A couple weeks ago we had a parent teacher conference for Maile. One of the things her teacher, Ruth, was most impressed about was how Maile’s Mandarin is really progressing this year. We’ve noticed it too, but obviously a bit harder for us since we don’t speak the language. With that said, we’ve seen her develop from individual words to full sentences and being able to express herself. It’s been really cool to watch … and even better, she can often explain to us what she is saying.
At the parent teacher conference, Ruth showed us a video from back in October when Maile got back from Auntie Elyssa and Uncle Stephen’s wedding. You can see it below – basically she is doing a show and tell to the class telling them all about the wedding … in Mandarin. My understanding is that she first is telling them that she actually had 2(!) dresses, one purple and one pink that she got to wear. That there were two parties she went to and then she goes on to tell them that I gave a speech and Grandma and Papa too.
Pretty awesome – I also thought it was cool how seamlessly she moved from Mandarin to English when she didn’t know a word (like “wedding”)…
(Click here for the video.)
