Transcript Briefing for Parents International Students

Briefing for Parents of
International Students
Meaningful & Relevant Learning
Content
1) Learning Content is relevant to Students’
lives
• allowing students to build a strong language
foundation
• learning content is divided into 6
categories:
Individual, Family, School, Society, Nation
and the World
Meaningful & Relevant Learning
Content
2) Interesting Content that is appealing to
Children
• Addresses students’ learning needs and
motivate students’ learning interest
•Lively & memorable stories & language
•Well-illustrated instructional mateials
•Story characters growing up and learning
alongside our pupils
Tips for Parents
• Encourage your child to learn through
meaningful language, i.e. make use of small
flash cards to play games to help him or her
reinforce Chinese character recognition
• Bring your child to the library or book store to
cultivate reading habit
Tips for Parents
• Watch quality Chinese television programme
together with your child
• Make use of objects in your environment such
as road signs and advertisements to engage
your child in CL conversation