I apparently don’t, but at least I’m not alone. I was just reading a story on Yahoo Sports about “NBC’s pronunciation conundrum in Beijing“ (August 15, 2008.) AP Journalist David Bauder writes about the pronunciation faux-pas of several American sports commentators as they report on the Olympic host city. The correct pronunciation is “Bay-jing” not “Bay-zhing”, which
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We’ve been celebrating the Olympics for the past couple of weeks in preschool French class. Whatever your language, teaching sports vocabulary is fun and active. Get your little ones on their feet with the Total Physical Response (TPR) method of language learning. Dr. James J. Asher developed this effective approach calling for physical movement
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I’m still trying to learn a little Mandarin Chinese in honor of the Beijing Olympics. I’m embarrassed to admit I haven’t made it too far past Hello and Goodbye: Ni hao - Hello Zai jian - Goodbye But now, thanks to Big Bird, I can add one more expression to my repertoire: Wo ai ni – I
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We’re going to be seeing a lot of the Olympic Rings in the next few weeks. Let me tell you a little about this official Olympic symbol and flag. Then you can have some foreign language fun learning to say the colors of the rings in English (ESL), French, Spanish, German, and Chinese. Help your
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Aren’t you excited? In a little over a week, the world’s eyes will be on Beijing for the Summer Olympic Games. Take advantage of this incredible opportunity to introduce kids to the country, culture, people, and languages of China. I’ll be dedicating several upcoming posts to Olympic themes and Chinese for kids. I’d love for
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A French teacher by trade, you can only imagine how much I love foreign languages. So, naturally, I look forward to the Olympics when they roll around. Sure, the sporting events are great. But for me, the real magic is in the flags, the cultures, and especially the languages. In just a few more weeks,
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