M idway through a UW Tacoma language study being conducted at Life Christian Academy, five classes of first- and second-graders are speaking, reading and writing Chinese. The purpose of the year-long Project CSL (Chinese as a Second Language) grant is to explore and assess the best ways to teach Chinese to English speakers. “The traditional way of teaching Chinese language to English speakers is almost entirely by memorization,” said Jenny Yang, who teaches the interactive curriculum to each class for 30 minutes a day, four days a week. “I believe we will see this method is more successful … when they are engaged by the stories, music, art, and culture, they learn the language almost without trying.”
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Young Tacoma students learning Chinese thanks to project
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