by Woo Yen Yen | Jul 17, 2021 | Home
How to Improve Kids’ Chinese? by Woo Yen Yen It was a joy and delight chatting online with creative folks from different disciplines at the “Speak Mandarin, Spark Creativity” Symposium organized by Singapore’s Speak Mandarin Campaign on Wednesday, December 9th....
by Woo Yen Yen | Jul 16, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Education, Yen Yen
by Woo Yen Yen Why is it important to cross invisible language barriers? Why is it important to learn a “minority” language or a dialect? My daughter YB (short for ‘Yakuza Baby’, the nickname we gave her because she was born while Colin and I were watching...
by Woo Yen Yen | Jul 11, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Education, Yen Yen
Learning Chinese Language: Vocabulary About Earth Day! Yesterday was Earth Day or 世界地球日 Shìjiè dìqiú rì, and last night, our daughter’s Chinese teacher in her former Taiwanese public elementary school, Teacher Lee 李老师, organised a quick field trip for his 6th Grade...
by Woo Yen Yen | Jun 24, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Education, Home
5 Useful Mother’s Day Phrases in Chinese Hey, kids, don’t just wish Mom “Happy Mother’s Day (母亲节快乐 | 母親節快樂 Mǔqīn jié kuàilè)”—try these 5 Chinese phrases and put an extra smile on her face! 1. Mom, today, let me take care of you for a change! Simplifed 简体字：...
by Woo Yen Yen | Jan 29, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Education, Yen Yen
I was working as a Professor of Education in New York when I started looking for a solution to teach my daughter Chinese. I really wanted to raise a bilingual and bi-literate kid! And I didn’t want my daughter to merely be able to read and write in another language. I...
