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chinesestaffrm

  1. bit.ly/MEKiFr Learn Chinese through song - good article
  2. @simonehaughey Hey congrats! Brilliant.
  3. Eton College Chinese Language Assistant job bit.ly/JYvIE9
  4. Great new Mandarin for early years handbook from the Asia Society. Free download. bit.ly/JEXFmq
  5. interesting jobs north of the border bit.ly/HFnH6g at SCILT who now run the Scottish Confucius Classrooms.
  6. @sdlasvegas can you dm me with more details please - ie where you are currently living.
  7. Quite a few Mandarin jobs started to come up on the radar now. See our jobs board bit.ly/aUX55P
  8. @nessalovesshoes Are you now sorted for an GCSE Mandarin assessor? Just spotted that Westgate do Mandarin as well bit.ly/GHa9ci
  9. BBC article today - The man who was the co-inventor of Pinyin. bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
  10. BBC today: House of Lords - All children should learn foreign languages bbc.in/GLROa1
  11. Should children be taught Mandarin as young as 4? bit.ly/GACZfS
  12. Nominate a Chinese teacher for the @SSAT_CI awards.Only 2 weeks to go thechinesestaffroom.com/news/12-03-20/…
  13. RT @valleseco: 5 Ways You Can Use Wikis bit.ly/GBSdii via @AddThis
  14. Mandarin teacher in Scotland?? Good job in Aberdeen from this week's Guardian bit.ly/xc764w
  15. RT @LangsAdvisor: reminder: Don't forget that 21st March, 2012 is the final deadline for 'on time' entries for Edexcel GCSE, IGCSE and GCE
  16. Can anybody tell me what the global postcard sharing site for schools is?
  17. It looks like a massive polomint....but interesting historical cultural inspiration/modern day symbolism bbc.in/y2NFmD
  18. Awesome! RT @baronmunchowsen: check this out: Chinese Water Calligraphy Tricycle: bit.ly/qCzpGd
  19. @lisibo not sure if you can get iplayer but Horizon was very interesting the other night re: running bbc.in/wRyMbC