How much Chinese can a child realistically learn?

As learning Mandarin Chinese becomes increasingly popular across the world, exposing their children to the language is becoming more and more intriguing to parents relocating to China. “However, due to many families’ transient lifestyles, parents sometimes doubt the effectiveness of international school Chinese programmes. How much Chinese can a child realistically learn in two to three years?Additionally, how can a child transition into a classroom where Chinese is regularly used if they have zero background in the language?
April Peng, our veteran Primary School Chinese Curriculum Coordinator, has been with Yew Chung International School of Beijing for 13 years and is well equipped to answer such questions. She explains below how Yew Chung International School of Beijing gets your child speaking Mandarin in a short amount of time as well as how the curriculum does far more for your child than just teaching them a foreign language.”