Articles for helping kids learn about china culture

If you’re living and working in China you’ll need a bank account. These days you’ll most likely also want to start mobile banking too. This post covers the world of China’s brick and mortar banking establishments, its  booming mobile banking  industry, and learn  Chinese languages  to draw on when you’re managing your money in the P.R.C. . First up, you have  The People’s Bank of China, ( 中国人民银行,  Zhōngguó Rénmín Yínháng),  which is the country’s central bank and has the power to control monetary policy and regulate financial institutions across the mainland. It’s an enormous institution, worth US$3.201 trillion. Don’t get this one confused with the Bank of China (see below) . Other banks across the country can be divided into three types: state-owned commercial; shareholder-owned commercial; and policy-led banks, established with the purpose of progressing a particular developmental policy. State-owned commercial banks: Industrial and ...

As a city with a 800 plus years of history, and as the Chinese capital city since 1421 BC, there are countless things to explore, from the Forbidden City to street snacks, to the great wall and even folk crafts… You name it.   More and more children are learning Chinese . Book your kids a free demo class . But its rich historical heritage sometimes leads to people ignoring that fact that Beijing is also a super metropolitan city, with a population of more than 30 million! Living in the city, there are facilities you need to use every day. They slowly become symbols attached to the city, one example is the subway. If you decide to visit Beijing, besides a credit card and some basic daily Mandarin Chinese expressions, the next most important thing you will need every day is the subway. Indeed, for Beijingers and foreigners living in the city, taking the Subway is always a love-and-hate relationship: It is so convenient that it can take you to anywhere you want to go fas...

Education may be one of the most influential forces in society today. A good education that nurtures intellect and curiosity can impact children as soon as they step into the classroom. With the world’s largest population, China provides its citizens a diverse school system: public schools for students of all ages, specialized schools for the disabled, private schools and vocational schools among the many other institutions for education. M andarin classes for children are also popular now. China’s education system has three main levels, composed of Primary, Secondary, and Post-Secondary. Primary education (小学;  xiǎoxué ) is what we typically call elementary level education. Secondary school is split into Lower and Upper, called 初中 ( chūzhōng ) and 高中 ( gāozhōng ); these are equivalent to middle school and high school respectively. The separation of these grade levels usually go 6-3-3, where 1 st  to 6 th  grade would belong in elementary school, 7 th  t...

Recent research suggests that for second language acquisition, children are more likely to reach the proficiency of a native speaker instead of adults. Plus, learning a language not only helps in practical and economic gains but also leads to a number of cognitive advantages. If you have kids learning Mandarin Chinese, you might want to help them. But the problem arises when we ourselves do not know the language. But there is no need to worry as I will discuss a few tips on teaching kids Chinese effectively. Although you don’t know Chinese, there is plenty of material available online for teaching kids Chinese . There are various websites which provide material specifically aimed at teaching kids. It is much easier for young children to understand Chinese characters if they are able to associate physical objects to them. You can find flashcards online or you can make them yourself and tape these all around the home on objects which they describe. It will create a more Chinese immer...

When talking about China and Chinese Culture , what will come to your mind first? Its long history, tasty food, or the big cities like Beijing or Shanghai? But, you might have missed the fact that, geographical speaking, China is also one of the largest countries in the world. How large is it? What are some fun facts about its geographic features? This article will introduce some to you! China has a territorial area of 9.6 million square kilometers and an aquatic territory spanning 4.73 million square kilometers. That’s a lot of abstract numbers! So here are some comparisons to make it more relatable: it’s the third largest country, coming behind Russia and Canada. Its territorial area roughly equals to the total area of Europe excluding Russia. It’s true that China is a very large country. But it also has a huge population, about 1.4 billion by 2017. This is nearly 19% of the whole population of the world. Therefore, the area per capita is fairly small, only 29% of t...

Reading to children has proven to be of great importance as it helps not only in their cognitive development process but also in their language acquisition and literacy skills. For kids learning foreign languages , books about the culture with the target language can help further language acquisition and inspire children to learn more, since children will learn knowledge related to the language whilst also getting familiar with the cultural background. If you read books about Chinese culture to your kids, they will get to know more about the local people and their tradition, which in turn will also help them to understand Mandarin Chinese better. Here are some fun books for you to choose from! In the book, a child describes the various dim sums she and her family enjoyed during a visit to a restaurant in Chinatown. According to the Chinese tradition, they share their food with each other so that everyone gets a bit of everything. The book is right for young children as it celebrates...

There are numerous online dictionaries available. But the choice of the dictionary is crucial for an effective language learning process. There must be some elements to be taken into account while choosing a good dictionary. First of all, it should be accurate. It should provide an exact meaning of the word taking into account all aspects of that word. It must clearly explain that how and when a word should be used. It should demonstrate the grammar rules that should be considered while using that word. Dictionary also has to include the most relevant examples of word usage of any word. Moreover, there must be an option of the pronunciation of that word. It should pronounce the word as accurately as pronounced by native speakers. In addition to giving definitions, a good dictionary will write the word in the International Phonetic Alphabet to show you how to say it. The second thing is the convenience in its usage. It is essential for an online dictionary to be able to respon...

Outside of mainland China, Mandarin Chinese is spoken by 83.5% of all the population in Taiwan, which unarguably makes it their official language. Likewise in Hong Kong, the Official Languages Ordinance has declared both Chinese and English as official languages with equal status, and are to be used in communication between the government and members of the public. Nearly half of the population speaks Mandarin Chinese in Hong Kong. Likewise in Macau, a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China where Mandarin Chinese also has status as an official language. In Singapore, the Constitution, realizing the presence of a large Chinese ethnic group, has recognized Mandarin Chinese as one of the four official languages. About 35% of the total population of Singapore speak Mandarin Chinese. In other Asian countries where there is a large presence of a Chinese immigrant community Mandarin Chinese is not the official language but is also spoken. For example, cou...