Aubrey 今年 3 岁，9 月份入读翠林小学。 Tex和Jiayi是她的父母，分别来自新加坡和北京。他们自 2022 年底搬到巴黎开始全新生活，并为同一家全球能源公司工作。 工作原因，他们每隔几年就会搬一次家——2020 年夏天，Aubrey 在得克萨斯州休斯敦出生；2017 年秋天，他们的大儿子 Avery 在俄克拉荷马州出生。 在此之前，他们都在新加坡工作，也曾在墨西哥工作过一段时间。

为孩子选择翠林国际学校的决定性因素是什么？

“There were 2 equally important factors – firstly we were adamant Aubrey would be part of the French school system since we wanted her to be truly immersed in the local language and culture. And secondly, the big advantage of having a bilingual French-Chinese environment gives us parents a much easier time communicating with the teachers about Aubrey’s progress in school, since we could communicate in Mandarin and are both unfortunately still slowly struggling to pick up French.

A big plus as well was the school giving Aubrey daily exposure to a Mandarin-only environment, which she did not previously have before; she had already become used to speaking English at home with us when we lived in the US, while her first year in France with was in a French-only environment with her assistante-maternelle.”

How is your child’s language learning experience in a Chinese-French bilingual environment?

“It has definitely exceeded our expectations! At home, Aubrey is now able to fluently articulate her thoughts in Mandarin even after only less than 3 months in Tsui Lin. And while we are not able to properly assess her French language ability, we know from her after-school nanny that she understands and communicates very well in French like any other local child here. ”

Your comments on the Tsui Lin teaching team? The programs?

“One of the big positives we have observed about the education programs in France is the abundance of outdoor spaces, so we are definitely thrilled to see Tsui Lin incorporating an outdoor-learning day once a week into their program. We find that this not only gives the children frequent exposure to nature, and the environment outside the traditional classroom setting, but also allows them to explore other learning elements within it – such as arts and creativity, the different parts of their body etc.

Our observation about the teaching team in Tsui Lin, from the short amount of time we have interacted with them, has been very positive so far as well! We can see the passion that every teacher has for each of the children, and their excitement to share little daily tidbits on their individual learnings and how they are progressing. This is evident given the experience each teacher has in their CV; nevertheless it is something that shines through with every interaction we have had with them – so far so good! ”

In what areas do you think your child has demonstrated significant development at Tsui Lin School? (Learning, personal interests, etc.)

“在Aubrey的学习过程中，我们发现她在表达自己的想法和观点的能力上有了很大的发展，我们认为这主要是由于语言学习技术方面的进步（例如，通过接触新单词来扩大词汇量），以及自信心和个性品质的培养。很明显，这得益于翠林的课程结构，既关注每个孩子的学习路径，又为法语和汉语学习提供了有利的语言环境。”

Would you recommend the school to your friends/family?

“当然，我们已经与我们在法国的大多数朋友分享了我们的良好经历，并将继续这样做。”

Antoine 今年 2 岁 10 个月，自 9 月份新学年开始以来一直就读于翠林国际学校。 他们一家住在凡尔赛，我们请他的父母Arnaud和 Angelina在简短的采访中向我们介绍他们在学校的经历。 作为法俄混血家庭，最初他们并没有与中国或中文相关的背景，我们来听一下他们做出的选择与感言：

是什么原因让您为孩子选择了翠林国际学校？

“2023年9月开学时，我们在托儿所和蒙特梭利学校之间犹豫不决。当我们发现翠林学校时，我们意识到对于一个两岁半的孩子来说，这是一个非常好的选择：这里有设施齐全的环境、小班授课、一个善于倾听的教学团队，而且还能让我们的孩子学习中文这门新语言”。

您的孩子在中法双语环境中的语言学习体验如何？

“安托万的母语是法语和俄语。我们不知道是否有必要在一半的时间里用中文教他，因为我们在家里根本不说中文。教学团队向我们保证，这是孩子学习新语言的理想时机，对他来说并不费力。事实上，安托万很快就能听懂中文，开始说中文，而且似乎对这种中法双语学习体验感到很自在。

您对翠林教师团队 / 课程的评价？

“受蒙特梭利方法启发的教学法非常适合我们。我们看到了 Antoine 的进步，特别是成长。老师制定的教学计划非常专业，课程的进展合理，效果非常好。”

您认为您的孩子在翠林有哪些方面得到了显著发展？

“在家里，我们注意到 Antoine 的行为有了一定的进步：他几乎能做到自己主动把玩具放好，注意力也更加集中，而且更喜欢探索新事物。自开学以来，他的语言表达更多了，人也更加自信了。”

您的孩子回家后会和您谈论学校吗？

“Antoine 有时会告诉我们他在学校喜欢做什么，尤其是午餐吃了什么。他还会说几句中文来解释他学到了什么。有时他会唱几句中文歌，尽管我们听不懂！”

您会向亲朋好友推荐学校吗？

“是的，当然！这是一所值得真正认可的学校，我们向所有认为中文值得从小学习的家长推荐这所学校”。