1. 2012
Meeting with Parents
Welcome
Mandarin Language and
Cultural Center
Principal Jane Chen
10:30~10:55

2. Benefit from learning Chinese
• Use both parts of the brain (Sophie Scott)
• Learn to think in a new way
• Memory will go up

3. The Organization:
• Non-Profit organization
• 5 board members
• 8 administrators
• 51 teachers
• 1019 students
• Two campuses: Milpitas High, Saratoga
High
• Office at 1630 Oakland Rd. A-207, San
Jose

4. The Mission
• To provide high quality language & cultural
programs with affordable tuition
• To enhance multi-culture understanding
and diversity in the communities.

5. 55 Chinese classes in two
campuses
• 29 Chinese classes in
Saratoga
• 5 Culture classes
• Total 587 students in Saratoga

6. School Administrative
Personnel
• Principal: Jane Chen
• Curriculum Design:
Chihmei Wang, May Hsiao, Chenhui
Wu, Peiyun Lin, Yuchin Ho
• School Events Coordinator:
May Hsiao, Reuyling Chang
• Treasure: Celia Wu

7. Mobile Office in SHS
World Language
Teacher office

9. Important date
• Chinese class 8/25 – 5/18/13
• Culture class of first semester
9/8-1/12/13
• Culture class of second
semester 1/19-5/11/13

10. Days off (total 7 days)
• 9/1 Labor’s Day
• 10/20 SHS PSAT Test
• 11/24 Thanksgiving
• 12/22， 12/29 Christmas
• 2/23 Presidents’ Week
• 4/12 Spring Break

11. Registration and refund
policy
• Date of registration for next school year
3/2/13 for current students and siblings
3/22/13 for new students
• Refund policy
before 8/1/13, $40 will be charged，
before the third week of school, $100 will
be reduced
after the third week of school no refund

12. E-newsletter
• If you don’t receive school’s newsletter via
email by 10/5
Please call：(408)441-9114
or email: mlcc@mandarinschool.org
• The newsletter will be posted on MLCC
website
www.mandarinschooldigitalcenter.org

14. www.mandarinschool.org

15. www.mandarinschooldigitalcenter.org

16. http://goo.gl/oez4h

17. Seminars for Parents
The following seminars are held in the office.
• 9/8 @ 10:50 Introduction of Acculive, the
online virtual classroom
• 9/15 @ 9:30; Talk with parents of G1
students, 10:30 with parents of PK
students
• 9/29 Hanyu Pinyin and Chinese input
class for parents

18. Activities
• 10/27 Halloween trick or treat
• 2/09 Chinese New Year
• 3/16 CFL Open House
• 4/20 Book & Bake Sale,
Annual Fundraising

19. The curriculum

20. Textbook: Chinese Wonderland
CFL 1: Chinese Wonderland 1
CFL 2: Chinese Wonderland 2
CFL 3: Chinese Wonderland 3
CFL 4: Chinese Wonderland 4
CFL 5: Chinese Wonderland 5 (piloting)

21. MLCC + TKB in Taiwan
Paper
Textbook,
APPS workbook,
Audio CD
Website CD Rom
e- for
learning Teachers
9/3/2012 國語語文學校 21

22. CFL Program
• Six levels of CFL courses
• 2 hours/week on site class, 32 weeks in
a school year
• 15 min/week online class, 28 weeks in a
school year

23. CFL Program Goal
• Develop students’ interest in
learning Chinese.
• Develop students’ language ability*
for daily life applications.
* Students can think and speak in
Mandarin even with limited
vocabulary.

24. CFL Program Highlights
• Focus on conversational Mandarin
related to daily life.
o Build up oral skill
o Recognize Chinese characters
o Read in contained material
o Write Chinese characters from
Level II
o Practice Hanyu Pinyin from L IV
o Learn Chinese input from L V

25. CFL Program Highlights
• Mainly use Mandarin in classroom;
use English only when necessary.
• Use real objects or pictures to help
students to comprehend.
• Many conversational activities in
classroom to build up oral skills.
• Learning is reinforced by well
designed homework.

26. Topics for CFL 1
Family Pets
Hobbies Colors
Clothes Food
Toys School Supplies

27. Functions for CFL 1
• Greeting
• Introduce him/herself
• Get and give information
• Express likes and dislikes
• Make request
• Express needs
• About 20 sentences structure

28. Basic Phrase Evaluation
• Fall semester: 12/1, 12/8, 12/15
• Spring semester: 4/20, 4/27, 5/04
• Recognize 100 phrases in Level I
117 phrases in Level II
116 phrases in Level III
118 phrases in Level IV
131 phrases in Level V

29. Play with the Flash cards http://quizlet.com/mlccschool

30. The Online Synchronized Virtual
Classroom
• Once a week, 15 min/ week
• 4-5 students a group
• Introduction: 9/8 10:50-11:20 #503
• Select the time slot: 9/5 on google doc
• Get the info (schedule, account name &
password by 9/10
• Online testing: the week of 9/11
• First class: the week of 9/18

31. On-line Moodle or Edmodo
Classroom
• On-line audio assignment
• Additional listening comprehension
and speaking exercise
• Instruction of using Edmodo and
Audacity will be given by Ms. Chen
11:15 ~11:30 today at room 504

32. Parents on Campus Duties
• Six parents each week
• This year turns to Pre-K to G3
• Report to the office 15 min before
class starts
• Ensure students' safety during arrival,
recess, and departure time
• Patrol campus during class time
• Assist with school office work

33. Safety Notes
• Parents must accompany your child
in and out of school campus
• Do not let children wander around in
parking lot
• In case of medical emergency,
parents have the responsibility to pay
for the ambulance and medical
expenses

34. Fire Drill
• 9/8
• 10:33 to 10:45

35. No Cellular Phones, or other
Electronic Devices (iPods, etc)
• Students are prohibited by school
policy to use any type of unauthorized
electronic or mechanical device
during regular school hours.

36. Parking
• Please park at the lot along the
Herriman Ave.
• The rear parking lot is reserved for
teachers and parents who are in
charge of library books.

37. SCRIP on Sale Every Week at
office
• Starbucks 、Peet’s、Jamba Juice
• Sweet Tomato 、 The Porridge
• 99 Ranch、Marina 、Whole Food

38. Volunteers needed
• Library in the office
• SCRIP Sale

39. Meeting with your child’s teacher
at 11:00~11:30
The meeting agenda and
the calendar will be
delivered to your child

40. Thank you