The Chinese “班” VS The US “class”

Send us a Text Message.In this Mandarin episode, I explore the word 班/class. If you are a Mandarin student, this word is probably among the first that you learned. But have you ever thought of the socio-cultural concept of 班/class in a real school experience？What is a class in the US school context vs a 班 in a Chinese school? Let's find out! (script)大家好，欢迎收听。今天想跟大家聊“班”这个词。班被翻译成class。但是翻译并不能让我们很好地认识社会文化上”班“的差别。所以下面我会用我自己的经历来对比中国和美国，从而解释“班”这个词。说中国的班/class的概念以前，我们先说说美国的班/class。在美国小学和幼儿园阶段，学...