Saturday Mandarin
Location
Hope Lutheran Church 1660 Checker Rd, Long Grove, IL 60047
Who Is It For
Children who are interested in learning Mandarin language skills through fun, immersion-based activities. No prior Mandarin skills are needed.
SS1
TBD
SS2
TBD
SS3
7/13/2024- 4/12/2025 (30 classes)
Class Length: 90 Min/ Class
Class 1 (3:20pm-4:50pm) / Class 2 (5:00pm-6:30pm)
Small Class Size: 6-8 students
New Shuang Shuang Chinese
K-5th Grade
$790
Registration Fee: $25
Material Fee: $50 (Including Mandarin Textbook, Workbook, Flashcards, and/or DVD)
Instructor: Ms. Haiying Wang
Non-heritage
10/5/2024- 5/31/2025 (30 classes)
Class Length: 90 Min/ Class
9:00am-10:30am
Small Class Size: 6-8 students
K-5th Grade
$790
Registration Fee: $25
Material Fee: $50 (Including Mandarin Textbook, Workbook, Flashcards, and/or DVD)
This course is designed for elementary and middle school students who have some basic mandarin listening and speaking skills. The course will use a variety of texts and multimedia materials to cover daily basis and school topics, as well as Chinese cultural knowledge such as poetry and cultural activities. We hope to improve students' language skills to an intermediate level. (本课程主要面向有过一定中文基础、但是中文听说能力比较薄弱的小学和初中学生。课程将选用不同的文本和多媒体材料，囊括日常和校园常用话题，同时也会学习如诗歌之类中华文化知识并参与文化活动。希望能提高学生的语言能力到中级水平。)
Instructor: Mr. Hangxin Yu
Now enrolling for 2024-2025 school year. Class begins on July 13,2024.
Please read our BEHAVIOR POLICY AND DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES before you sign up.
Ms. Haiying Wang
Haiying Wang has been teaching Chinese language and cultural classes to heritage and non-heritage students on the part-time basis at day schools and weekend Chinese schools since 2012. She's been teaching Shuangshuang Chinese since 2018, a textbook designed by California Chinese teachers to combine language and cultural learning together. Ms. Wang fills her class with fun slides, pictures and videos, and various class activities from singing and drawing to games and short plays to enhance students’ interest. Students not only learn to read, speak and write Chinese, but also understand Chinese culture in comparison with European and American cultures. Ms. Wang also communicates with parents closely with detailed class summary and assignments, so parents are fully aware of their children's level and progress. Her classes are well received in the community, and have attracted remote-learning students nationwide. Many students have attended international reading and writing competitions and won awards.
Ms. Wang received her PhD in Comparative Literature and Cross-cultural Studies from City University of Hong Kong. She graduated from Fudan University (Shanghai, China) with a B.A. in English Language and Literature and an M.A. in Western Literature and Criticism.
Mr. hANGXIN Yu
我叫于杭鑫。我现在在芝加哥北郊的公立初中教中文。我毕业于印第安纳州瓦尔帕莱索大学。七年期间一直在从事中文教学。我对于中文教学一直抱有很大的热情。我自己是一个两岁宝宝的爸爸，所以我希望能自己的孩子在异国他乡仍然能坚持学习自己祖国的文化和语言。在课堂里，我们会有手工，游戏，诵读等等不同的活动，希望能通过和学生的互动达到教学的目的。希望学生能成为中国文化的学习者和传播者，在学习之后能向其他社区成员实践和传播中国的语言文化。
My name is Yu Hangxin. I am teaching Chinese at a public junior high school in the northern suburbs of Chicago. I graduated from Valparaiso University in Indiana. I have been teaching Chinese for seven years. I have always had a great passion for teaching Chinese. I am a father of a two-year-old myself, so I hope that my children can still learn the culture and language of their home country in a foreign country. We will have different activities in the classroom such as crafts, games, recitations, etc. I aim to achieve the goal of teaching through interaction with the students. We hope that the students will become learners and transmitters of Chinese culture, and after learning, they will practice and spread the Chinese language and culture to other community members.