Edmonton, Alberta

Conversational Mandarin Introduction - learn the basics of listening, speaking and writing of the Chinese language.Conversational Mandarin Intermediate - learn more advance skill in listening, speaking and writing of the Chinese language. Learn Chinese cultures and Chinese for business and commercial uses. Learning how to express yourself and improve your Chinese conversational skills.

The Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Education Association (E.C.B.E.A.) is registered under the Societies Act of Alberta. It is also registered with Revenue Canada as a charitable organization. The E.C.B.E.A. is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of volunteers dedicated to promoting the learning and understanding of the Chinese language. Membership in the E.C.B.E.A. is comprised strictly of parents with children enrolled in the English-Chinese Bilingual / Chinese Language Arts / International Baccalaureate continuum in the Edmonton Public School system.

The Department of East Asian Studies has two different routes for the Chinese program. Students are advised to follow the route that most suits their program of study. NOTE: Route 1 is designed for students who do not speak any dialect of Chinese and who are not literate in Chinese. Route 2 is especially designed for those students with a background in a Chinese dialect and who are literate in Chinese. 1. FOR STUDENTS WITH NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF CHINESE: Students enroll in China 101 in the first semester and China 102 in the second. In the second year, students will likely proceed to China 201 and 202. 2. FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER DIALECTS: If students have a background in one of the regional dialects of Chinese such as Cantonese, Toisanese, Hokkien, or Hakka, as well as some knowledge of written Chinese, they will choose this route. These students will register for China 211 and 212 in their first year of study. Students may then proceed to senior level literature courses, such as China 414 and 455.

Meyonohk students will improve the quality of their reading comprehension, in all subject areas and all languages of study, through the schoolwide use of best teaching and learning practices. Meyonohk School provides Regular K-6 English Core programming and Chinese_Bilingual_K-6_programming. We have a specialist teacher providing music instruction to all students, a strong library program with a teacher-librarian, a computer specialist providing computer instruction to all students, and teacher assistants providing extra support for students requiring it.