At what age to Chinese kids learn the latin alphabet?
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 at
3:43 pm
Is the latin alphabet present in a chinese person's surroundings [excluding the internet]? Also, when (if ever) do chinese students learn the latin alphabet. Lastly -- Do native chinese people use pinyin?
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I have been teaching ESL in China for the past five years. During the weekday mornings, I teach preschool and kindergarten students between the ages of 2 and 6. My preschool classes are learning their ABCs and simple words. My kinders are learning more complex words and simple sentences.
Chinese generally don’t use true pinyin (with tone markes), but I do see the romanized spellings (without tone markers)quite frequently. However, pinyin with tone markers is taught in kindergarten on up through grade school. At least in all the schools I have worked for. I really don’t see it anywhere else.