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"We focused on characters, tone pronunciations, and a bit writing today. First we reviewed the 12 animals and numbers in characters for preparation of writing sentence of one's age, like "I'm __ years old". Than we practiced the tones in simple syllable and then asked the students to recognize the tones from the characters of the vocabulary we did today. At the end of the session, every one wrote the sentence of expressing one's age in Chinese characters. Students also learned to write their own Chinese horoscopes. "

"Each week, we continue to build upon the previous week's phrases and vocabulary, while learning new vocabulary. We practiced mixing previous phrases with new phrases so the student understands how to construct, deconstruct, and organize sentences on her own. Today's focus was on her likes, dislikes, and vocabulary of foods. She is a quick learner and, through continued repetition, she can gradually master the intonations to perfect her pronunciation. Pronunciation is a core focus right now in each session, as that is key for her to progress in conversational Chinese."