Secondary School Chinese

[SoWoW]

hi, am happy to see this thread. Would like to join in the discussion as well as help to boost up my DS’s chinese. He is in sec one this year and is struggling la. 2 weeks ago, brought back a chinese worksheet , abt 20 questions, all abt chen yu. And i really have problem to guess the meaning and also do not have a proper chen yu dict to check on the meaning. Someone help to recommend a good chen yu dict please.

[MintLeaf]

Hi SoWoW, I have 新世纪高级汉语词典 but it's not specific to 成语。 I go online nowadays. Some URLs I use are as follows.


http://tool.httpcn.com/ChengYu/
http://www.chazidian.com/cy/
http://www.zdic.net/cy/

For the 3 URLs above, you can also check 字 and 词 besides 成语。The URLs I have given leads you directly to 成语, but just click on 字典 or 词典 at the page to check word or phrase accordingly.

For generic search, I would use
http://dict.youdao.com/
http://www.iciba.com/

[SoWoW]

Hi Mintleaf,


thanks thanks, you are so resourceful.

Parents here, do you coach your Sec one chinese or outsource?
I do not think he has the time to go for any chinese tuition, am planning to do the revision with him at home. Anyone doing home coaching, can share how do u do it? What are the assessment books that u will recommend?

[justsay]

daisyt:

Its ordered by the school for all years 1.

Hi Daisyt, When did the school order for them last year? The books seem really interesting, I would like to quickly get them for my dd if school is not doing it this year.

[SoWoW]

daisyt:

ks2me:

[quote=\"MintLeaf\"]I went to Popular today and couldn't find 窗前的小豆豆。Where do you find such books?

Did you ask them? I remember seeing it before.

I believe this is an abridged version because it is quite short, you can get to read it here first if you still cannot get the book:

http://www.dreamkidland.cn/cpgs/xgl/index.html

Its ordered by the school for all years 1.[/quote]ya, it's not available in any of the popular. Wanna get this book too. Start him with a simple book.

[daisyt]

justsay:

daisyt:

Its ordered by the school for all years 1.

Hi Daisyt, When did the school order for them last year? The books seem really interesting, I would like to quickly get them for my dd if school is not doing it this year.

I think, somewhere in October, its was their end of year holidays' assessment. Actually my dd said quite boring, I guess because she has read the English version.

[turquoise]

I just checked with Popular. They don’t have the Chinese version of Totto Chan. Any idea where I can get a copy?

[daisyt]

turquoise:

I just checked with Popular. They don't have the Chinese version of Totto Chan. Any idea where I can get a copy?

You try Popular @ Bras Brasah ? They have wide collection of chinese books there. If not, those bookshops in Bras Brasah.

[cafelatte]

is it 窗前的小豆豆 or 窗边的小豆豆 ?


Coincidentally, I ordered 窗边的小豆豆 from dangdang. Order still on the way to Singapore, I hope it won't be out-of-stock. I was ordering other books for my primary school kid and I thought 窗边的小豆豆 looks interesting - so it is required text for our Secondary 1 ?

Anyway, I'll suggest call up Kinokuniya Chinese department or Popular customer service and give them the ISBN. If they don't stock, ask whether they can order for you :
http://product.dangdang.com/product.aspx?product_id=706089


KSP with Secondary school children taking Chinese
Were your kids taking Chinese enrichment/tution in primary school ?
How about now, still taking Chinese tution ? If so, which center or is it private tutor ?

[turquoise]

Thanks daisyt and cafelatte.