School Project-City of London Sch for Girls,UK

City of London School for Girls (CLSG) is a girls' independent school located in the Barbican Estate complex in London, England’s 'Square Mile', along with some of the richest concentrations of economic business in the world.

Girls study Mandarin in the Year 6 of the Preparatory Department (aged 11) as well as in Year 7, 8 and 9 (aged 11 to 14).

The girls in Year 6 reflected on their first year Mandarin.

Here are some of the things that they had to say.

“I love learning numbers – they are so different”

“I enjoy learning the different characters. They look so different and it is hard to remember them”

 “I like finding out about Chinese Food – real Chinese food is a little different to what I expected!”

“I like learning a different alphabet”

 “Writing characters is really fun”

 “It is so different to French or English”

“I like the way you have to change your voice to say the words. It is almost like singing.”

“The accents and tones can be confusing, but fun to learn”

 To hear some of their conversations in Chinese, click on the sound files below.