by Raquel Carvalho
SCMP article based around the release of The Zubin Foundation's research report: Securing a Good Start for students of Chinese as an Additional Language in Kindergarten. (click here for original report).
The study found teachers struggle with a lack of instructional resources and materials for non-native speakers to learn the Chinese language.
Foundation project manager Maggie Holmes, one of the study’s authors, believed the heart of the problem to be a lack of instructional resources for teachers, who are often busy and have difficulty giving individualised attention.
Raquel Carvalho, Mkurugenzi wa SCPM, anaandika makala inayozunguka ripoti ya utafiti wa The Zubin Foundation: Kuhifadhi Mwanzo Mzuri kwa Wanafunzi wa Kichina kama Lugha ya Ziada katika Shule ya Watoto. (Bonyeza hapa kwa ripoti ya awali). Utafiti huo uligundua walimu wanashindana na ukosefu wa rasilimali za mafundisho na vifaa kwa wasemaji wasio wa asili kujifunza lugha ya Kichina. Mkurugenzi wa mradi wa Foundation Maggie Holmes, mmoja wa waandishi wa utafiti huo, anaamini kiini cha tatizo ni ukosefu wa rasilimali za mafundisho kwa walimu, ambao mara nyingi wana shughuli nyingi na wana ugumu wa kutoa uangalifu wa kibinafsi.