Language Class Description
Kindergarten class
1. Helps students to pronounce correctly, especially those different tones,
2. Let students to learn Chinese through stories, singings and activities,
3. Learn Pinyin and basic strokes of Chinese characters,
4. Learn basic daily vocabulary and short sentences, such as greetings, self introduction; introduce family members, ages, colors, and numbers.
幼兒班課程大綱
1. 幫助學生正確的發音, 特別是五種不同的聲調,
2. 從故事, 唱歌和遊戲中學中文,
3. 學習拼音和簡單的中國字,
4. 學習日常生活用的簡單句子 (問候, 介紹自己及家人, 年紀, 顏色, 數字).
简体字一年级课程介绍
入学要求: 有拼音基础
教材:《美洲华语》第一册课本（简体字版）
课程目标:
1. 认识由象形、指事、形声字中最易辨认和记忆的基础字和常用字。生字范围包含数字、方位、数量、颜色、人称、情感、自然和天气等；
2. 掌握书写汉字的方法，建立正确的笔顺、笔画的观念；
3. 结合生字学习，能懂、会说、会用由生词组成的常用词；
4. 掌握常用的短语、句式，能懂，会说，联系学到的生字、生词造短语、造句；
5. 由童谣、儿歌、风俗故事等课程认识中国文化。
学习计划：
1. 课本共八个单元，综合听、说、读、写四部分，每个单元包括生字、语文练习、念一念和看图听故事、说故事；
2. 为巩固学习，学生依据进度完成《作业本》相关作业，语文联系以趣味性为主导，加强学习成果为目的；
3. 学期包含两次考试，期中考试和期末考试，以检测教学效果与学习成果。
Simplified Chinese Grade 1
Course Introduction
Description
This course is designed especially for children 6 and above who have learned ping ying. Children will learn in a fun field and interesting atmosphere.
Overview
These fun learning materials utilize the series of textbooks Mei Zhou Chinese. It contains colorful, interesting content and meaningful situations that would be appealing to young learners.
What's it for?
This special program is crafted for children age 6 onwards either Chinese or non-Chinese nationals.
Key Features
Introduction for SA Class
S2A class in Yardley Chinese Language School is designed to provide a fun and relaxing Mandarin learning experience. We will practice most often used daily conversations, write 120 simplified Chinese characters, recognize 240 phrases, read poems, jokes, riddles, folk stories, or even fables. We will also introduce humanity in Chinese culture, like sharing, loving and protecting our environment, helping whoever in needs, keeping promise, and even time management. The importance of strokes and five different tones will be reinforced.
Every week (except the first week) will be started with a review and a quiz. Then watching videos, listening to sound tracks, group discussions, and hands on class assignments will be the major activities. The majority of existing students come from families who do not speak Chinese, so more interactive activities focusing on listening comprehension will be applied than other class. Homework assignments will include writing Chinese characters and tape recording short dialogue by students themselves.
The book we will be using is Mei Zhou Chinese, volume 2. (Simplified version) The material is tailored to fit 2nd grader’s knowledge and life experience; however, the instructor is trained to use the material properly based on the students’ age. There are 10 lessons in this book and in each lesson we will learn 12 new vocabularies (characters) and related 24 phrases. The sentence structures or grammar used in each lesson will be introduced and practiced accordingly. More detailed information about the book can be obtained from www.mzchinese.org.
Instructor: Mrs. Wenting Olive Chen
Mrs. Chen graduated from Providence University in Taiwan 1990, and then came to United States in the year of 1992 with her newly wedded husband. Three years later, Mrs. Chen received her Master degree from University of Hartford in Connecticut. She was academic director in Mid-Jersey Chinese School in East Brunswick, New Jersey from 2001 to 2002. And then Mrs. Chen has been teaching Mandarin/Chinese and Chinese Abacus in Mid-Jersey Chinese School and then in Princeton Chinese Language School since year 2003. In January 2009, Mrs. Chen joined Yardley Chinese Language School. During these years of teaching, Mrs. Chen has had experience of grouping different level’s students together, and then let students share with and learn from each other’s life experience so that they are able to learn different cultures through Chinese conversation practice and story sharing. Mrs. Chen was nominated by Princeton Chinese Language School and earned Teacher Merit Award from Association of New Jersey Chinese Schools in 2008 and 2010.
Newtown Yardley Chinese Language School
S3 Simplified (三年级简体班)
Basic Introduction
S3 Simplified is intended for students who have about 350 base characters, they can read both character and pinyin; write these characters using correct stroke order; understand the text; and carry a simple conversation using sentence structure. Most students in this class have no Chinese-speaking background at home but they can understand basic daily dialogue after three years of study in here.
S3 Simplified course materials: “Meizhou Chinese” Textbook level 3 (simplified). Of which is supplemented with a set of word cards, an audio CD, a loose-leaf workbook. This set of course material is authored by teachers with years of experience teaching both heritage and non-heritage students. The course material follows both the ACTFL "Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century" and the College Board’s guideline for the AP Chinese Programs.
S3 Simplified course plan: learn 137 new characters and 274 words from these new characters in the textbook during school year 2010-2011. The “Meizhou Chinese” Textbook level 3 (simplified) has ten lessons. It takes two evening sessions (four hours) to complete one lesson. We have about 26 sessions to finish the book. Students practice new characters using sentence structure. They continue practicing pinyin and tones will be emphasized. They will practice writing new characters using correct stroke order. Through games, songs and listening to Chinese stories, students will improve their competency in communicating in Mandarin. The students will have six pages homework and the spelling list of seven new characters every week.
S3 Simplified class atmosphere is fun, friendly but busy and disciplined. Students feel included, valued, and respected in positive learning environment. We start each session with a spelling test of seven new characters learned in the previous session. We play flash cards to learn new characters. We memorize new characters in a logical way: analyze the radicals and the character formation system; count the strokes; and use imagination by linking the shape of the new characters. Students practice dialogue and reading in pairs or flexible groupings. Students are engaged and encouraged to participate in class activities through different games. A favorite student activity is Ten minutes show and tell time: we talk about anything in Chinese or talk about Chinese culture.
Finally, the children will earn points which they can periodically redeem for prizes.
Below is the list of textbook most of my students used in the past 3 years in YCLS:
· "Chinese"《中文》by MaLiping (Level 1);
· “MeiZhou Chinese” 《美洲华语》 (Level 1 and Level 2).
中文学校简体字四班
基本情况介绍
新雅中文学校四年级大多数学生在本校连续就读三到四年, 他们从学习马丽萍的教材《中文》（学前班，第一，二册）开始，之后完成《美洲华语》第三册。四年级的同学有一定的中文听力理解，口语表达，阅读及书写和识拼音，翻译等能力。
大部分同学有讲中文家庭背景，相对来说学习上有得天独厚优势，家长可以帮助和督促他们每周完成大约五页纸的作业练习，阅读和复习小测验及考试。大部分学生能听懂一般日常中文简单对话，可用简单中文交流。有的同学可以叙述小故事。阅读是四年级同学们的一个重要部分；他们在一至三年级间学习了大约500汉字及偏旁部首和汉字书写，特别是在三年级学习了汉语拼音之后，可以借助拼音自己阅读课文和小故事，多数同学还可以将所学的课文大意翻译成英文。
四年级使用的教材《美洲华语》
本教材是全美中文学校联合总会主编.整套教材将与美国高中中文课程和美国大学中文教学相衔接。教材分为简体和繁体版。第四册共计十课145个生字和与之相关的261个常用的词语，有的生字带有英文翻译。每课包含了课文，练习和讲故事三个主要部分。并配以多媒体DVD光盘。DVD光盘有教读和翻译的功能以及带有打字练习，能帮助同学们练习用拼音打字，这样既巩固了拼音又学习和复习生字，增加了趣味性。第四册的课文以人文，科学，历史，社会及文学等为题材。其内容丰富，形式新颖，活泼有趣，可使同学们在学习中文的同时既了解了中国文化，历史又学到人文及科学等多方面的知识。第四册相对第三册而言又增加了一些难度。特别是在句子练习部分增加了更多的内容，句子相对比以前复杂一些，但比较实用。
《美洲华语》第四册学习计划：
第四册共计十篇课文并带有一本作业。每课十页。包括三大部分：（一）课文，（二）练习，（三）讲故事。按照常规一个学年20次左右的课程计算，除去期中和欺末两次考试和春节活动以及开学，毕业典礼，基本上计划两个星期完成一课。重点讲课文和做练习部分，说故事的部分，留带家长帮助同学们在家完成，但课堂上会留下一定的时间，让同学们把在家中所学的故事在课堂上通过多种形式进行叙述。
作业部分除有随书附带的一本作业外，还附加一张老师根据所学的课文内容的作业，作业内容形式多样，有拼音，生字，填空，造句，组词，偏旁部首等练习。每周默写10个生词。
在每个学年同学们学唱一首中文歌曲并参加春节联欢活动。
为什么选择简体字四年级班？
在学习了几年中文之后，对于这部分的同学有了一定的中文听，说，读和写的基础和基本能力。我相信他们对学习中文的兴趣更浓了。学习中文的欲望更强烈了。如果说1-3年级学习的知识还不扎实，或忘记了一些，通过学习这本书你会发现，以前学习过的知识得到了复习的同时，又学到了新的和更有趣的知识。更有意思的是，第四册书增加了打字练习的内容，待你们完成这册书之后，一定会为自己能用中文打字的方式，表达自己的意愿和情感而感到自豪。所以，同学们既巩固了所学的拼音又增加了一项技能，何乐而不为呢？
四年级简体字班, 课堂教学形式多样。老师重点讲解生字，词及句子，但为鼓励同学们在课堂上积极主动的学习，增加互动，鼓励和启发学生尝试着翻译课文，目的是使所有的同学们能对课文内容充分理解；同时用标准普通话以多种形式朗读课文。阅读可以根据课文内容分一人读和分组读，角色读和比赛读，看图说话等，充分发挥同学们的想象能力。这样一来既调动同学们参与学习的积极性，活跃课堂气氛的同时，又能从中发现同学们在阅读当中的发音，断句和语序等问题及时纠正。
如果你加入了这个集体，你会发现这个班一个难得的特点是，同学们学习非常努力，家长积极配合，督促以及老师要求严格。所以，当完成这册书后，同学们在熟读课文，造简单的句子以及听力方面会得到进一步的提高，掌握更多的日常交流口语等。
简体中文六班S6 2010秋季
班级介绍 学习计划 课程介绍
1. 老师：杨青（Ａｍｙ Ｌａｏｓｈｉ）
2. 学生平均年龄：15岁
3. 学生学习中文平均学年：6年
4. 学生家庭语言背景：普通话，广东话
5. 教材：《美洲华语》第六册
6. 学习计划：参考《美洲华语》教材使用提纲并增加中文写作和打字练习；帮助学生准备中文SAT考试。
7. 班级特点：上课比较活跃；班级成员关系和睦；学生乐于参加学校活动，有很强集体荣誉感；学生们热爱中国流行歌曲；班级最大特点是，每个学生热爱中文学校，以班级为荣！
新雅中文學校繁體字一年級課程
1.基本情况 - 學生的程度
新雅中文學校繁體字一年級班學生大多已有學前班一年的學習程度,中文基本的數字, 顏色, 自己的名字, 家人稱呼 等, 多能達到聽力理解, 口語表達, 閱讀, 唱兒歌和書寫簡易國字等能力.
雖然家庭背景有講中文的, 其他地方方言的, 或完全不懂中文人的, 但多不影響其繼續在繁體字一年級班的學習, 學生能聽懂一般日常中文簡單對話, 字, 詞, 會話練習能運用在生活裡, 瞭解課文, 故事中人文含意是日常生活中的實例 .
2. 一年級使用的教材《美洲華語第一冊》
本教材是全美中文學校聯合總會教育研究發展委員會主編.適用於美洲地區的華文教科書, 其整套教材與美國高中中文課程和美國大學中文教學相銜接。教材分為簡體和繁體版。使用的語言文字和內容系統化地把兒童文學, 生活倫理,人文關懷等中國和美國本土文化素材, 用淺顯易懂的文字編寫, 讓學生有學習的樂趣, 達到寓教於樂的目的.
3. 美洲華語第一冊學習計劃：
第一册共計八單元, 十六課110個生字和128幅圖片說明的詞語，CD, 一套作業和一本生字卡 (生字卡附有簡體字) , 生字带有英文翻譯.
每一單元包含三大部分：（一）有兩課念一念，（二）語文練
習，（三）說故事。每一單元教學進度訂為三週 :
（一） 念一念 : 教學生朗讀及分辨發音聲調, 語調, 讀出課文的情趣, 句子的用法.
（二） 教生字, 詞語, 句子 : 介紹生字筆順, 以圖片講解詞語, 念熟例句引導學生造句的能力.
（三） 說故事: 用掛圖說故事, 再由學生練習說故事並且更正音調, 問故事相關的問題看學生瞭解程度和口語回答的能力.
（四） 作業 : 解說作業內容.
（五） 用遊戲學方式 : 復習課文中所學内容.
4. 美洲華語第一冊學習目標
學生學完第一冊後, 會發現一邊學新的同時也在復習前面所學課文内容, 練習說故事發音, 語調增加學習效果, 日積月累的訓練, 幫助他們開口說漢語, 課堂上以活潑, 主動學習方式讓學生增加互動參與感,更有信心學習, 更能增加 - 聽, 說, 讀, 寫的基礎和基本能力, 相信他們對學習中文的興趣和欲望就更强烈了.
新雅中文学校繁體字第二班
繁體字第二班將使用美洲華語第二冊做為我們的教學課本。這本書的特色之一是注音符號和漢語拼音並用，這樣讓學生在學習漢語拼音的同時也保留了對注音符號的印象。
美洲華語第二冊共有十課，每課十個生字，第二冊總共有一百二十個生字。從簡單的象形文字開始（馬，牛，魚）到多筆劃的生字（進，學，畫）。 每一課都包括了課文，語文練習及說故事部分。編輯者用易懂的文字編成可愛的故事，短文，童謠和兒歌…等等。內容豐富讓學生更有興趣學中文。
書中有許多的詞語圖片，幫助學生加深單字的印象也更容易理解文中的義意。 每個禮拜都有作業，這樣能練習及加深在課堂上所學的生字及句子。除了教課本的內容外我會介紹一些中國的節慶及傳統的文化。希望學生會喜歡這堂課，大家一起努力，加油！
The textbook for the Traditional Book 2 class will be Mei Zhou Hua Yu. The most appealing aspect of this material is that it integrates the traditional ZuiYin and more modern Pin Yin phonetics simultaneously. It consists of ten lessons with twelve vocabulary words in each lesson thus a total of 120 words.
The focal point of each lesson will be the content itself, phrase practicing, and storytelling. Each lesson is written with basic vocabulary in the forms of short stories, brief essays, and childish ballads and songs. The content is easily relatable and should prove interesting to the students.
Each lesson is accompanied by pictures to further help students understand the meaning of the lesson or the vocabulary words. There will be assigned homework every week as it allows students the opportunity to review their lessons in an out of class setting and thus attain a higher level of comfort with the material. If time allows, I would like them to practice storytelling and playacting in front of their peers.
Besides just learning the Chinese, I would like to integrate a cultural aspect. I will introduce traditional holidays (ex – Chinese New Year and Autumn Festival…etc) to the students. I hope students will enjoy the class and have a very successful year!
繁體字四年級班
課程介紹：繁體字四年級的教學主要以《美洲華語》第四册為主。以美洲地區小學四年級學齡學生為中心，連接前一學年的教學，以淺顯易懂的文字編寫成有趣的故事、短文及新詩，使學生在有趣、生動的學習情境中學習中文。教材以四年級的各項學科、知識水平和生活經驗為設計範圍，內容涵蓋兒童文學、生活倫理、人文關懷、自然科學、歷史社會等。在美國本土生活經驗之外，更加入了中國文化習俗及傳統美德。
使用教材：《美洲華語》第四册，包括課本、作業與多媒體光碟。課本提供注音符號和漢語拼音，以加強學生認與讀的能力。DVD光碟翻譯和發音練習，以及拼音打字練習。對於學生在課外時間的練習上相當有幫助。
學習目標：在漢字方面，本學期預計教授145個生字，和與生字關連的261個常用詞語。另有漢字分析，利用造字原理來幫助學生記憶生字生詞。在文法方面，強調詞性與句型的練習，讓學生暸解口語及書面語的不同與正確用法。在語音方面，要求學生多說、練習口語會話，但給予學生正音、斷句及語序指導，糾正錯誤。主要學習目標是加強中文聽力理解，口語表達，閱讀、書寫和辨識拼音，翻譯等能力。學年結束時，預計學生語文程度可達ACTFL標準中高（Intermediate-High) 水平。
本學年學習計畫：第四册共計十篇課文並帶有一本作業。每課十頁。包括三大部分：課文，練習，小故事。學期中有兩次考試。本學期包括春節活動。基本上預計兩星期完成一課。上課重點是課文、生字及語法練習。說故事的部分，希望家長帮助同学們在家輔助完成。但課堂上會留下時間讓學生練習閱讀。
作業部分除有随書附带的一本作業外，老師會不定時附加一些其他作業。作業内容形式多樣，有拼音，生字，填空，造句，組詞，偏旁部首等練習。
為什麼選擇繁體字四年级班？
語言學習重於持續。大部份從三年級升上來的同學已有相當的中文基礎，但在繁體四年級班，老師課堂的教學方式生動又多樣化，除了充份講解課文之外也注重解答學生的問題。在這個班級裡，老師打破傳統嚴肅的單向（師對生）的上課方式，大力鼓勵學生多發言、朗讀、解釋、以及用想像力將生字生詞做造句練習。老師也會提供學習小遊戲，寓教於樂，讓同學間的互動加強彼此的學習動機，分享學習心得。利於培養學生開口說中文的自信，以及增加學習中文的興趣。學生在鼓勵之下的學習會由被動轉為主動。在奠定良好的聽、說、讀、寫、打字的中文基礎及學習興趣之後，學生會更有自信，將學習中國語言和文化定為長期的目標。
Traditional Chinese Level 5 Course Introductions
This class is for students between 8th to 12th grade, who are interested in attending SAT Subject Test in Chinese with Listening exam.
Our current text book is MeiZhou Chinese Level 5. In order to approach the goal of happily learning.
Students are encouraged to learning by playing games and singing Chinese pop music. I hope the students can be stimulated by my lesson, and inspired to gain further knowledge of Chinese culture and language.
Since most of students are not spoke Chinese in their daily life and family environment, I especially focus on pinyin practice, tone practice and conversation.
My expectation to the students is the self-motivate learning ability in Chinese.
本班的成員為8~12年級，以參加中文AP考試為目標的青少年，
目前本班使用的課本為美洲華語第五冊，
快樂學習是我的教學宗旨。
透過遊戲、流行歌唱教學，以及活潑的課程設計，
提高學生學習興趣與意願。
由於學員家中並非以中文交談，
所以本班以拼音練習、聲調準確練習已級口語交談為重點教學目標，
老師最大的期許則是學生都擁有中文的自學能力，能夠更加接觸中文語言與文化。
1. Helps students to pronounce correctly, especially those different tones,
2. Let students to learn Chinese through stories, singings and activities,
3. Learn Pinyin and basic strokes of Chinese characters,
4. Learn basic daily vocabulary and short sentences, such as greetings, self introduction; introduce family members, ages, colors, and numbers.
幼兒班課程大綱
1. 幫助學生正確的發音, 特別是五種不同的聲調,
2. 從故事, 唱歌和遊戲中學中文,
3. 學習拼音和簡單的中國字,
4. 學習日常生活用的簡單句子 (問候, 介紹自己及家人, 年紀, 顏色, 數字).
简体字一年级课程介绍
入学要求: 有拼音基础
教材:《美洲华语》第一册课本（简体字版）
课程目标:
1. 认识由象形、指事、形声字中最易辨认和记忆的基础字和常用字。生字范围包含数字、方位、数量、颜色、人称、情感、自然和天气等；
2. 掌握书写汉字的方法，建立正确的笔顺、笔画的观念；
3. 结合生字学习，能懂、会说、会用由生词组成的常用词；
4. 掌握常用的短语、句式，能懂，会说，联系学到的生字、生词造短语、造句；
5. 由童谣、儿歌、风俗故事等课程认识中国文化。
学习计划：
1. 课本共八个单元，综合听、说、读、写四部分，每个单元包括生字、语文练习、念一念和看图听故事、说故事；
2. 为巩固学习，学生依据进度完成《作业本》相关作业，语文联系以趣味性为主导，加强学习成果为目的；
3. 学期包含两次考试，期中考试和期末考试，以检测教学效果与学习成果。
Simplified Chinese Grade 1
Course Introduction
Description
This course is designed especially for children 6 and above who have learned ping ying. Children will learn in a fun field and interesting atmosphere.
Overview
These fun learning materials utilize the series of textbooks Mei Zhou Chinese. It contains colorful, interesting content and meaningful situations that would be appealing to young learners.
What's it for?
This special program is crafted for children age 6 onwards either Chinese or non-Chinese nationals.
Key Features
- This is a conversation-oriented Chinese course for kids.
- Flash cards, songs, games and many other activities will make learning seem more like fun less like work.
- Every sentence can be used to speak to Chinese people. (Every sentence can be used in real life with Chinese people).
- Students will interact with Chinese children while playing. (Students will be able to speak to Chinese children while playing.)
- The use of relevant learning materials will be presented for each lesson.
- The teacher will also focus on grammar through given texts. Examples related to daily fun living will be provided for practice and easy learning.
- Chinese characters that include structures and writing orders will be taught which will help kids learn the Chinese culture. Use of daily phrases, slang words, idioms, and Chinese music will be used to help them learn and speak more naturally.
Introduction for SA Class
S2A class in Yardley Chinese Language School is designed to provide a fun and relaxing Mandarin learning experience. We will practice most often used daily conversations, write 120 simplified Chinese characters, recognize 240 phrases, read poems, jokes, riddles, folk stories, or even fables. We will also introduce humanity in Chinese culture, like sharing, loving and protecting our environment, helping whoever in needs, keeping promise, and even time management. The importance of strokes and five different tones will be reinforced.
Every week (except the first week) will be started with a review and a quiz. Then watching videos, listening to sound tracks, group discussions, and hands on class assignments will be the major activities. The majority of existing students come from families who do not speak Chinese, so more interactive activities focusing on listening comprehension will be applied than other class. Homework assignments will include writing Chinese characters and tape recording short dialogue by students themselves.
The book we will be using is Mei Zhou Chinese, volume 2. (Simplified version) The material is tailored to fit 2nd grader’s knowledge and life experience; however, the instructor is trained to use the material properly based on the students’ age. There are 10 lessons in this book and in each lesson we will learn 12 new vocabularies (characters) and related 24 phrases. The sentence structures or grammar used in each lesson will be introduced and practiced accordingly. More detailed information about the book can be obtained from www.mzchinese.org.
Instructor: Mrs. Wenting Olive Chen
Mrs. Chen graduated from Providence University in Taiwan 1990, and then came to United States in the year of 1992 with her newly wedded husband. Three years later, Mrs. Chen received her Master degree from University of Hartford in Connecticut. She was academic director in Mid-Jersey Chinese School in East Brunswick, New Jersey from 2001 to 2002. And then Mrs. Chen has been teaching Mandarin/Chinese and Chinese Abacus in Mid-Jersey Chinese School and then in Princeton Chinese Language School since year 2003. In January 2009, Mrs. Chen joined Yardley Chinese Language School. During these years of teaching, Mrs. Chen has had experience of grouping different level’s students together, and then let students share with and learn from each other’s life experience so that they are able to learn different cultures through Chinese conversation practice and story sharing. Mrs. Chen was nominated by Princeton Chinese Language School and earned Teacher Merit Award from Association of New Jersey Chinese Schools in 2008 and 2010.
Newtown Yardley Chinese Language School
S3 Simplified (三年级简体班)
Basic Introduction
S3 Simplified is intended for students who have about 350 base characters, they can read both character and pinyin; write these characters using correct stroke order; understand the text; and carry a simple conversation using sentence structure. Most students in this class have no Chinese-speaking background at home but they can understand basic daily dialogue after three years of study in here.
S3 Simplified course materials: “Meizhou Chinese” Textbook level 3 (simplified). Of which is supplemented with a set of word cards, an audio CD, a loose-leaf workbook. This set of course material is authored by teachers with years of experience teaching both heritage and non-heritage students. The course material follows both the ACTFL "Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century" and the College Board’s guideline for the AP Chinese Programs.
S3 Simplified course plan: learn 137 new characters and 274 words from these new characters in the textbook during school year 2010-2011. The “Meizhou Chinese” Textbook level 3 (simplified) has ten lessons. It takes two evening sessions (four hours) to complete one lesson. We have about 26 sessions to finish the book. Students practice new characters using sentence structure. They continue practicing pinyin and tones will be emphasized. They will practice writing new characters using correct stroke order. Through games, songs and listening to Chinese stories, students will improve their competency in communicating in Mandarin. The students will have six pages homework and the spelling list of seven new characters every week.
S3 Simplified class atmosphere is fun, friendly but busy and disciplined. Students feel included, valued, and respected in positive learning environment. We start each session with a spelling test of seven new characters learned in the previous session. We play flash cards to learn new characters. We memorize new characters in a logical way: analyze the radicals and the character formation system; count the strokes; and use imagination by linking the shape of the new characters. Students practice dialogue and reading in pairs or flexible groupings. Students are engaged and encouraged to participate in class activities through different games. A favorite student activity is Ten minutes show and tell time: we talk about anything in Chinese or talk about Chinese culture.
Finally, the children will earn points which they can periodically redeem for prizes.
Below is the list of textbook most of my students used in the past 3 years in YCLS:
· "Chinese"《中文》by MaLiping (Level 1);
· “MeiZhou Chinese” 《美洲华语》 (Level 1 and Level 2).
中文学校简体字四班
基本情况介绍
新雅中文学校四年级大多数学生在本校连续就读三到四年, 他们从学习马丽萍的教材《中文》（学前班，第一，二册）开始，之后完成《美洲华语》第三册。四年级的同学有一定的中文听力理解，口语表达，阅读及书写和识拼音，翻译等能力。
大部分同学有讲中文家庭背景，相对来说学习上有得天独厚优势，家长可以帮助和督促他们每周完成大约五页纸的作业练习，阅读和复习小测验及考试。大部分学生能听懂一般日常中文简单对话，可用简单中文交流。有的同学可以叙述小故事。阅读是四年级同学们的一个重要部分；他们在一至三年级间学习了大约500汉字及偏旁部首和汉字书写，特别是在三年级学习了汉语拼音之后，可以借助拼音自己阅读课文和小故事，多数同学还可以将所学的课文大意翻译成英文。
四年级使用的教材《美洲华语》
本教材是全美中文学校联合总会主编.整套教材将与美国高中中文课程和美国大学中文教学相衔接。教材分为简体和繁体版。第四册共计十课145个生字和与之相关的261个常用的词语，有的生字带有英文翻译。每课包含了课文，练习和讲故事三个主要部分。并配以多媒体DVD光盘。DVD光盘有教读和翻译的功能以及带有打字练习，能帮助同学们练习用拼音打字，这样既巩固了拼音又学习和复习生字，增加了趣味性。第四册的课文以人文，科学，历史，社会及文学等为题材。其内容丰富，形式新颖，活泼有趣，可使同学们在学习中文的同时既了解了中国文化，历史又学到人文及科学等多方面的知识。第四册相对第三册而言又增加了一些难度。特别是在句子练习部分增加了更多的内容，句子相对比以前复杂一些，但比较实用。
《美洲华语》第四册学习计划：
第四册共计十篇课文并带有一本作业。每课十页。包括三大部分：（一）课文，（二）练习，（三）讲故事。按照常规一个学年20次左右的课程计算，除去期中和欺末两次考试和春节活动以及开学，毕业典礼，基本上计划两个星期完成一课。重点讲课文和做练习部分，说故事的部分，留带家长帮助同学们在家完成，但课堂上会留下一定的时间，让同学们把在家中所学的故事在课堂上通过多种形式进行叙述。
作业部分除有随书附带的一本作业外，还附加一张老师根据所学的课文内容的作业，作业内容形式多样，有拼音，生字，填空，造句，组词，偏旁部首等练习。每周默写10个生词。
在每个学年同学们学唱一首中文歌曲并参加春节联欢活动。
为什么选择简体字四年级班？
在学习了几年中文之后，对于这部分的同学有了一定的中文听，说，读和写的基础和基本能力。我相信他们对学习中文的兴趣更浓了。学习中文的欲望更强烈了。如果说1-3年级学习的知识还不扎实，或忘记了一些，通过学习这本书你会发现，以前学习过的知识得到了复习的同时，又学到了新的和更有趣的知识。更有意思的是，第四册书增加了打字练习的内容，待你们完成这册书之后，一定会为自己能用中文打字的方式，表达自己的意愿和情感而感到自豪。所以，同学们既巩固了所学的拼音又增加了一项技能，何乐而不为呢？
四年级简体字班, 课堂教学形式多样。老师重点讲解生字，词及句子，但为鼓励同学们在课堂上积极主动的学习，增加互动，鼓励和启发学生尝试着翻译课文，目的是使所有的同学们能对课文内容充分理解；同时用标准普通话以多种形式朗读课文。阅读可以根据课文内容分一人读和分组读，角色读和比赛读，看图说话等，充分发挥同学们的想象能力。这样一来既调动同学们参与学习的积极性，活跃课堂气氛的同时，又能从中发现同学们在阅读当中的发音，断句和语序等问题及时纠正。
如果你加入了这个集体，你会发现这个班一个难得的特点是，同学们学习非常努力，家长积极配合，督促以及老师要求严格。所以，当完成这册书后，同学们在熟读课文，造简单的句子以及听力方面会得到进一步的提高，掌握更多的日常交流口语等。
简体中文六班S6 2010秋季
班级介绍 学习计划 课程介绍
1. 老师：杨青（Ａｍｙ Ｌａｏｓｈｉ）
2. 学生平均年龄：15岁
3. 学生学习中文平均学年：6年
4. 学生家庭语言背景：普通话，广东话
5. 教材：《美洲华语》第六册
6. 学习计划：参考《美洲华语》教材使用提纲并增加中文写作和打字练习；帮助学生准备中文SAT考试。
7. 班级特点：上课比较活跃；班级成员关系和睦；学生乐于参加学校活动，有很强集体荣誉感；学生们热爱中国流行歌曲；班级最大特点是，每个学生热爱中文学校，以班级为荣！
新雅中文學校繁體字一年級課程
1.基本情况 - 學生的程度
新雅中文學校繁體字一年級班學生大多已有學前班一年的學習程度,中文基本的數字, 顏色, 自己的名字, 家人稱呼 等, 多能達到聽力理解, 口語表達, 閱讀, 唱兒歌和書寫簡易國字等能力.
雖然家庭背景有講中文的, 其他地方方言的, 或完全不懂中文人的, 但多不影響其繼續在繁體字一年級班的學習, 學生能聽懂一般日常中文簡單對話, 字, 詞, 會話練習能運用在生活裡, 瞭解課文, 故事中人文含意是日常生活中的實例 .
2. 一年級使用的教材《美洲華語第一冊》
本教材是全美中文學校聯合總會教育研究發展委員會主編.適用於美洲地區的華文教科書, 其整套教材與美國高中中文課程和美國大學中文教學相銜接。教材分為簡體和繁體版。使用的語言文字和內容系統化地把兒童文學, 生活倫理,人文關懷等中國和美國本土文化素材, 用淺顯易懂的文字編寫, 讓學生有學習的樂趣, 達到寓教於樂的目的.
3. 美洲華語第一冊學習計劃：
第一册共計八單元, 十六課110個生字和128幅圖片說明的詞語，CD, 一套作業和一本生字卡 (生字卡附有簡體字) , 生字带有英文翻譯.
每一單元包含三大部分：（一）有兩課念一念，（二）語文練
習，（三）說故事。每一單元教學進度訂為三週 :
（一） 念一念 : 教學生朗讀及分辨發音聲調, 語調, 讀出課文的情趣, 句子的用法.
（二） 教生字, 詞語, 句子 : 介紹生字筆順, 以圖片講解詞語, 念熟例句引導學生造句的能力.
（三） 說故事: 用掛圖說故事, 再由學生練習說故事並且更正音調, 問故事相關的問題看學生瞭解程度和口語回答的能力.
（四） 作業 : 解說作業內容.
（五） 用遊戲學方式 : 復習課文中所學内容.
4. 美洲華語第一冊學習目標
學生學完第一冊後, 會發現一邊學新的同時也在復習前面所學課文内容, 練習說故事發音, 語調增加學習效果, 日積月累的訓練, 幫助他們開口說漢語, 課堂上以活潑, 主動學習方式讓學生增加互動參與感,更有信心學習, 更能增加 - 聽, 說, 讀, 寫的基礎和基本能力, 相信他們對學習中文的興趣和欲望就更强烈了.
新雅中文学校繁體字第二班
繁體字第二班將使用美洲華語第二冊做為我們的教學課本。這本書的特色之一是注音符號和漢語拼音並用，這樣讓學生在學習漢語拼音的同時也保留了對注音符號的印象。
美洲華語第二冊共有十課，每課十個生字，第二冊總共有一百二十個生字。從簡單的象形文字開始（馬，牛，魚）到多筆劃的生字（進，學，畫）。 每一課都包括了課文，語文練習及說故事部分。編輯者用易懂的文字編成可愛的故事，短文，童謠和兒歌…等等。內容豐富讓學生更有興趣學中文。
書中有許多的詞語圖片，幫助學生加深單字的印象也更容易理解文中的義意。 每個禮拜都有作業，這樣能練習及加深在課堂上所學的生字及句子。除了教課本的內容外我會介紹一些中國的節慶及傳統的文化。希望學生會喜歡這堂課，大家一起努力，加油！
The textbook for the Traditional Book 2 class will be Mei Zhou Hua Yu. The most appealing aspect of this material is that it integrates the traditional ZuiYin and more modern Pin Yin phonetics simultaneously. It consists of ten lessons with twelve vocabulary words in each lesson thus a total of 120 words.
The focal point of each lesson will be the content itself, phrase practicing, and storytelling. Each lesson is written with basic vocabulary in the forms of short stories, brief essays, and childish ballads and songs. The content is easily relatable and should prove interesting to the students.
Each lesson is accompanied by pictures to further help students understand the meaning of the lesson or the vocabulary words. There will be assigned homework every week as it allows students the opportunity to review their lessons in an out of class setting and thus attain a higher level of comfort with the material. If time allows, I would like them to practice storytelling and playacting in front of their peers.
Besides just learning the Chinese, I would like to integrate a cultural aspect. I will introduce traditional holidays (ex – Chinese New Year and Autumn Festival…etc) to the students. I hope students will enjoy the class and have a very successful year!
繁體字四年級班
課程介紹：繁體字四年級的教學主要以《美洲華語》第四册為主。以美洲地區小學四年級學齡學生為中心，連接前一學年的教學，以淺顯易懂的文字編寫成有趣的故事、短文及新詩，使學生在有趣、生動的學習情境中學習中文。教材以四年級的各項學科、知識水平和生活經驗為設計範圍，內容涵蓋兒童文學、生活倫理、人文關懷、自然科學、歷史社會等。在美國本土生活經驗之外，更加入了中國文化習俗及傳統美德。
使用教材：《美洲華語》第四册，包括課本、作業與多媒體光碟。課本提供注音符號和漢語拼音，以加強學生認與讀的能力。DVD光碟翻譯和發音練習，以及拼音打字練習。對於學生在課外時間的練習上相當有幫助。
學習目標：在漢字方面，本學期預計教授145個生字，和與生字關連的261個常用詞語。另有漢字分析，利用造字原理來幫助學生記憶生字生詞。在文法方面，強調詞性與句型的練習，讓學生暸解口語及書面語的不同與正確用法。在語音方面，要求學生多說、練習口語會話，但給予學生正音、斷句及語序指導，糾正錯誤。主要學習目標是加強中文聽力理解，口語表達，閱讀、書寫和辨識拼音，翻譯等能力。學年結束時，預計學生語文程度可達ACTFL標準中高（Intermediate-High) 水平。
本學年學習計畫：第四册共計十篇課文並帶有一本作業。每課十頁。包括三大部分：課文，練習，小故事。學期中有兩次考試。本學期包括春節活動。基本上預計兩星期完成一課。上課重點是課文、生字及語法練習。說故事的部分，希望家長帮助同学們在家輔助完成。但課堂上會留下時間讓學生練習閱讀。
作業部分除有随書附带的一本作業外，老師會不定時附加一些其他作業。作業内容形式多樣，有拼音，生字，填空，造句，組詞，偏旁部首等練習。
為什麼選擇繁體字四年级班？
語言學習重於持續。大部份從三年級升上來的同學已有相當的中文基礎，但在繁體四年級班，老師課堂的教學方式生動又多樣化，除了充份講解課文之外也注重解答學生的問題。在這個班級裡，老師打破傳統嚴肅的單向（師對生）的上課方式，大力鼓勵學生多發言、朗讀、解釋、以及用想像力將生字生詞做造句練習。老師也會提供學習小遊戲，寓教於樂，讓同學間的互動加強彼此的學習動機，分享學習心得。利於培養學生開口說中文的自信，以及增加學習中文的興趣。學生在鼓勵之下的學習會由被動轉為主動。在奠定良好的聽、說、讀、寫、打字的中文基礎及學習興趣之後，學生會更有自信，將學習中國語言和文化定為長期的目標。
Traditional Chinese Level 5 Course Introductions
This class is for students between 8th to 12th grade, who are interested in attending SAT Subject Test in Chinese with Listening exam.
Our current text book is MeiZhou Chinese Level 5. In order to approach the goal of happily learning.
Students are encouraged to learning by playing games and singing Chinese pop music. I hope the students can be stimulated by my lesson, and inspired to gain further knowledge of Chinese culture and language.
Since most of students are not spoke Chinese in their daily life and family environment, I especially focus on pinyin practice, tone practice and conversation.
My expectation to the students is the self-motivate learning ability in Chinese.
本班的成員為8~12年級，以參加中文AP考試為目標的青少年，
目前本班使用的課本為美洲華語第五冊，
快樂學習是我的教學宗旨。
透過遊戲、流行歌唱教學，以及活潑的課程設計，
提高學生學習興趣與意願。
由於學員家中並非以中文交談，
所以本班以拼音練習、聲調準確練習已級口語交談為重點教學目標，
老師最大的期許則是學生都擁有中文的自學能力，能夠更加接觸中文語言與文化。