When Mom Learns Mandarin | Playful Chinese podcast
Cathy Hirst is an educator trained in elementary education. More importantly, she is a veteran ex-pat with five third culture children. Cathy has lived in Bahrain and Asian countries including China.
Her native language is English and her first foreign language learning experience is Spanish. Her curiosity in foreign languages has helped her to dive into the study of Mandarin when her husband landed a job in a then more remote city in China.
Find out how she managed to acquire Mandarin Chinese, connect with the Chinese culture, and fall in love with the local people she worked with.
Episode Highlights by time
1:45
- Meeting the guest and learn about her international destinations
- Favorite Chinese street food
4:15
- The Chinese city she lived
- International moves and world language
- Third culture kids
- Immersion trip to Guatemala
- China and Chinese language experience for Mom
- Chinese bilingual kindergarten
22:50
- Multicultural family connection
- Things for schools in the U.S. to consider include in the curriculum
30:02
- The practice from the Chinese culture that stays in the family after leaving China
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