IMPRESSIVE LEARNERS

PRIMARY SECTION

BENNI Sabrina

Nationality	Italy
Current School	Yew Chung International School of Beijing (YCIS Beijing)
Starting Point	Chinese as an Additional Language (CAL)--Level 1
Present Level	Chinese as a First Language (CFL)--Year 6
Studying Path	Sabrina was admitted to Year 1 of YCIS Beijing in 2006 and studied CAL--Level 1 in Year 2. After four years of hard work, Sabrina completed CAL--Level 4 in Year 5. She is currently in Year 6 and is learning CFL.
Learning Experience	Through participating in Chinese activities such as the Chinese Drama Week and the Chinese Storytelling Competition, Sabrina has enhanced expression and comprehension skills in Chinese. Sabrina enjoys using the “iLearn Chinese” online learning platform. The cartoons and games on the platform allow her to learn and practice Chinese in a relaxed and joyful manner, and thus her interest in the Chinese language is deepened.
Chinese Competence	Sabrina has outstanding listening and speaking abilities; her oral expressive ability is especially impressive. She can read simple articles and write articles with smooth sentences and clear structures.

 

ALPERN, Grant Harris

Nationality	USA
Current School	Yew Chung International School of Beijing (YCIS Beijing)
Starting Point	Chinese as an Additional Language (CAL)--Level 1
Present Level	Chinese as a First Language (CFL)--Year 3
Studying Path	In 2009, Grant enrolled at Year 1 of YCIS Beijing and studied Chinese on the curriculum of CAL--Level 1. He put in great effort and successfully transitioned to the CFL course in Year 2. He is now studying CFL in Year 3.
Learning Experience	Grant has actively participated in various Chinese activities, including the Chinese Storytelling Competition, performing in Chinese during assembly and being the Chinese host of the 2010 Chinese Spring Festival.
Chinese Competence	Grant has a very strong ability to express himself in oral Chinese. He can read simple Chinese books independently and write articles with fairly smooth sentences. His performance in the Chinese Storytelling Competition was exceptionally good.

 

RICHARDSON, Patrick Lawrence

Nationality	UK
Former School	2006-2010：Yew Chung International School of Shanghai
Current School	2010-2011：Yew Chung International School of Beijing
Present Level	Chinese Additional Language - Level 4
Learning Experience	Patrick likes to use the “iLearn Chinese” online learning platform very much. Every day, he makes use of the games on the platform to practice the Chinese characters and texts learned on that day.
Chinese Competence	As his knowledge of Chinese radicals increases, Patrick’s interest in Chinese characters also intensifies. He can now write Chinese characters in the proper stroke order. Patrick’s articulation is accurate and fluent. His performance in the preliminary round of the annual Chinese Storytelling Competition was outstanding. The reading ability of Patrick is also improving continuously. He is able to grasp the general idea in a relatively short period of time and give appropriate responses to teachers’ questions. In addition, Patrick is capable of formulating paragraphs of logical written expressions with the use of learned words and sentences.

 

Yu Coco Stamov

Nationality	Denmark
Current School	Yew Chung International School of Beijing
Starting Point	Chinese as an Additional Language--Level 1
Present Level	Chinese as a Additional Language--Level 4
Learning Experience	Apart from completing exercise sheets in written form every day, Coco also finds great pleasure in using the “iLearn Chinese” online learning platform and practicing the Chinese characters and texts learned on that day through playing games on the platform.
Chinese Competence	With accurate Chinese pronunciation, Coco is able to carry out fluent communication with native Chinese people. She was the Chinese host of the New Year performance organized by the school and obtained excellent results in the final round of the annual Chinese Storytelling Competition. Coco’s writing ability is no less impressive. She has a rich vocabulary and neat handwriting, and can use learned words and sentences to formulate relatively long and meaningful written expressions.

 

SECONDARY SECTION

SONG Youjin

Nationality	Korea
Former School	Yew Chung International School of Shanghai (YCIS Shanghai)
Current School	Yew Chung International School of Beijing (YCIS Beijing)
Present Level	IB Mandarin B Higher Level Year 12
Studying Path	Youjin completed the Chinese as an Additional Language course at YCIS Shanghai. She joined YCIS Beijing in Year 7 and began to study on the curriculum of Chinese as a First Language.
Chinese Competence	Youjin performed outstandingly both in writing and reading Chinese. In 2011, she obtained grade A* in IGCSE Chinese--First Language.

 

Lee Seung Hyun

Nationality	Korea
Current School	Yew Chung International School of Beijing (YCIS Beijing)
Starting Point	Chinese as an Additional Language (CAL)--Level 1
Present Level	Chinese as a First Language (CFL)--Year 9
Studying Path	In 2004, Seung Hyun joined YCIS Beijing as a Year 5 student and studied CAL--Level 1. He was promoted to Level 2 in the same year and proceeded to Level 3 in Year 6. After entering Secondary Section, Seung Hyun continued and completed Level 3 and Level 4 of CAL in Years 7 and 8. He started to study CFL in Year 9.
Chinese Competence	2010 IGCSE Chinese (Mandarin)--Foreign Language: A* 2011 IGCSE Chinese--First Language: C Seung Hyun was a winner of the Interschool Chinese Competition (First Language Group B) in both 2009 and 2010. As a representative, he gave a speech during the award ceremony of a speech competition which was open to the whole school. Now, Seung Hyun can confidently speak in Chinese in the school's assembly.

 

Annabelle McCombe

Nationality	UK/Australia
Current School	Yew Chung International School of Beijing
Present Level	Chinese as a First Language (CFL)
Studying Path	Annabelle's Chinese started from zero. She is currently working hard in the CFL group and is gradually adapting to the challenges of reading and writing with Chinese as a first language.
Chinese Competence	Annabelle obtained grade A in IGCSE Chinese (Mandarin)--Foreign Language.