Dear teachers, we hope you have had a great summer break! We will have a series of workshops for our teachers and one competition for students in the fall semester this year.

For our very first workshop, GCLE has invited Ms. Jiang Yue to talk about pinyin instruction in the Chinese classroom on Thursday, August 15th at 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Please click this FORM to sign up and attend the workshop. This will be an online session via Zoom. For security reason, Zoom info has been send to GCLE members via email. please check the message from GCLE for the Zoom ID and password or email gclegroup@gmail.com to request the info. Mark your calendar and we look forward to seeing you on August 15th!
Check the Chinese version of the announcement HERE.

Above the Workshop
Tones play a crucial role in mastering Mandarin listening and speaking skills. However, for many Chinese learners, grasping tones can be challenging due to ineffective teaching methods or a lack of systematic training. This session aims to offer an organized and efficient approach to assist beginners in mastering tones while speaking full sentences in a short period. Also it aims to ignite fresh perspectives and discussions on Mandarin tones teaching and training methods by sharing my personal experience and summarizing them in this article. Additionally, I hope to outline more diverse, practical and effective training plans.