How I Taught My Daughter the Chinese Language? Part 1: Background and Strategy
A highly effective teaching approach that I developed through years of training test automation mentees.
Teaching children in migrant families their parents’ native language can be quite challenging, as they often resist learning it. I faced this struggle with Courtney, my daughter. However, by applying techniques from my Test Automation training, I found an effective method to teach her Chinese.
(2024–08–26): Part 2: The Method
Table of Contents:
· Started Wrong
· Correction
· The Strategy
· Courtney Passed HSK 5 with a High Score
Started Wrong
I started wrong as I did not teach my children (both born in Australia) Chinese at an early age, for two reasons:
1. My son (older) learned to speak quite late.
As new parents without any relatives in Australia, my wife and I worried that speaking Chinese at home might be the main cause. Consequently, we decided to stop speaking Chinese at home. Over time, our children grew up without knowing Chinese at all.
