Pop Chinese Club

So glad to attend Language Teachers' Workshop at The University of Auckland. We Chinese teachers obtained more knowledge about how to organise interesting culture activities for our students, such as making red lanterns, demonstrating tea ceremony, and teaching Chinese painting or calligraphy. The last picture was painted by me, how do you feel?

Here is Chinese level 2 graduation test. Students did very well and will upgrade to level 3 class next week. They are advanced level Chinese learners. The focus of this class is to drill their reading and writing skills. 👩‍💼

Mark the students' homework. It's good to see they are keen on Chinese, could spare some time in learning it after school or work and has persevered in it for a few years. It's never too old to learn a second foreign language.

Spring Festival Couplets
On Chinese New Year's eve, people will paste spring couplets on the doors and walls to express their delight in the festival and wishes for a better life in the coming year. The black characters demonstrated in the form of traditional calligraphy will be written on red paper. Look,here is one of our students who is writing a Fu (blessings and happiness).

The weather today seemed not to affect the passion of students to learn Chinese at all. We have mother and daughter to study at the same time, the younger generation from mandarin speakers' families, or business people out of jobs' needs.No matter what level you are in, you can always find the class which is tailored for you.Come on in and join us now.

2018 terms is coming soon.

Course 1 Speedy Chinese:
For completely new adults Chinese beginners, who wants to learn Chinese in a short period, master basic functional sentences, and could apply them to their work, life, and travelling.

Course 2 Chinese Pinyin:
1 term only. Master the spelling tool of Chinese. Pinyin is the Chinese phonetic alphabet, which is used to learn standard Chinese that is normally written in Chinese characters. Learner could read Chinese character with the help of Pinyin.

Course 3 Integrated Chinese:
Learn Chinese systematically. For learners who wants to study Chinese in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Class is divided according to the levels of students. Use the series textbooks to study step by step. Learners will have solid Chinese language knowledge, and be skilful in Chinese conversation, as well as literacy.

Course 4 Advanced Chinese: Learn Chinese literature.
For proficient Chinese speakers, who focus on Chinese reading and writing. Learners will be able to read Chinese newspaper, magazines, books, and write articles.

Timetable
Term I: 29th Jan to 15th April, 11 weeks
Term II: 30th April to 8th July, 10 weeks
Term III: 23rd July to 30th Sep. 10 weeks
Term IV: 15th Oct. to 16th Dec. 9 weeks

Register now,
Contact Ivy
Tel: 021 022 38 316
Zhanghui8688@gmail. Com

Time sessions

Traditional Chinese Festivals
2.Lantern Festival
Falling on the 15th day of the first lunar month, Lantern Festival is the first significant feast after Chinese New Year. The most important activity on that night is watching various wonderful Chinese lanterns. And because every household eats yuan xiao (a rice ball stuffed with different fillings) on that day, it is also called Yuan Xiao Festival. The other traditional activities include guessing lantern riddles, lion dance, and walking on stilts.

Traditional Chinese Festivals
1.Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year,which is also called Spring Festival, has more than 4,000 years of history. It is the grandest and the most important annual event for Chinese people.Being one of the traditional festivals, it is the time for the whole families to reunite together, which is similar as Christmas Day to the westerners.

Come to experience traditional Chinese culture, POP will guide you how to use Four Treasurers of the Study to finish your own calligraphy and painting works. Join POP now.

Many people think Chinese characters look like drawing pictures, is it true? Let's look at the picture below, probably you could link the image with its meaning even without English notes.