Students may need to complete an interview before being accepted into a teacher education program. Because elementary school teachers typically teach all subjects to children, they may be required to take pre-major courses in a range of topics such as children's literature, language arts and elementary mathematics. Programs may also require students to take supplemental classes in art and music.
Pinyin input method. Screenshot of SCIM's Smart Pinyin. The pinyin method (simplified Chinese: æ¼é³è¾å¥æ³; traditional Chinese: æ¼é³è¼¸å¥æ³; pinyin: pÄ«nyÄ«n shÅ«rÃ¹ fÇ) refers to a family of input methods based on the pinyin method of romanization.
Pinyin was developed in the 1950âs in Mainland China and is now the official Romanization system of China, Singapore, the US Library of Congress, and the American Library Association. 1  Library standards allow for easier access to documents by making it easier to locate Chinese language materials.