Dr. Kristy Liang
Teacher: Dr. Kristy Liang
Welcome! I am very pleased to have your child in my FLES (Foreign Language Early Start) class for the 2018-2019 school year. I am eager to help your child learn one of the world’s most beautiful languages, Mandarin Chinese.
Why FLES(Foreign Language Early Start)?
- Children, before the age of ten, are able to master the pronunciation of a foreign language.
- Children who have studied a foreign language show greater cognitive thinking in such areas as flexibility, creativity and divergent thinking.
- Children who have studied a foreign language develop a sense of openness to different people, and an appreciation of other cultures.
- If the study of a foreign language is continued in secondary school and beyond, there is a favorable result on the AP examination, and at the university level.
- Children who study a foreign language have a positive self-image and an impression of success at school.
- Those children who studied a foreign language have better results on standardized tests (in English) in reading, language arts and mathematics than those who have not studied a FL.
- Because of the results of brain researchers, we know that children learning a FL use a language acquisition area of the brain, before the age of 10; Those who begin later use a different area of the brain which is not the language acquisition area.
Lipton, G. 2010. Practical Handbook to Elementary FL Programs (FLES*). National FLES* Institute, PO Box 2632, Kensington, MD 20891, 5th Edition.
Dear parents, it's important that your child do oral practices at home as often as possible. You may click https://quizlet.com/kristy412
then go to my lesson or you may do the following:
Please go to www.quizlet.com, search Kristy412 with the starfish image.
- Click on any lesson you need.
- You may also simply click the link below to access my lessons online.
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District · Industry, CA
Please note, next to the some lesson numbers, there is http link that you may copy and paste for animated lessons.
VIDEO: Seven Wonders of China
VIDEO: Story of Nian
Send a text message to the number 81010 and type @klian