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Em Casalena
Em Casalena
10 Ways to Kickstart Your Career Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
Are you a brand new Mandarin language teacher or tutor?
First off, good for you! You’ve chosen to give the …
By Em Casalena
Em Casalena
22 Mandarin Teaching Resources for Taking Your Students to the Next Level
Does your classroom routine feel a bit dry?
Of course, a Chinese classroom needs consistency and stability to get students …
By Em Casalena
Em Casalena
9 Awesome Resources for Chinese Worksheets
Being a Chinese teacher can be a bit rough, especially when you hit that dreaded mid-semester funk.
The students …
4 Chinese Classroom Activities Guaranteed to Get Your Students Speaking
Did you know that I’ve been studying Russian for some time now?
And guess what. My Russian is pretty terrible.…
How to Teach Chinese Characters: 6 Simple Methods
You need to know at least 3,500 characters to read Chinese properly.
That makes reading and writing in Chinese seem …
Using Technology in the Chinese Classroom to Teach Students
What’s the biggest difference between a language classroom 30 years ago and one now?
It’s not the curriculum—although we hope …
5 Clever Strategies for Teaching Chinese Numbers to Your Students
What if students could immediately recall Chinese numbers?
As teachers, how can we encourage them to retain the meaning of …
