Chinese language at EducatioNest

Our educational and teaching approach

• Language immersion from nursery to kindergarten with a native-speaking teacher. Children are exposed to the Chinese language in a natural and direct way. 100% of the lesson is taught in Chinese: readings, calligraphy, music, movement activities, and games.

  
  
• Written language training is offered in elementary school with a specialized teacher. Lessons are taught 50% in Chinese and 50% in English. Children are prepared for the Youth Chinese Test 1.
  

• Language development in middle school with a specialized teacher. Analysis and development are conducted in English and Chinese. Children are exposed to authentic Chinese texts and prepared for the Youth Chinese Test 1 and 2 


Why did we choose the Chinese language?

• The Chinese language is one of the oldest languages ​​still in use today, with a history spanning 3,000 years. Studying the Chinese language and culture means discovering one of the most ancient and fascinating cultures in human history: children become acquainted with fascinating customs, traditions, and habits.

  
  • The Chinese language does not have an alphabet but is composed of (minimal) units of meaning: pictograms, ideograms, and ideophonograms called characters. Each character is associated with a syllable, and each syllable is associated with a meaning: two or more characters together make up a word. The ability to put meanings together to create a concept or a word helps us change perspective and facilitates, supports, and consolidates the construction of strong logical, critical, and systemic thinking.

  小 + 心 = 小心
  small + heart = be careful. When we need to be cautious, we are tense, the heart tightens and becomes small.
  
  开 + 心 = 开心
  open + heart = be happy. when we are happy our chest expands, our heart opens.
  
  
• Right to globality: While English is the most widely spoken language in the world, Chinese is the most widely spoken, with 1.425 billion speakers. Furthermore, Chinese is spoken not only in China, but also in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore. Chinese characters have been adopted by the Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese writing systems. Studying a language isn't just learning signs, but discovering a way of thinking that makes sense in the history and culture in which it was born and lives.