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请用上、下、左、右、前、后、边上、中间等描述人或物的位置。答案不止一个哦，快来试试看吧！ 来试着描述一下吧！

#DuduTown #learnchinese #speakchinese

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请用上、下、左、右、前、后、边上、中间等描述人或物的位置。答案不止一个哦，快来试试看吧！ 来试着描述一下吧！

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Useful Method to Learn Reading: Read Chinese text in 30 SECONDS (HSK2-HSK6)

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Useful Method to Learn Reading: Read Chinese text in 30 SECONDS (HSK2-HSK6)

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小伙伴们，快来试一试能在文字消失前读完吗？

#DuduTown #learnchinese #chineseforkids

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授权摘录自耕读园出版刊物《耘集》
作者  林怡辰老师——教学达人，台湾国小老师

亲子阅读的重要性众所皆知，只是对于一般家长来说，太多的咨询，似乎将亲子阅读看得太重，实施起来难免让人压力重重，其实亲子阅读可以很简单！本文即从简单的分享策略等，让亲子阅读简单在每日日常中，方便实施，让孩子培养阅读习惯，提升阅读兴趣。

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亲子阅读的重要性众所皆知，只是对于一般家长来说，太多的咨询，似乎将亲子阅读看得太重，实施起来难免让人压力重重，其实亲子阅读可以很简单！

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Dudu: Chinese Adaptive Reading Programme for Multilingual Kids

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Dudu: Chinese Adaptive Reading Programme for Multilingual Kids

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Dudu is Singapore first personalised Chinese learning system for students to improve their command of the Chinese language through self-paced reading.

Adaptive placement tests for determining reading ability, award-winning eBooks, narrations with Hanyu Pinyin annotations, engaging games and quizzes, and inbuilt dictionary make the learning of the Chinese language to be fun, interactive and effective!

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Dudu for Home - Learning Chinese can be easy and fun!

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在嘟嘟Youtube官方频道上，我们也会分享许多免费资源以及学习华文辅助资料！是听故事和学习华文的好地方，快来体验学习华文的乐趣吧！

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提升成绩不好的孩子学习动机

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提升成绩不好的孩子学习动机

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授权转载自Jessy老师加油站公众号
作者 Jessy Tu 涂馨文 - 著名对外汉语教育专家

很多老师问我如何提升学生的学习动机，尤其是中学生，他们脱离了小学生活，开始建立独立的个体。将不好的学习状态归罪于青春期的叛逆，故意摆脱父母和师长的反击，似乎以偏概全了。

我一直也在找答案，好奇究竟是老师自己教学备课不够好的责任，还是学生本身对语言或某个科目没有兴趣是主因。

那么老师可以扮演什么角色？我们可以怎么做才能让学生愿意好好学习？

继续阅读：http://bit.ly/DuduBlog-TeacherJessy

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阅读理解是语文学习重中之重

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阅读理解是语文学习重中之重

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授权摘录自耕读园出版刊物《耘集》作者  陈君宝——耕读园创办人

阅读理解能力与素养，被视为21世纪语文教育的核心素养。因应教育以素养为导向的新趋势，培养学生在多元复杂的信息环境中，拥有能力进行严谨的思考，形成明确的理解，进而建构意义与反思，是教育者在阅读教育上刻不容缓的任务。在追寻的尽头，总是藏有另一个问题引领我们走向下一段历程;在这学习的旅程中，“阅读”和“理解”是带领我们前进的关键能力。

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阅读理解一直以来就是语文教学的重中之重，也一直是考试评估的重点，各个学校都很重视这方面技能的训练，像学校推行"可视化学习"（making thinking visible），也是希望能借助各种思维导图，提升学生阅读思考的能力。阅读理解从三年级以上就可以推行，甚至可以加入其他教学方法，让学生掌握主动、自学的能力。

阅读理解教学，在准备设计教案确实必须多花一些心思和时间，去思考教学重点是什么，要学生掌握什么能力。设计好了教学，也比较有节奏和方向。

在课堂教学时，老师先让学生默读几段，然后摘取信息，整理成表格。不过，学生会有点不知所措，因为以往老师都画好表格让他们直接填写，所以这部分就花了较多时间。接下来，原本设计了一个表格，让他们整理事件的前因后果，但因为时间不足，只好口头引导。学生们基本上都能对答，但若要他们从文中找线索，就能力不足了。只要多一些时间练习，相信学生一定能够很快地掌握阅读理解能力，提升他们对语文学习的兴趣及主动自学的能力。

阅读理解掌握得好，未来的学习空间会更大。一些教师已经开始应用阅读理解在课堂教学，他们都看见效果，也非常支持读理解教学。

阅读本超然，掌握阅读能力，就是掌握自学能力。我认为，推行阅读理解的技能训练尤为重要。拥有阅读理解能力的人，再授予他各种教学策略，他都能变出有深度的戏法。

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阅读理解一直以来就是语文教学的重中之重，也一直是考试评估的重点，各个学校都很重视这方面技能的训练，像学校推行"可视化学习"（making thinking visible），也是希望能借助各种思维导图，提升学生阅读思考的能力。阅读理解从三年级以上就可以推行，甚至可以加入其他教学方法，让学生掌握主动、自学的能力。 ...

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The Fun Way to Help Your Child Learn Chinese - and Love It!

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The Fun Way to Help Your Child Learn Chinese - and Love It!

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What if my child doesn’t want to learn Chinese anymore?

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Help Your Child to Become Confident Learning Chinese

You may have hired a personal tutor who drilled your son or daughter. You've tried talking to them or even packed them off to holiday camps in China, but they still have no passion for Chinese.

So how can you help your child have a more enjoyable reading experience and encourage them to read more in this language?

Well, instead of turning into a drill sergeant, here's how to teach Chinese in a fun way in just five easy steps.

Step 1
Borrow a few exciting picture books from the library, that are just below your child's reading level. If you're not sure of this, then choose books of varying levels of difficulty just in case.

Step 2
Pick a calm time (on the weekend or before bedtime Friday night) when your child is relaxed and can snuggle in their pyjamas. Then take out the books and ask them to help you read. Or read the books aloud together.

Step 3
Make reading fun so your child associates Chinese with something positive! Tell the story as if it happened to you and ask engaging questions, e.g.

'Why is the rabbit red?' or 'What do you think will happen next?' to start a conversation about the story with your child.

But DON'T look for the right answers or make it into a Q&A session. There are no right or wrong answers when it comes to talking about stories.

But DO keep your child in suspense by not finishing the story, until they can bear it no longer, then...

Step 4
...Let your child finish reading the book, and have fun changing the story or coming up with new endings. If Chinese is not your first language, help each other make sense of the words by using an online dictionary.

Step 5
Finally, story time can be a wonderful opportunity for bonding. So try to read with your child as often as possible, with lots of love, hugs and encouragement.

Gradually you can fix a time for storytelling and not only will your relationship with your child improve, they'll become more creative and their eyes will light up when it's time to read a Chinese story with you.

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The Fun Way to Help Your Child Learn Chinese

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You may have hired a personal tutor who drilled your son or daughter. You've tried talking to them or even packed them off to holiday camps in China, but they still have no passion for Chinese. So how can you help your child have a more enjoyable reading experience and encourage them to read more in this language?

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We appreciate teachers who are looking into additional teaching resources to help the students.   There will be privileged rates available for school bulk purchase.

Email us at biz@commontown.com for a demo session.

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Reading Expert Jessy Tu: Two Useful Methods to Teach Reading | 超高效阅读教学法

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Reading Expert Jessy Tu: Two Useful Methods to Teach Reading | 超高效阅读教学法

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Bring new skills back to your classroom and transfer knowledge to others.

Students’ reading skills is never established via limited vocabulary, syntax or content from their textbooks. One needs long term guidance and support from parents and teachers to help him/her developing the foundation and the passion in reading.

达人分享系列: 提升成绩不好的孩子学习动机 - https://bit.ly/DuduBlog-TeacherJessy

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Raffles Group of Schools & BKPBM Inter - School Chinese Competition ｜ 汉语大赛优秀作品

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Raffles Group of Schools & BKPBM Inter - School Chinese Competition ｜ 汉语大赛优秀作品

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2021 Raffles Christian School, Jakarta & BKPBM Chinese Competition
(Jakarta, 23 January 2021)

“The Next Generation of Chinese Language Talents”
莱佛士学校集团与雅加达华文教育协调机构
“汉语栋梁”校际汉语大赛

* Apologies for lower video quality as it is recorded from online streaming
* All stories used in the competition were selected from Dudu.

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纸盘小恐龙

杨胡平--冰心儿童文学新作奖获奖作家

https://dudu.town/blog/3035792/paper-plates-dinosaur

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叶子小刺猬

杨胡平--冰心儿童文学新作奖获奖作家

https://dudu.town/blog/3036104/leave-hedgehog

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In a nutshell, games are fun! And as Raph Koster, game designer and author suggests: “ fun is really just another word for learning ”. And fun not only motivates children to learn but also lead to lasting memories.

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It's just before bedtime and you would love your son to snuggle up and read one of his Chinese books, but he finds the Chinese language so hard that he's completely lost interest in reading.

Or perhaps you have a daughter who has no trouble sitting down to read, but still struggles to sound out Chinese words on her own.

You might even be a teacher whose students don't like to read any books at all, but will happily stay glued to their Nintendo Switch for hours.

In these challenging times, it's not easy to take kids to the library. And as a busy parent or teacher, you may not always have the time to browse through all the titles available online.

Even when bookshops are well stocked with Chinese books, most of the popular stories are often sold out. And when you finally find a book that actually matches a child's reading level, you may still find that they would rather blast zombies on their phones than read a Chinese book to you out loud.

Can Children Learn to Love Reading Chinese Books?

But is it possible for children to become so gripped by Chinese language books, that their friends or siblings start asking to read too? Or for students to enjoy reading more than one book a week, instead of struggling for weeks over a page? And could you imagine your child with his chest puffed out as he reads his first Chinese book by himself?

So why can't children learn Chinese vocabulary as quickly as they crush candies in video games?

The truth is that children can grow to enjoy Chinese books, by playing games that help them learn to read.

Why Educational Games Help Children Learn

In a nutshell, games are fun! And as Raph Koster, game designer and author suggests: " fun is really just another word for learning ". And fun not only motivates children to learn but also lead to lasting memories.

And fun not only engages children, it leads to learning. research shows a strong link between students who are engaged with their studies and better results at school. As children experience the positive feelings that come with playing games, it not only keeps them engaged during learning for longer, it also helps them focus more on the topic they are learning. The longer students spend time on a subject, the more likely they are to do well at school.

Studies show that games led to a 90% increase in retention when learning and up to a 300% increase in completed tasks . Playing games also boosts long-term retention of vocabulary, with both players and watchers of digital games outperforming readers as long as three months later in tests . In short, the longer students spend time on a subject, the more likely they are to do well at school. Eventually they discover that it is possible to have fun and learn at the same time!

Not All Games Are Created Equal

Not all games are suitable for learning. So what games can engage students, allow them to have fun and yet help improve their learning?

Games are fun when an activity is so enjoyable and motivating that the student's attention is captured so completely that the rest of the world seems to disappear. This is a state known as "flow".

When people are in a state of flow, they become highly focused , less aware of themselves, experience an altered sense of time and feel in complete control of their actions . This flow state then sparks feelings of fun, pleasure and enjoyment that lead to better learning and performance.
So How Does Flow Make a Game Great for Learning?

According to Psychologist Csikszentmihalyi there are several main components of flow :

On the other hand if the task is too hard, this may cause the player frustration or anxiety and they also give up. A game must find a balance between task difficulty and the player's skill to achieve flow.

So how can you get hold of fun video games that will keep children in flow?

Well Dudu has combined state-of-the-art Support Vector Machine technology and Item Response Theory, to develop an adaptive reading platform that not only suggests suitable online books that matches a child's reading age, but also automatically recommends fun games at the right level.

So to get instant access to our online library of over 600 beautifully illustrated interactive books, complete with great games that will keep children in the flow state, simply sign up here today.

Soon you'll be subscribed to an adaptive reading program that will not only give your child a real sense of achievement, but will help students read more than one Chinese book a week and might even help them get better grades in school.

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It's just before bedtime and you would love your son to snuggle up and read one of his Chinese books, but he finds the Chinese language so hard that he's completely lost interest in reading. Or perhaps you have a daughter who has no trouble sitting down to read, but still struggles to sound out Chinese words on her own.

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Looking for a way to engage your child while coping with work at home?

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Looking for a way to engage your child while coping with work at home?

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Dudu books incorporate the Dialogic Reading Technique (Dialogic Prompts) to encourage children to talk about the illustrations, recall events, retell the story and what’s more importantly, relate these conversations to their own life experience.

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Parents, are you looking for something more to engage your child? Sometimes you may have to work from home and still struggle to give time to your energetic child as well.

Now with Dudu books, you can easily engage your child and what's more, transform them into a critical and creative thinker!

Dudu books incorporate the Dialogic Reading Technique (Dialogic Prompts) to encourage children to talk about the illustrations, recall events, retell the story and what's more importantly, relate these conversations to their own life experience.

These activities enable them to develop deep understanding of vocabulary, conceptual knowledge, and thinking skills. These are essential skills for formal schooling.

You can develop your child easily by simply incorporating FIVE types of easy to apply prompts in read alongs with your child. Just remember CROWD!

1. Completion prompts
A quick fill-in-the-blank technique to prompt your child for right answers.
(e.g., "During the school work holidays, who visited granny.")

2. Recall prompts
A reliable approach to help your child recall the details of the story.
(e.g., "What was granny doing in the kitchen?")

3. Open-ended questions
An effective way to let your child express their thoughts in their own words.
(e.g., What do you see in this picture?")

4. Wh- prompts: What, Where, Why questions
A fail-safe method to develop deeper understanding of words and concepts.
(e.g., Why was granny crying?")

5. Distancing prompts
Reading experts' favorite practice to help children develop new concepts by linking new ideas in stories to incidents in their lives.
(e.g., What will you do if you are with granny?")

Through these promptings, your child will grow in critical thinking and imagination. Come, let's give this CROWD approach a try!

Download one of our ebooks which has dialogic questions on every page to kickstart these five types of prompts with your child. You will also get a fun craft activity specifically linked to this book.

Or, you can click here to watch our Dudu ebook with audio narration and dialogic questions.

Enjoy a great parent-child bonding time!

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Parents, are you looking for something more to engage your child? Sometimes you may have to work from home and still struggle to give time to your energetic child as well. Now with Dudu books, you can easily engage your child and what's more, transform them into a critical and creative thinker!