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On January 24 at 9:46 AM by henning

I also love the expansion sentence with the sea monster - 水怪 is definately good piece of vocab (well, when you are dealing with 5 year old kids). I... Read more

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On January 24 at 9:14 AM by suxiaoya

I'm looking forward to hearing the "lefty" lesson this coming week! As far as I know, left-handedness is "tolerated" in schools in China far more r... Read more

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On January 24 at 8:43 AM by jackfrombelgium

Thank You for the reply.Jack. Read more

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On January 24 at 6:30 AM by changye

Chinese and Japanese students are just busy memorizing Chinese characters, and have (almost) no time to learn how to write them beautifully. Studen... Read more

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On January 24 at 6:15 AM by brianmystic2

Hm...this seemed a bit too easy for an elementary lesson. Read more

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On January 24 at 6:00 AM by jckeith

Haha, well I didn't meant to imply that I'm any good at it either. I'm surprised that you aren't; is Kanji handwriting not emphasized in Japanese scho... Read more

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On January 24 at 5:48 AM by changye

I hear that left-handed people have some disadvantages in brush calligraphy. Right or left, I'm very poor at writing characters....... Read more

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On January 24 at 5:38 AM by jckeith

Just to clarify, this was the case when my wife was in school in China. I guess it hasn't changed. Read more

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On January 24 at 5:28 AM by btc10

oh my goodness Read more

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On January 24 at 4:50 AM by jckeith

If I recall correctly, left-handers are required to write with their right hands in school. I'm not sure if there's a practical reason behind that; as... Read more