A 6-year old started learning Mandarin in her Kindergarten immersion class. After one year, she is able to hold conversations in a language her mother cannot understand! Hear her and her mother share their story about the joy and excitement in learning a new language. She had a great teacher and was able to use Better Chinese online curriculum (www.BetterChinese.com), she has kept up her Chinese over her summer break and is able to sing, count and chat in Chinese.
Duration : 0:5:6
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#1 by SBTailand on December 19th, 2009
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chinese language is …
chinese language is hard to learn yet it is easy to use. totally agree
#2 by frankystein12 on December 19th, 2009
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Is the girl half …
Is the girl half Chinese?
#3 by donkeybreathfoulface on December 19th, 2009
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chinese language is …
chinese language is hard to learn yet it is easy to use. numbers are so easy to learn. days of the week and the months is so easy they can be memorized in one hour. I have been teaching myself chinese for 6 months and I can read and write more than I thought I would be able to at this point. I think the mind can make things harder than they actually are. all it takes is an intrest and actually spending the time to study. I am 29 and if I can learn chinese anyone can.
#4 by Exult on December 19th, 2009
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The fact that she …
The fact that she mentioned that her daughter learned to count easily reminded me of something I read from Outliers about Asians being better at math not because of genetic factors but because of language; as Asian languages have “logical counting system compared to the irregular ways that numerals are spoken in English”
#5 by SocailQueen on December 19th, 2009
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lol maybe spanish …
lol maybe spanish is easier because of the letters when you read and spell. And what is the dad? the daughter looks a little asian to me.
#6 by beswick1111 on December 19th, 2009
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when the chinese …
when the chinese take over the world, boy will u be learning chinese, it will either be learn chinese or bamboo torture, your choice
#7 by zephyriffic on December 19th, 2009
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kinda
kinda
#8 by lexxypexxy on December 19th, 2009
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Her father is …
Her father is Chinese. yay to Eurasians.
#9 by BetterChinese on December 19th, 2009
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They are actually …
They are actually learning the Simplified Chinese characters.
#10 by clownn on December 19th, 2009
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oh it’s so nice …
oh it’s so nice that they are learning the traditional chinese characters but not the simplified one!
#11 by kevalenoxx on December 19th, 2009
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probably
probably
#12 by Wanda4DecentValues on December 19th, 2009
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The chinese written …
The chinese written language has evidence that it was derived from biblical Christian teaching. The character for forbidden consists of three symbols: tree (of knowledge), tree (of life) and command (from God). There are other similar occurances like this. More proof that the Christian God is the only reel God.
#13 by leoYANG96 on December 19th, 2009
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i’m brazilian.. is …
i’m brazilian.. is it too hard for me to learn chinese ?
#14 by F0reseer on December 19th, 2009
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Modern Chinese is …
Modern Chinese is like that, particularly Cantonese and other southern Chinese languages, but Classical Chinese, Middle and Old Chinese actually has the SOV sentence structure as well as place holders like in Japanese (wa, ga, he, wo, etc.).
#15 by ananse77 on December 19th, 2009
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Who? The mother is …
Who? The mother is obviously white, and the daughter obviously isn’t. Is there any question about that?
#16 by Thundercats567 on December 19th, 2009
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The daughter is …
The daughter is Chinese? Lol..
#17 by SenMuJie on December 19th, 2009
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Actually Chinese is …
Actually Chinese is more (subject+object+verb) Sometimes it’s not, but most the time it is. Simple sentences can be sub+verb+obj. It’s also considered a “pro drop” language(Pronoun drop) like Korean or Spanish, but they use words for “I, we. them, us, you (pl)” a lot for a pro drop language.
#18 by boceanf on December 19th, 2009
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at least the …
at least the structure of Chinese syntax is similar to latin based languages like english and spanish (subject+verb+object.) it’s a pain in the to learn japanese or jorean language where the syntax is subject+object+verb. reminds me of reverse polish notation.
#19 by razzbairee on December 19th, 2009
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her mom…seems… …
her mom…seems…like she’s jealous of her daughter? wth.. or is it just me?
#20 by chinotan0628 on December 19th, 2009
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she is
she is
#21 by chinotan0628 on December 19th, 2009
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Chinese is only …
because, the intonations are by moods, unlike my native language, tagalog, has tones also 
Chinese is only hard for native english speakers
#22 by chinotan0628 on December 19th, 2009
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I think it’s better …
But good sentence :]
I think it’s better if you say, wo jiao ….. not wo de ming zi shi …. Saves time
#23 by chinotan0628 on December 19th, 2009
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True :]
True :]
#24 by x1337magex on December 19th, 2009
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the mom is an idiot …
the mom is an idiot for not learning along with her daughter
#25 by mjlthebest on December 19th, 2009
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??? …
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