture.
In September 2010, the French American School of Silicon Valley added an exciting
new program to its curriculum, designed to expose students to the Mandarin language
and the Chinese culture.
The program was first offered in Preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten in 2010-2011, and
then extended to the First Grade in 2011-2012 and to the Second Grade in
2012-2013. Year after year, the program will develop and eventually be part of the
curriculum in all grades, from Preschool to Fifth Grade.
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the Mandarin program in 3rd grade will be opened in September 2013
the Mandarin Program in 4th grade will be opened in September 2014
the Mandarin Program in 5th grade will be opened in September 2015
This teaching model based on progressive development is used in most schools where
a new foreign language is meant to be integrated into the curriculum. It enables
students to gradually build up their proficiency in the language over the years, in a
consistent and harmonious way.
The School’s mission as a bilingual French-American School remains the same. The
initiation to Mandarin program works at another level: its goal is to expose students to
a new language and a new culture by using teaching techniques based on games and
academic activities suited to children aged 3 to 10. As classes are limited to one 55minute weekly session, the program cannot be expected to actually teach students
how to speak the language fluently. Rather, this advanced initiation process is meant
to give students skills which will enable them to successfully pursue and complete
their study of Mandarin in middle school or high school if their families wish them to
do so.
The teachers selected to be in charge of the Mandarin program all have excellent
qualifications. Besides having either a B.A. or a Masters in Mandarin, they hold
teaching credentials and have been trained through the Bay Area Foreign Language
Program (B.A.F.L.P.) which is hosted at Stanford University School of Education .
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Initiation au mandarin – Découverte de la culture
chinoise.
Depuis septembre 2010, l’Ecole franco américaine de la Silicon Valley expérimente un
programme d’initiation au mandarin et de découverte de la culture chinoise.
En 2010-2011, le programme était ouvert aux classes de maternelle: petite, moyenne
et grande sections. En 2011-2012, le programme s’est prolongé en CP, puis en CE1
en 2012-2013. L’objectif est de l’étendre progressivement jusqu’à la classe de CM2.
- En CE2: le programme sera ouvert en Septembre 2013
- En CM1: le programme sera ouvert en Septembre 2014
- En CM2: le programme sera ouvert en Septembre 2015
Ce modèle pédagogique d’expansion progressive est appliqué dans la plupart des
établissements scolaires qui intègrent une nouvelle langue vivante dans leur
curriculum. Il permet aux élèves de construire, année après année, leur compétence
linguistique dans une progression cohérente.
La mission de l’Ecole reste inchangée: celle d’un établissement bilingue français et
américain. Le programme d’initiation au Mandarin a des objectifs plus modestes. C’est
un programme de sensibilisation à une langue et à une culture nouvelles à travers des
activités ludiques et académiques adaptées à des enfants de 3 à 10 ans. A raison d’1
séance hebdomadaire de 55 minutes par classe, il ne prétend pas enseigner une
langue au sens propre. Notre objectif est d’offrir une initiation renforcée au Mandarin
qui permettra aux élèves, si les familles le souhaitent, de poursuivre dans de très
bonnes condition un apprentissage complet de cette langue au collège et au lycée.
Les enseignants recrutés pour le programme de mandarin sont de haut niveau:
titulaires d’une licence ou d’une maîtrise de mandarin, ce sont également des
enseignants certifiés et formés grace au Bay Area Foreign Language Program (BAFLP),
situé à l’Ecole d’Education de Stanford University.
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Initiation to Mandarin – Discovering Chinese culture.
In September 2010, the French American School of Silicon Valley added an exciting
new program to its curriculum, designed to expose students to the Mandarin language
and the Chinese culture.
The program was first offered in Preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten in 2010-2011, and
then extended to the First Grade in 2011-2012 and to the Second Grade in
2012-2013. Year after year, the program will develop and eventually be part of the
curriculum in all grades, from Preschool to Fifth Grade.
-
the Mandarin program in 3rd grade will be opened in September 2013
the Mandarin Program in 4th grade will be opened in September 2014
the Mandarin Program in 5th grade will be opened in September 2015
This teaching model based on progressive development is used in most schools where
a new foreign language is meant to be integrated into the curriculum. It enables
students to gradually build up their proficiency in the language over the years, in a
consistent and harmonious way.
The School’s mission as a bilingual French-American School remains the same. The
initiation to Mandarin program works at another level: its goal is to expose students to
a new language and a new culture by using teaching techniques based on games and
academic activities suited to children aged 3 to 10. As classes are limited to one 55minute weekly session, the program cannot be expected to actually teach students
how to speak the language fluently. Rather, this advanced initiation process is meant
to give students skills which will enable them to successfully pursue and complete
their study of Mandarin in middle school or high school if their families wish them to
do so.
The teachers selected to be in charge of the Mandarin program all have excellent
qualifications. Besides having either a B.A. or a Masters in Mandarin, they hold
teaching credentials and have been trained through the Bay Area Foreign Language
Program (B.A.F.L.P.) which is hosted at Stanford University School of Education .