YCYW's cross-cultural reading programs enhance cross-cultural awareness, critical thinking, and appreciation of wisdom. The Bilingual Reading Programme and the 5-Minute Chinese Classics are key initiatives designed to cultivate reading skills, enrich vocabulary, and promote multi-level thinking.

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Bilingual Reading Programme: Enriches students’ vocabulary across various subjects and cultivates critical thinking through literary and non-fiction texts. It includes classic books covering diverse regions, ethnicities, cultures, and eras, fostering open-mindedness, acceptance of different opinions, and understanding of universal values. The life stories in these books prepare students to face future challenges and embrace lifelong learning.

 

5-Minute Chinese Classics: Nurtures high moral values and deepens understanding of Chinese traditional culture through 1,000 bilingual quotations from Chinese classics, classified according to 12 Virtues. This project aims to enhance students’ cultural literacy, affection for their homeland, and social responsibility.

 

These programs promote diverse reading, differentiated care, and activity-based approaches, encouraging cross-disciplinary cooperation and shared reading among teachers, students, and parents to improve the quality of parent-child dialogue.

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Link to Chinese Reading Programme Handbook

Link to the 5-min Chinese Classics Website