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Staff Spotlight: Susie Chen | Teacher, Mandarin Bilingual Program

At 8:10 a.m. everyday, elementary students skip into Room 505 to join Mandarin Bilingual Teacher Susie Chen. Having studied in an immersion setting herself, Susie is perfectly placed to support her students in building their language skills at CIS. CIS offers the leading Mandarin Bilingual Program in Cambodia. The program utilizes CIS’s Canadian curriculum, which is taught in Mandarin by certified teachers. Intensive language practice helps students to develop fluency quickly.AuthorTweet This program is available to learners as young as age 5 (Senior Kindergarten).Our students enjoy 40% exposure to the target language over the course of a week. The program was designed by dedicated and experienced language educators. Mandarin Bilingual Program students study Language Arts, Math, Health, Art, and PE in Mandarin.Susie moved from China to Alberta, Canada when she was 12 years old. She learned to speak English quickly and adjusted to the inquiry-based approach of Alberta schools. “M...