This week
Ming's Mandarin
Ming is making steady progress at the Emerging level. Building a core vocabulary and starting to use it in short phrases.
Sessions
6
this month
Words mastered
38
all-time
Current level
Emerging
placement-based
Attendance
92%
last 4 weeks
Recent strengths
- ✓ Family vocabulary — confident with 妈妈, 爸爸, 哥哥, 妹妹.
- ✓ Building short greetings independently.
- ✓ Recognising pinyin tones in familiar words.
Recent review areas
- • Places and Directions — needs another short practice.
- • Feelings and Descriptions — needs another short practice.
- • Pronouncing third-tone shifts in two-character words.
How you can help at home
Try one of these short, low-pressure ideas this week. None of this is homework — it's just gentle exposure.
Family words
Point and name family members in Mandarin at dinner.
Around the home
Stick small notes with 家, 门, 书 on familiar objects.
Listen together
Play one Mandarin song from the playlist on the way to school.