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Monday, 13 August 2018
Wednesday, 8 August 2018
#SoundMapping short story 8 - Zhu
Here we go for #SoundMapping short story 8 - zhu. The sounds are randomly picked by our story teller. We are recruiting more learners for our free pilot programme, please spread the words. Sign up here. https://goo.gl/forms/X1ykVvoIyqlrvk9J2
There was a pig lived in a bamboo plot, its owner cooked spiders to feed it and caused the pig to have tooth decay. The owner helped it to make a new tooth with pearl.
There was a pig lived in a bamboo plot, its owner cooked spiders to feed it and caused the pig to have tooth decay. The owner helped it to make a new tooth with pearl.
有一隻豬住在竹園，它的主人煮蜘蛛給它吃害它蛀牙，主人用珍珠幫助它做新牙
yǒu yī zhī zhū zhù zài zhú yuán ，tā de zhǔ rén zhǔ zhī zhū gěi tā chī hài tā zhù yá ，zhǔ rén yòng zhēn zhū bāng zhù tā zuò xīn yá chǐ
Thursday, 2 August 2018
#SoundMapping short story 7 - yin
Here we go for #SoundMapping short story 7 - yin. The sounds are randomly picked by our story teller. We are recruiting more learners for our free pilot programme, please spread the words. Sign up here. https://goo.gl/forms/X1ykVvoIyqlrvk9J2
dad is addicted to soft drinks and music. His bank manager told him on a cloudy day to ignite the seal because it will stop the addiction.
dad is addicted to soft drinks and music. His bank manager told him on a cloudy day to ignite the seal because it will stop the addiction.
爸爸對飲料和音樂上癮，他的銀行經理叫他在陰天引爆印章因為會戒癮
bà bà duì yǐn liào hé yīn yuè shàng yǐn ，tā de yín háng jīng lǐ jiào tā zài yīn tiān yǐn bào yìn zhāng yīn wéi huì jiè yǐn
| 字 | 詞 | 拼音 | 英文 |
| 飲 | 飲料 | yǐn liào | soft drinks |
| 音 | 音樂 | yīn yuè | music |
| 隱 | 上癮 | shàng yǐn | addicted |
| 銀 | 銀行 | yín háng | bank |
| 陰 | 陰天 | yīn tiān | cloudy day |
| 引 | 引爆 | yǐn bào | ignite |
| 印 | 印章 | yìn zhāng | seal |
| 因 | 因為 | yīn wéi | Because |
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
#SoundMapping short story 6 - feng
On a windy summit, a bee
saw a crazy person
dressed as a pheonix
who was sewing a maple leaf to his sack, then he sealed it.
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Saturday, 21 July 2018
#SoundMapping short story 5 - Song
In Song dynasty, a squirrel was praising the high mountain on a high pine tree, a pine marten delivered a losely tied gift, the squirrel opened it and was horrified to find cutlery inside.
在宋朝，有一隻松鼠在高聳的松樹上歌頌嵩山，松貂送來一個鬆綁的禮物，松鼠驚悚的打開，發現刀叉在裡面
zài sòng cháo ，yǒu yī zhī sōng shǔ zài gāo sǒng de sōng shù shàng gē sòng sōng shān ，sōng diāo sòng lái yī gè sòng bǎng de lǐ wù ，sōng shǔ jīng sǒng de dǎ kāi ，fā xiàn dāo chā zài lǐ miàn
字 詞 拼音 英文
1 sòng 宋 宋朝 sòng cháo Song dynasty
2 sōng 松 松鼠 sōng shǔ squirrel
3 sǒng 聳 高聳 gāo sǒng towering
4 sōng 松 松樹 sōng shù pine tree
5 sòng 頌 歌頌 gē sòng praise
6 sōng 嵩 嵩山 sōng shān high mountain
7 sōng 松 松貂 sōng diāo pine marten
8 sòng 送 送來 sòng lái give, deliver
9 sòng 鬆 鬆綁 sòng bǎng lose, flaky
10 sǒng 悚 驚悚 jīng sǒng horrify
Monday, 16 July 2018
#SoundMapping short story 4 - pa
Dad brought some loquats and braised meat to mountain climbing. He over heard a pickpocket say that he had stolen a Pipa, he fearfully wraped the loquat in his handkerchief and lied on his stomach in a pile of raked grass.
爸爸帶枇杷和扒肉去爬山，路上他聽到掱手說偷了別人的琵琶，他害怕的用手帕包他的枇杷，趴在耙草堆裡。
bà bà dài pí pá hé pā ròu qù pá shān ，lù shàng tā tīng dào pá shǒu shuō tōu le bié rén de pí pá ，tā hài pà de yòng shǒu pà bāo tā de pí pá ，pā zài pá cǎo duī lǐ 。
Thursday, 12 July 2018
#SoundMapping short story 3 - fa
Ready for our 3rd #SoundMapping short story?
Here we go - fa.
1 fà 髮 fà hair
2 fǎ 法 法國人 fǎ guó rén Franch
3 fā 發 發呆 fā dāi daydreaming
4 fà 琺 琺瑯杯 fà láng bēi cloisonne cup
5 fá 筏 竹筏 zhú fá bamboo raft
6 fá 罰 罰 fá punishment
7 fá 伐 伐木 fá mù cut tree
8 fá 筏 木筏 mù fá raft
There was a red haired French eating in a restaurant, a daydreaming waiter accidently spilled the soup from a cloisonne cup to the bamboo raft. The boss very angrily told him to chop trees at the back and make a new raft as a punishment.
有一個紅髮的法國人在餐廳吃飯一個發呆的服務生不小心把琺瑯杯裡的湯倒出來在竹筏上。老闆很生氣的罰他去後面伐木做木筏
yǒu yī gè hóng fà de fǎ guó rén zài cān tīng chī fàn ，yī gè fā dāi de fú wù shēng bù xiǎo xīn bǎ fà láng bēi lǐ de tāng dào chū lái zài zhú fá shàng 。lǎo bǎn hěn shēng qì de fá tā qù hòu miàn fá mù zuò mù fá
Here we go - fa.
1 fà 髮 fà hair
2 fǎ 法 法國人 fǎ guó rén Franch
3 fā 發 發呆 fā dāi daydreaming
4 fà 琺 琺瑯杯 fà láng bēi cloisonne cup
5 fá 筏 竹筏 zhú fá bamboo raft
6 fá 罰 罰 fá punishment
7 fá 伐 伐木 fá mù cut tree
8 fá 筏 木筏 mù fá raft
There was a red haired French eating in a restaurant, a daydreaming waiter accidently spilled the soup from a cloisonne cup to the bamboo raft. The boss very angrily told him to chop trees at the back and make a new raft as a punishment.
有一個紅髮的法國人在餐廳吃飯一個發呆的服務生不小心把琺瑯杯裡的湯倒出來在竹筏上。老闆很生氣的罰他去後面伐木做木筏
yǒu yī gè hóng fà de fǎ guó rén zài cān tīng chī fàn ，yī gè fā dāi de fú wù shēng bù xiǎo xīn bǎ fà láng bēi lǐ de tāng dào chū lái zài zhú fá shàng 。lǎo bǎn hěn shēng qì de fá tā qù hòu miàn fá mù zuò mù fá
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
#SoundMapping short stories 2 - ma
Exciting news! DSMC and its team have created an innovative way of learning Chinese - #SoundMapping short stories. We are looking for learners to take part in this free pilot programme of this new methodology. Sign up here. https://goo.gl/forms/5sCi4uTlU1Hjz8UJ2
The first sound we introduced was ba. Here's the second - ma.
1 mā 媽 媽媽 mā mā mom
2 mǎ 碼 碼頭 mǎ tóu pier
3 má 麻 麻辣 má là spicy
4 mǎ 螞 螞蟻 mǎ yǐ ant
5 mà 罵 mà give out
6 má 嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what!
7 má 蟆 蛤蟆 há má toad
8 ma 嗎 ma question particle
9 mǎ 馬 馬上 mǎ shàng horse / instantly
10 mǎ 瑪 瑪瑙 mǎ nǎo agate
Mom went to a pier restaurant to eat the spicy hotpot, there were ants in the hotpot. She gave out to the chef: What! Are you a toad? The chef instantly gave her a new pot, mom was happy as she found an agate inside.
媽媽去碼頭餐廳吃麻辣火鍋， 火鍋裡有螞蟻。他罵廚師：幹嘛！你是蛤蟆嗎？ 廚師馬上給他一鍋新的火鍋，媽媽開心的找到一個瑪瑙。
mā mā qù mǎ tóu cān tīng chī má là huǒ guō ， huǒ guō lǐ yǒu mǎ yǐ 。tā mà chú shī ：gàn má ！nǐ shì há má ma ？ chú shī mǎ shàng gěi tā yī guō xīn de huǒ guō ，mā mā kāi xīn de zhǎo dào yī gè mǎ nǎo 。
The first sound we introduced was ba. Here's the second - ma.
1 mā 媽 媽媽 mā mā mom
2 mǎ 碼 碼頭 mǎ tóu pier
3 má 麻 麻辣 má là spicy
4 mǎ 螞 螞蟻 mǎ yǐ ant
5 mà 罵 mà give out
6 má 嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what!
7 má 蟆 蛤蟆 há má toad
8 ma 嗎 ma question particle
9 mǎ 馬 馬上 mǎ shàng horse / instantly
10 mǎ 瑪 瑪瑙 mǎ nǎo agate
Mom went to a pier restaurant to eat the spicy hotpot, there were ants in the hotpot. She gave out to the chef: What! Are you a toad? The chef instantly gave her a new pot, mom was happy as she found an agate inside.
媽媽去碼頭餐廳吃麻辣火鍋， 火鍋裡有螞蟻。他罵廚師：幹嘛！你是蛤蟆嗎？ 廚師馬上給他一鍋新的火鍋，媽媽開心的找到一個瑪瑙。
mā mā qù mǎ tóu cān tīng chī má là huǒ guō ， huǒ guō lǐ yǒu mǎ yǐ 。tā mà chú shī ：gàn má ！nǐ shì há má ma ？ chú shī mǎ shàng gěi tā yī guō xīn de huǒ guō ，mā mā kāi xīn de zhǎo dào yī gè mǎ nǎo 。
Monday, 9 July 2018
Monday, 2 July 2018
If you are teaching Chinese in Ireland, please support and sign the petition https://chn.ge/2KANPWp via @Change in aiming to get official recognition of Chinese as a subject by the teaching council of Ireland. Thank you for supporting the petition.
Teaching Council/Department of Education to recognise Chinese language as a subject
China has a population of over 1.35 billion, the potential consumer market in China offers enormous opportunities for enterprises around the world. China is not the only country in which Chinese (AKA Mandarin) is the official language. Countries such as Singapore and Taiwan which have a combined population of 36 million also speak Chinese as their official language. Furthermore, 80% of the Japanese characters (Kanji) express the same meanings as Chinese. Japan is the 3rd largest economy in the world in 2017. Taiwan and Singapore which ranked 22nd and 40th respectively (World GDP ranking, 2017).
Five English speaking countries (UK, US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada) have established the importance of learning Chinese for decades. It has been ten years since the first post-primary school in Ireland took on a Chinese course. Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education was published in December 2017 and prioritises Chinese in the implementation plan. The teaching council in Ireland is currently registering 98,000 teachers in 37 subjects annually. However, Chinese has not yet been a recognised subject.
This petition is aiming to get official recognition of Chinese as a subject by the teaching council of Ireland in order to get as many teachers teaching Chinese as a subject in all areas such as primary, post-primary, private, extra curriculum and Chinese heritage schools as possible.
中国的人口超过13.5亿，中国的潜在消费市场为全球企业提供了庞大的机会。中国并不是唯一以中文为官方语言的国家。新加坡和台湾人口总数为3600万也都以中文为官方语言。此外，80％的日文汉字与中文意思相同。日本是2017年全球第三大经济，台湾和新加坡分别排名第22和第40位。
五个英语系国家（英国，美国，澳大利亚，纽西兰和加拿大）已经公认学习中文的重要性几十年了。爱尔兰第一所中学开办中文课程已经有十年了。爱尔兰的外语教育策略于2017年12月发布，中文在实施计划中占首项。 爱尔兰教学委员会目前每年由37个科目注册98,000名教师。不过，中文课程还未被认可。
这个请愿旨在争取爱尔兰教学委员会尽可能尽快正式承认中文科目，以便让许多在中，小学，私立学校，课后课程和各中文学校等所有领域教授中文之教师登记为合格教师。
中國的人口超過13.5億，中國的潛在消費市場爲全球企業提供了龐大的機會。中國並不是唯一以中文爲官方語言的國家。新加坡和台灣人口總數爲3600萬也都以中文爲官方語言。此外，80％的日文漢字與中文意思相同。日本是2017年全球第三大經濟，台灣和新加坡分別排名第22和第40位。
五個英語系國家（英國，美國，澳大利亞，紐西蘭和加拿大）已經公認學習中文的重要性幾十年了。愛爾蘭第一所中學開辦中文課程已經有十年了。愛爾蘭的外語教育策略于2017年12月發布，中文在實施計劃中占首項。 愛爾蘭教學委員會目前每年由37個科目注冊98,000名教師。不過，中文課程還未被認可。
這個請願旨在爭取愛爾蘭教學委員會盡可能盡快正式承認中文科目，以便讓許多在中，小學，私立學校，課後課程和各中文學校等所有領域教授中文之教師登記爲合格教師。
Teaching Council/Department of Education to recognise Chinese language as a subject
China has a population of over 1.35 billion, the potential consumer market in China offers enormous opportunities for enterprises around the world. China is not the only country in which Chinese (AKA Mandarin) is the official language. Countries such as Singapore and Taiwan which have a combined population of 36 million also speak Chinese as their official language. Furthermore, 80% of the Japanese characters (Kanji) express the same meanings as Chinese. Japan is the 3rd largest economy in the world in 2017. Taiwan and Singapore which ranked 22nd and 40th respectively (World GDP ranking, 2017).
Five English speaking countries (UK, US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada) have established the importance of learning Chinese for decades. It has been ten years since the first post-primary school in Ireland took on a Chinese course. Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education was published in December 2017 and prioritises Chinese in the implementation plan. The teaching council in Ireland is currently registering 98,000 teachers in 37 subjects annually. However, Chinese has not yet been a recognised subject.
This petition is aiming to get official recognition of Chinese as a subject by the teaching council of Ireland in order to get as many teachers teaching Chinese as a subject in all areas such as primary, post-primary, private, extra curriculum and Chinese heritage schools as possible.
中国的人口超过13.5亿，中国的潜在消费市场为全球企业提供了庞大的机会。中国并不是唯一以中文为官方语言的国家。新加坡和台湾人口总数为3600万也都以中文为官方语言。此外，80％的日文汉字与中文意思相同。日本是2017年全球第三大经济，台湾和新加坡分别排名第22和第40位。
五个英语系国家（英国，美国，澳大利亚，纽西兰和加拿大）已经公认学习中文的重要性几十年了。爱尔兰第一所中学开办中文课程已经有十年了。爱尔兰的外语教育策略于2017年12月发布，中文在实施计划中占首项。 爱尔兰教学委员会目前每年由37个科目注册98,000名教师。不过，中文课程还未被认可。
这个请愿旨在争取爱尔兰教学委员会尽可能尽快正式承认中文科目，以便让许多在中，小学，私立学校，课后课程和各中文学校等所有领域教授中文之教师登记为合格教师。
中國的人口超過13.5億，中國的潛在消費市場爲全球企業提供了龐大的機會。中國並不是唯一以中文爲官方語言的國家。新加坡和台灣人口總數爲3600萬也都以中文爲官方語言。此外，80％的日文漢字與中文意思相同。日本是2017年全球第三大經濟，台灣和新加坡分別排名第22和第40位。
五個英語系國家（英國，美國，澳大利亞，紐西蘭和加拿大）已經公認學習中文的重要性幾十年了。愛爾蘭第一所中學開辦中文課程已經有十年了。愛爾蘭的外語教育策略于2017年12月發布，中文在實施計劃中占首項。 愛爾蘭教學委員會目前每年由37個科目注冊98,000名教師。不過，中文課程還未被認可。
這個請願旨在爭取愛爾蘭教學委員會盡可能盡快正式承認中文科目，以便讓許多在中，小學，私立學校，課後課程和各中文學校等所有領域教授中文之教師登記爲合格教師。
Monday, 10 July 2017
Monday, 8 May 2017
Sunday, 26 February 2017
Mandarin language should be offered for Leaving Certificate Exams
Mandarin language should be offered for Leaving Cert. as it's offered for Ancient Greek, Hebrew & Japanese as well as non-curricular EU languages.
This is the letter that I am sending to the Minister of Education & Skills. Richard Bruton T.D. (minister@education.gov.ie) as well as my local politicians and I hope you will too.
To whom it may concerned:
Re Mandarin Chinese should be included in the Leaving Cert curriculum.
Re Mandarin Chinese should be included in the Leaving Cert curriculum.
Dear Minister
I am writing to you to express my passion re subject matter and would like to pledge your support to push this matter further as soon as possible.
According to the census in 2006, there were 11,161 Chinese speaking people living in Ireland. In 2011, this numbers has increased to 15,166. In the same report Japanese speakers were 1,309 by comparison. Other languages which are included in the curriculum such as Hebrew and Greek don't even make it to the chart. Giving the increasing numbers of Chinese speakers in Ireland census after census, it's only fair that they have an equal opportunity to have the language recognised be accredited for entering 3rd level education.
Ireland has known for their equality law given to the recent marriage referendum. Quote from IHREC: Irish law prohibits discrimination and promotes equality in a wide range of areas. Article 40.1 of the Constitution of Ireland states that “[a]ll citizens shall, as human persons, be held equal before the law”. The Irish courts regularly apply the equality guarantee in the Constitution in their case law.
These are some reasons why Mandarin should be added to the Leaving Cert.
1) 845 million speak Mandarin as a first language, as compared to English with 328 million.
2) China is one of the world's largest and fastest growing economies.
3) There are 3,533 Chinese pupils aged 15 years and over resident in Ireland in 2011 and this number is increasing.
4) There are more than 5,000 pupils who are currently taking Chinese studies.
5) The UK has offered Chinese as an exam subject since 2009 and last year nearly 4,000 pupils sat the Chinese exam.
4 years ago, the then minister of education announced that Mandarin Chinese will soon be an exam subject on leaving cert. But as yet there's no time frame for when this will take place. I sincerely hope you will make this happen and make history! Thank you for your time in this.
regards
Evan Furlong
Sign petition here.
Ref:
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
萬聖節快樂 Happy Halloween
See what we have planned for you at this Halloween!
We have presentation about Halloween vs Ghost Festival and see the similarities in both and differences too.
We will also be learning a new Halloween song, thanks to the Win Brothers!
Can't have a Halloween without the popular traditional games like bingo and bowling!
Finally, we will be finishing our class with Chinese painting workshop and we are painting pumpkin!
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We have presentation about Halloween vs Ghost Festival and see the similarities in both and differences too.
We will also be learning a new Halloween song, thanks to the Win Brothers!
Can't have a Halloween without the popular traditional games like bingo and bowling!
Finally, we will be finishing our class with Chinese painting workshop and we are painting pumpkin!
http://prezi.com/iyvn4cyxqdzn/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
Summer Mandarin Chinese Immersion camp in Dublin 2016
Summer Mandarin Chinese Immersion Camp is now enrolling!
July 11-15, 2016 from 10:00-15:00.
Click here for application
July 11-15, 2016 from 10:00-15:00.
Click here for application
Thursday, 24 September 2015
Paper tearing collage 撕畫 sī huà
Paper tearing collage.
撕畫 sī huà
Happy mid-autumn festival!!
中秋節快樂zhōng qiū jié kuài lè!!
I was inspired by a book I read and thought it would be a cool project for children to do 撕畫 sī huà. I was looking for cotton & Kraft paper and no one has heard of paper tearing collage! Glad to be the first to show the kids!
撕畫 sī huà
Happy mid-autumn festival!!
中秋節快樂zhōng qiū jié kuài lè!!
I was inspired by a book I read and thought it would be a cool project for children to do 撕畫 sī huà. I was looking for cotton & Kraft paper and no one has heard of paper tearing collage! Glad to be the first to show the kids!
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Friday, 24 April 2015
Comics and Instagram in the class
Comics fun! We took a paragraph and turn it into comics. Children really enjoyed this activity, a great way to learn!
DSMC Instagram
DSMC Instagram
DSMC's summer camp 2015
2015 Mandarin summer camp will be hold for one week only from 6th to 10th July this year. The popular hands on routines such as Chinese arts and crafts & Chinese culinary are there but our main theme for this year would be DIY toys so book your child/children's places now. Detail timetable will be out soon.
Voki
Take my Voki avatar's challenge! See how many questions can you answer in 60 seconds! A great tool to engage children and encourage them to create one too!
Take the Voki challenge!
Take the Voki challenge!
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