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Description

Why do children get such long summer holidays?

How are working parents supposed to survive them?

In Mandarin Monkey Podcast Episode 475, Ula and Tom discuss the challenges of working from home while the children are off school, the history behind the six-week summer break, and how school holidays compare across the UK, Taiwan, Japan, Europe and the United States.

They also talk about education pressure, SATs and GCSEs, choosing useful subjects, changing careers later in life, and why it is never too late to learn new skills.

Plus, could spending the summer at a Mandarin camp in Taiwan help bilingual children improve their Mandarin? Ula and Tom explore Taiwanese summer camps, overseas Chinese programmes and the possibility of working remotely from Taiwan while the kids learn Mandarin.

You’ll also hear their favourite language-learning strategy: when you don’t know a word, find another way to communicate your meaning!

Topics in this episode include:

🇬🇧 Summer holidays and parenting in the UK

🇹🇼 Taiwanese summer camps for overseas children

📚 Education pressure, SATs and GCSEs

💼 Changing careers and learning new skills

🏠 Working from home with children

🗣️ Mandarin communication strategies

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Raising bilingual children

✈️ Spending the summer in Taiwan

Mandarin Monkey is a bilingual Mandarin Chinese and English podcast for learners who want to improve their listening skills through natural, entertaining conversations about language, culture, parenting and everyday life.

Comment below: How do you survive over the summer holiday?

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