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Triple A: Arts, A la Carte, After School » Mandarin Chinese (K-5) - on hold

Mandarin Chinese (K-5) - on hold

Mandarin Chinese will not be offered in the 2024-2025 school year.

FLIEC's instructors adapt some of the most successful foreign-language teaching techniques used at universities to K-12 classes, after school programs and one-on-one adult lessons. They are up to date with current research and follow the guidelines of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) in order to provide the most engaging, age-appropriate foreign language learning experience.

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Here is our teaching philosophy:

  • FLIEC instructors take time to learn about their students so as to meet their learning needs;

  • FLIEC provides immersion-style teaching, which means that during classes instructors speak 90% of the time or more in the language they teach;

  • FLIEC teaches students to become not only proficient in the language but in the culture as well;

  • FLIEC's aim is to foster in students a life-long engagement with the languages and cultures it teaches.

Grade: K-1
 
 

Frequency: Once class per week

When: Wednesday from 1 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

Fall: August 30 – December 6 (No class on 10/11 or 11/22)

Spring: January 10 – May 1 (No class on 3/13)

Cost: Tuition for the Fall semester is $120. Tuition for the Spring semester is $140. Pay for the whole year in advance for the discounted rate of $240. 

Due to COVID-19 and the potential financial hardships faced by families, FLIEC Languages is offering a subsidized tuition for all families for the 2023-2024 school year. If your student qualifies for free lunch due to financial reasons, full tuition waivers are available.

 

Grade: 2-5

Frequency: Two classes per week

When: Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.

Fall: August 29 – December 7 (No class 10/10 or 11/21)

Spring: January 9 – May 2 (No class on 3/12 or 3/14)

Cost: Tuition for the Fall semester is $240. Tuition for the Spring semester is $280. Pay for the whole year in advance for the discounted rate of $460.

Due to COVID-19 and the potential financial hardships faced by families, FLIEC Languages is offering a subsidized tuition for all families for the 2023-2024 school year. If your student qualifies for free lunch due to financial reasons, full tuition waivers are available.

 

How to Register

Step 1: Thoroughly review the Mandarin program details and Triple A Terms for Participation.

Step 2: Submit the FLIEC Languages Registration Form.

Step 3: Submit the initial tuition payment by referencing the "Ways to Pay" section below.

Step 4: All steps must be completed in order to save your student's spot.

Ways to Pay

  • Mail a check or money order payable to FLIEC to: 

8127 Mesa Drive, #B-206 PMB 297 

Austin, Texas 78759

Please remember to put the school name, student name, and student grade in the memo field before sending payment. This will ensure the correct student receives credit for the amount sent. 

If you prefer to pay via PayPal, please send $5 more than the due amount as there is 3% surcharge for using PayPal. Please remember to put the school name, student name, and student grade in the memo field before sending payment. This will ensure the correct student receives credit for the amount sent. 

 

Meet the Instructors

Ling Jian

Jian Ling

Ling Jian has been the instructor of the Triple A - Mandarin Chinese Program since August 2018. She is from China and got her MPA Masters Degree from Zhejiang University in 2004. For family reasons, she moved to the USA and has lived in Austin for more than 10 years. She has been a Chinese tutor for several years and has taught students of different ages in multiple schools. She enjoys teaching and loves to work with students. In her spare time, she loves gardening, hiking and photography. She is also an animal lover, she has a beautiful dog and a lovely kitten, and enjoys walking her dog every day.

 

Corrine Teoh

Corrine Teoh

Corrine Teoh has been the instructor of the Triple A - Mandarin Chinese Program since August 2017. She was born and raised in Singapore and is a mother of 2, with one child in college and the other a Junior in high school. Corrine graduated from Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon with a degree in Early Childhood Education. She has taught English and Mandarin Chinese in Singapore and with Georgetown ISD. Her hobbies include traveling, food, gardening, and watching Netflix. Corrine believes that the best satisfaction in teaching Mandarin classes is to get a hug from students (past and present) and to have them speak to you in Mandarin. 

 

Late Pick up Fees

  • Late pick-up from Arts/À la carte/After school programs will result in additional fees to accrue at the rate of $5 per 5 minutes starting with the first minute.

  • Students who participate in Arts/À la carte activities will be charged $5 per 5 minutes with a 5 minute grace period from the activity's dismissal time to allow for transition from the classroom.

  • For full-time after school students end-of-day, "late" begins at 6:01 p.m.

1 – 5 minutes = $5

6 – 10 minutes = $10

11 – 15 minutes = $15

16 – 20 minutes = $20 ...

 

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