During the discussion, I mentioned that many Chinese teachers are teaching Pinyin wrongly causing many kids to shut down/disengage from learning to read.
One of my friends quickly retorted that this statement was uncalled for. We had a healthy discussion on this matter.
Yesterday, 6.9.24 I read an article on LinkedIn written by Scanning Pens entitled
‘5 Things we learned about kids with dyslexia on the first day of the new school year…’
Here are a few extracts and my comments.
Scanning Pens:
The new school year is a fresh start for everyone, but a lot of kids with dyslexia might not be able to get over a challenging report card or low results so easily, especially if the achievement has been impacted. It helps if teachers can emphasise that every assignment is a clean slate— it’s all about learning and building from last year, not letting it dictate their story.
A PRC politician wants schools to spend more time teaching Pinyin.
You may read the full article here.
The following are extracts and my comments.
Xu Xudong (徐旭東/徐旭东), a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and a professor at Central China Normal University in Wuhan, is advocating that public schools in China allocate substantially more time to the teaching of Hanyu Pinyin.
