Bridge to China - St. Joseph Chinese School

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon!

2012-01-03T07:12:00.000-08:00

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon

with Bridge to China and the Whirlpool Asian Network

When: Sunday, January 15, 2012, 1:00 pm

Where: St. Joseph High School Cafeteria

Make Jiaozi

Eat a great meal

Play games

Crafts for the kids

Raffle

Winter Semester

2012-01-03T07:08:00.001-08:00

Classes start January 15, 2012! Sign up today at www.bridgetochina.org

Hallway Conversation 3

2011-11-05T11:18:00.001-07:00

HallConversation 3

A: 你上什么学校？

Nǐ shàng shenmexué xiào ？

B：我上--------------。

Wǒ shàng--------------。

A：你家住哪里？

Nǐ jiā zhù nǎlǐ？

B：我家住-------------。

Wǒ jiā zhù -------------。

A：你妈妈叫什么名字？

Nǐ māmā jiào shenme míngzì ？

B：我妈妈叫-------------。

Wǒ māmā jiào -------------。

A：你最喜欢吃什么？

Nǐ zuì xǐhuān chī shenme ？

B：我最喜欢吃-------------。

Wǒ zuì xǐhuān chī-------------。

Hallway Conversation 4

2011-11-05T11:15:00.001-07:00

Hall Conversation 4

A: 你家有几口人？

Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén ？

B：有--------口人。

Yǒu--------kǒurén。

A：他们是谁？

Tāmen shì shuí ？

B：他们是妈妈，爸爸（哥哥，姐姐，弟弟，妹妹）。

Tāmen shì māmā ，bàbà （gēgē ，jiějiě ，dìdì ，mèimèi ）。

A：他们叫什么名字？

Tāmen jiào shenmemíngzì ？

B：我爸爸叫-------。

Wǒ bàbà jiào-------。

A：你的衣服是什么颜色？

Nǐ de yīfú shì shenmeyánsè ？

B：是红色，绿色，蓝色，etc）

Shì hóngsè （lǜsè ，lánsè ，etc）。

A: 你要什么？

Nǐ yào shenme？

B：我要----------。

Wǒ yào----------。

Survey

2011-10-09T07:08:00.001-07:00

Please take the time to complete our survey regarding class times

Class Time Survey

Hallway Conversation 2

2011-10-09T07:06:00.000-07:00

HALL CONVERSATION 2
A：这是什么？         Zhè shì sheme ？

B：这是糖果，零食，水，水果。       Zhè shì tángguǒ ，língshí ，shuǐ ，shuǐguǒ 。

A：你喜欢什么？       Nǐ xǐhuān she me ？

B：我喜欢糖果，零食，水，水果。       Wǒ xǐhuān tángguǒ ，língshí ，shuǐ ，shuǐguǒ 。

A：你要什么？       Nǐ yào she me ？

B：我要糖果，零食，水，水果。       Wǒ yào tángguǒ ，língshí ，shuǐ ，shuǐguǒ 。

A：好的，这是糖果，零食，水，水果。       Hǎo de ，zhè shì tángguǒ ，língshí ，shuǐ ，shuǐguǒ 。

B：谢谢老师！       Xièxiè lǎoshī ！

A：不用谢。       Bú yòng xiè 。

B：再见！      Zàijiàn ！

First Hallway Conversation

2011-09-18T06:34:00.000-07:00

First Hallway Conversation 9/18/2011

A：你好！Nǐ hǎo ！

B: 你好 Nǐ hǎo ！！

A: 你叫什么名字？ Nǐ jiào sheme míng zì ？么名字？

B：我叫----------- Wǒ jiào -----------

A：你几岁了？Nǐ jǐ suì le ？

B：我--------岁。 Wǒ --------suì 。

A：你要什么？Nǐ yào sheme ？

B: 我要糖果（零食，水）。 Wǒ yào táng guǒ (líng shí ，shuǐ ）。

A: 好，这给你。 Hǎo ，zhè gěi nǐ 。

B：谢谢！Xiè xiè

Classes Start September 18, 2011

2011-08-19T03:05:00.001-07:00

Classes for the fall semester will start September 18, 2011. Please check out our website for registration forms and more information

www.bridgetochina.org

Register now for Fall Classes

2011-05-20T10:52:00.000-07:00

Register now for Fall classes and receive our early bird discount! We hope to see all of our returning students.

Register at Bridge to China

Chinese Culture Classes - Western Michigan University

2011-05-03T12:52:00.000-07:00

The Confucius Institute at Western Michigan University holds culture classes for the general public during spring and summer of 2011. Registration is available through May 9

http://international.wmich.edu/content/view/1939/1245/1/0/

Chinese New Year - Part 2

2011-01-16T06:44:00.000-08:00

Bridge to China will host its Chinese New Year Celebration Sunday, February 6, 2011 from 2-4 pm.

The celebration will be held at the Saint Joseph High School Cafeteria, 2511 Stadium Drive, Saint Joseph, MI 49085

Come make Jiaozi with us, make New Year crafts, and see what our students are learning.

Chinese New Year

2011-01-16T06:40:00.000-08:00

Our students will be performing at the Andrews University Chinese New Year Celebration on Saturday evening, January 29, 2011. We hope you can all come to support our students!

Christmas Program

2010-11-19T08:25:00.000-08:00

After class on December 12 at 3 pm, parents and friends are welcome to join us in the Choir room at the Saint Joseph High School for a brief performance and appetizers.

Come see what we have learned this semester!

Halloween at Bridge to China

2010-11-19T08:22:00.000-08:00

Halloween was celebrated at Bridge to China! The children dressed up and went to each classroom while saying Trick or Treat 糖就捣蛋 and Happy Halloween 万圣节快乐 in Chinese. It was a fun day for all!

Chinese Film Festival

2010-09-21T12:54:00.000-07:00

The Confucius Institute of Western Michigan University will be presenting a Contemporary Chinese Film Series starting September 28 at the Timothy Light Center for Chinese Studies. For more information follow this link Chinese Film Series

Mid Autumn Festival

2010-09-21T12:43:00.000-07:00

Today is the Mid Autumn Festival. This last week the students celebrated at Bridge to China with homemade Moon Cakes. To give you more history on this event, please follow this link Wikipedia - Mid Autumn Festival

Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love and Language

2010-09-02T06:05:00.000-07:00

Attached is a link to a recent NPR Interview with Deborah Fallows re: her new book "Dreaming in Chinese"

Dreaming in Chinese

Beauty Amid Thunder: The Past Two Centuries of Chinese Art

2010-08-27T09:07:00.000-07:00

Please be aware of a new Exhibit at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

To celebrate the opening of the Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts will feature two exhibitions with selections from the Richard Fabian Collection, a distinguished and extensive private collection of Chinese art. Through hanging scrolls, painted fans, and illustrated albums, both exhibitions will feature landscape, bird-and-flower, and figurative paintings, as well as fine examples of the revered art of calligraphy. Our exhibition will focus on the late 19th and 20th centuries, a period of great change in China's political, social, and cultural landscape

New Blog for Bridge to China

2010-08-15T11:33:00.000-07:00

School Begins September 19, 2010.

Please visit our website for class listings, times and locations.

Teachers will be posting assignments and events on this blog along with learning resources during the school year.