New website The Chinese Staffroom is launched providing free support to teachers of Chinese to children
New teachers website launched - The Chinese Staffroom. We are dedicated here at Bamboo Learning to improving constantly how children learn Mandarin Chinese. Our new initiative - The Chinese Staffroom provides free support to teachers. Featuring jobs for teachers of Mandarin Chinese to children, resources to use in the classroom whilst teaching Chinese, articles about pedagogy and curriculum development, qualifications children can take - you name it we feature it and the site is constantly updated. Teachers cannot afford to miss it and parents should find it interesting too.
New Game launched - 'The Wild Trail'
Become an explorer and travel around China learning about endangered animals such as the Long Eared Jerboa, Giant Panda and the recently extinct Yangtze dolphin. 'The Wild Trail' contains fun and interactive 'mini' games that allow the player to gain points and become a bronze, silver or gold explorer.Bamboo Learning Chinese teacher training
Chinese teacher training reveals the strengths Chinese teachers have includes story-telling using anchor words and actions to help learning, integrating modern culture into lesson plans, managing quieter children, integrating home life into practising Chinese, using Chinese sign language to add impact and many more.Bamboo Learning develops curriculum approach
Bamboo Learning, the organization behind Mandarama, has been asked to develop the national approach to teaching Mandarin Chinese to children aged 8-11. Behind Mandarama is a company that knows what it means to teach for real not just online.Mandarama for Free as a Prize
Hove Park Primary School and the Cotswold School in the UK won free access to Mandarama for a year following a competition held at the Language Show in London, UK.Mandarama Review on parents blog
Kat's family have recently moved to China and use Mandarama to help them learn Mandarin. Read their great reviewMandarama goes international
Since our launch only a few months ago, children in Australia, Europe and North America have become members. They love practising when they want to. Their parents love the way it reduces the overall cost of learning Mandarin Chinese by supplementing expensive face to face tuition.
NEW content list for teachers of Mandarin Chinese to children
Our new Secret Top Teacher functionality allows teachers of Mandarin Chinese to direct their students to a specfic piece of content to practise at home or school. Children can also find their favourite book or game.
Feedback from parents and children
We are listening to your comments on making Mandarama even better - Coming soon - a list of all the Chinese books, games, puzzles on the site for parents and educators of children learning Chinese and the functionality to find any particular piece of content on the list for classroom use especially. Need something else on Mandarama - just let us know. We are improving it all the time. Thanks for all your great feedback. It is great to know this is a service you have been waiting for.
What parents and children think of Mandarama - a review
“Thank you for your correspondence to me and for following up. Jesse enjoyed the trial and when I get home from work, we will try a one year subscription. It's truly wonderful and entertaining and makes learning fun. He still remembers vocabulary from his Mandarama trial”
Mother of Jesse aged 13,California, USA.
Mandarama - Peer Review
Our approach to children learning Chinese works. We advocate children learn face to face and combine that with regular affordable practice online within our playground just for children learning Mandarin Chinese (www.mandarama.com).
This approach was recently recognised by The Guardian journalist and ICT Language Education consultant John Bald who recommended Mandarama for practicing Mandarin. Read his review of 6 May 08 in The Guardian.New E-Book - Adopted Chinese children.
We are looking at including an e book on adoption in Mandarama as many members are adopted. If you are the parent of an adopted Chinese child or an Adopted Chinese Children Association and have views on how such a book would work please mail us. We want to ensure the book meets your needs and preferences.
Mandarama - what next?
Mandarama is innovative and the management team intend for it to stay this way. In our development pipeline, we already have:
- functionality to enhance the navigation experience for different age groups.
- new games and books.
- with your help, many more school projects and contributions from children
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