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Learning through songs: Aladdin – A Whole New World 新的世界 (Multilingual)

Aug 19, 2019
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Learning through songs: Aladdin – A Whole New World 新的世界 (Multilingual)

A Whole New World 新的世界 | Aladdin 阿拉丁 | Multilingual including Chinese Mandarin Singing makes learning fun and easier to remember. What better way to enhance your Mandarin than with one of your favourite Disney songs. Watch this Youtube video of "A Whole New World" in multiple languages. Here's a remake of the classic rendition of “A whole new world” made popular by Peabo Bryson and & Regina Belle. I chose this version, which is sung bilingually by four Asian artists in Engli

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Learning through songs: Belle from Beauty and the Beast (Mandarin)

Apr 28, 2019
1 min

Learning through songs: Belle from Beauty and the Beast (Mandarin)

♫ There goes the baker with his tray, like always The same old bread and rolls to sell Every morning just the same Since the morning that we came To this poor provincial town Good morning, Belle ! ♫ Ah, such memories. Love the cartoon ? Buy the story book (Simplified Chinese with pinyin) here. #learningmandarin #Songs #Disney #learningthroughsongs

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Learning through songs: The Little Mermaid – Part of Your World 属于你的世界 (Mandarin)

Dec 2, 2018
1 min

Learning through songs: The Little Mermaid – Part of Your World 属于你的世界 (Mandarin)

Part of Your World 属于你的世界 | The Little Mermaid 小美人魚 (1989) | Chinese Mandarin This was first released almost 30 years and yet the music and lyrics remain as fresh as ever. In this song, Ariel our Little Mermaid princess who has everything, sings about yearning to be part of the human world. Singing makes learning fun and easier to remember. What better way to enhance your Mandarin than with one of your favourite Disney songs. Watch this Youtube of "Part of Your World" in Man

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Learning through songs: Coco – Remember Me 请记住我 (Mandarin)

Oct 11, 2018
1 min

Learning through songs: Coco – Remember Me 请记住我 (Mandarin)

Remember Me 请记住我 | Coco 寻梦环游记 (2017) | Chinese Mandarin Disney Coco follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel who is accidentally transported to the Land of the Dead, where he seeks the help of his deceased musician great-great-grandfather (Héctor) to return him to his family among the living. The rendition of the song below was used by Miguel as a nostalgic song to connect with his great-grandmother, Coco as it was a lullaby from her father (Héctor) when he had to travel far as

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Learning through songs: Moana – How Far I’ll Go (Mandarin)

May 19, 2018
4 min

Learning through songs: Moana – How Far I’ll Go (Mandarin)

How Far I'll Go 能走多远 | Moana 海洋奇缘 (2016) | Chinese Mandarin Singing makes learning fun and easier to remember. What better way to enhance your Mandarin than with one of your favourite Disney songs. Watch this rendition of "How Far I’ll Go" in Mandarin with bilingual subtitles and pinyin (translation included below). Love the movie? You can buy the DVD (with English and Mandarin language options) here. Here are the lyrics with pinyin and the English translation. Scroll down fu

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Learning through songs: The Lion King - I Just Can't Wait to be King (Mandarin)

Apr 2, 2018
1 min

Learning through songs: The Lion King - I Just Can't Wait to be King (Mandarin)

The Lion King cartoon is so adorable (such as the music video below) for the little ones to watch but we forget that there are some rather scary scenes especially when Simba's father, Mufasa, is killed by a stampede of wildebeests. My children (4-5 years old then) also found the scenes of the bloodthirsty hyenas, scavenging for food and threatening Simba and his friends, very frightening. If you, like me, found some parts of the cartoon a little too scary for young toddlers,

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Learning through songs: Tale as old as Time - Beauty and the Beast (Mandarin)

Mar 18, 2018
1 min

Learning through songs: Tale as old as Time - Beauty and the Beast (Mandarin)

There is something really beautiful about Disney cartoons. This cartoon was created in 1991 and still as contemporary as ever. Indeed, a tale as old as time. Watch this rendition of the theme song of Beauty and the Beast (美女与野兽) in Mandarin with bilingual subtitles and pinyin included. Personally I would have preferred a stronger male vocalist like Peabo Bryson but who would argue with THE Jackie Chan! (成龍) Ah well, you can't have it all. Love the cartoon ? Buy the story book

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Learning through songs: Frozen 冰雪奇缘 - Let It Go! 随它吧! (Mandarin)

Aug 22, 2017
1 min

Learning through songs: Frozen 冰雪奇缘 - Let It Go! 随它吧! (Mandarin)

Let it Go 随它吧| Frozen 冰雪奇缘 (2013) | Chinese Mandarin Singing makes learning fun and easier to remember. Think of how we remember our ABCs or using nursery rhymes when teaching toddlers a language. What better way to enhance your Mandarin than with one of the most globally recognised Disney songs. Watch this rendition of "Let It Go" in Mandarin with bilingual subtitles and pinyin included. Love the song? You can buy the DVD (English and Mandarin language options available ) h

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Learning through songs: Going to School - 上学歌

Aug 10, 2017
1 min

Learning through songs: Going to School - 上学歌

My son was learning this song for a performance at his Chinese school and listening to him practise the song has had the tune playing in my mind all week. It is quite a catchy and upbeat song to teach your children and thus I have decided to post it here. This video clip has the lyrics and pinyin. I have also included the lyrics to the song here with the English translation. I have not done a literal translation but have tried instead to capture the meaning and spirit of the

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