FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Mike Cheng, Founder and President
Phone: (888) 516-2636
Email: mike@mandomandarin.com
Los Angeles Public School Students Learn Chinese from Real, Live Teachers in Shanghai, China
LOS ANGELES, Ca. (June 25, 2010)— At Florence Nightingale Middle School, a public school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, sixth-graders are getting a head start on their foreign language skills by participating in a Chinese language program facilitated by Mando Mandarin Online Chinese School. Mando Mandarin specializes in teaching Chinese to students of all ages in a fun and relaxed environment. The classes utilize a synchronous distance-learning platform, which means that students in the USA are taught in real-time in a virtual-classroom setting by live native Chinese teachers who are located in Shanghai, China.
“Most schools don’t teach foreign language courses until high school, which is a shame because the students’ curiosity and desire to learn is there now. Our students are eager to learn and are capable of learning a language that’s very empowering to them,” said Robert Elsinger, Nightingale Middle School teacher.
Mandarin is currently the most widely spoken foreign language in the world. The course at Nightingale Middle School is the first of its kind offered at the school and aims to give students the knowledge to thrive in an evermore diverse and global economy.
Mando Mandarin’s President and Founder Mike Cheng reiterated, “Today, it is imperative not only to expose students to the language and culture of rising China, which will soon surpass Japan as the world’s 2nd largest economy – but also to give them the experience of communicating in a distance-learning setting. Global business is increasingly conducted online through worldwide virtual teams. We allow students at a young age to enjoy learning the language of the future using a 21st century approach. Our program teaches skills that give them a competitive edge which lasts a lifetime.”
Through Mando Mandarin Online Chinese School, students are encouraged to practice basic conversations in Mandarin without boring repetitions using a unique learning method. Using the Mando Method, which has summarized over 100 Chinese grammar rules and sentence structures using mnemonics, students learn faster than when using traditional methods. They are also taught Chinese history, traditions and modern culture through stories, videos and assignments that are emailed to them after each session. Mando Mandarin teaches both customized lessons for enrichment-based learning as well as standardized, accredited courses. The length of each lesson is tailored to meet the schedule of each individual school.
The interactive, lively nature of the program allows students to learn Chinese with less effort and in a shorter period of time, in a very exciting and engaging way. Students work from computer stations and are able to raise their hands to ask questions and interact with the teacher through webcams, live-audio, instant messaging, and by email.
For more information about the Mando Mandarin Online Chinese School, visit the website at www.mandomandarin.com or call 1-888-51MANDO (1-888-516-2636).
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