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Interview: When Mom Learns Mandarin with Cathy Hirst - Global and Local | Interview Episode
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Interview: When Mom Learns Mandarin with Cathy Hirst - Global and Local | Interview Episode

Cathy Hirst is a trained elementary educator, an ESL and Spanish teacher, an experienced expat parent who has lived in China, Japan, Thailand, Japan, and Bahrain. She dived into learning Mandarin and Chinese culture after she relocated to China with her husband and her young boy...

Playful Chinese · Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett "Miss Panda"

December 26, 202038m 26s

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Show Notes

In this interview episode, you will learn about:

-an expat parent experience in China

-a surprising discovery about the Chinese Language for an adult learner

-the importance to connect with the local people while living overseas

-how Cathy helps her young boy to learn Mandarin

-what Cathy would have done with the target language for her family with what she knows now

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HOST of the PLAYFUL CHINESE Podcast is 

Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett. Many parents and children know Amanda as "Miss Panda."

You can visit Miss Panda and read about her Mandarin program for kids at 

https://www.misspandachinese.com/

Miss Panda writes songs, music, and stories for children so they can learn Chinese in an adventure-filled and engaging environment!  

The theme music for the podcast is composed and performed by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett "Miss Panda." The title of the song is “Hello Nǐ Hǎo” and it is the title song in the “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” MP3 and streaming album and you can listen to the album on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, GooglePlay and all major music streaming platforms.  

Her new book, FIRST MANDARIN SOUNDS: an awesome Chinese Word Book is now available on Amazon.

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