Q&A - PSLE Chinese

[gafield]

kchairenn:

gafield:

P4 texts?! Oh no! I think DD P4 texts should be in Pulua Semakau by now

Though your books are in Pulau Semakau, you can use the XueLe website to read the passages.
As what others have suggested, doing more practice or revision papers to boost confidence is more important when in P6.

I hope so too :xedfingers:

[jj_1808]

Need your recommendations …

I am looking for either a Chinese enrichment centre or tutor/teacher who can improve my son’s P5/ PSLE chinese results especially on Chinese writing . He is taking HCL and studying in an SAP school.
I am looking for someone who likes to take up the challenge. please sms me . Thanks

[Mum Needs Advice]

Thank you for the advice and help given. Sorry I have not login to website, I just read all your replies. Thk you

[mylulaoshi]

June Holiday is the last chance of catching up for PSLE. Chinese June Holiday Courses targeted at Pri 5-6 are available at my thread at https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=88009&p=1837171&hilit=lu+laoshi#p1837171

Inquiries on PSLE Chinese welcome anytime.

[Zeit]

Can our P6 HCL students http://www.sohu.com/a/225586195_100058279? If yes, are they allowed to write about infatuation during PSLE?

[zac's mum]

My opinion only: I think it’s too poetic and rambling for an exam essay. More likely written by an adult? There’s reference to buying lottery tickets. Under 18 cannot buy, so inappropriate for kids to use that phrase.

[Estéema]

Zeit,


The link u posted does not lead to a valid site.

JMI - If a P6 can subtly express learning & maturing progress thro admiration in that essay, I think it's admirable in itself. It's a matter of interpretation & I do not nec interpret it in the form of BGR kinda love. I rmbr when in Sec 1, used to hv a class girl always parroting, following, copy-cat this other classmate, who in her view is perfect frd who'll do no wrong,etc, etc, etc. We initially thot both are like in an odd r'ship but they're purely young gff. I'm sure if one writes to express in terms of ano whom he/she admires as a good example to emulate & improve himself/herself is a good piece of literary work.

IMO, my only problem is writer is too subtle & writing skill smack of one of a copied portion of a Taiwanese writer's work to a typical local P6 student. JMO hor. :siam:

[D3-n]

I agree with zac’s mum. It is too emotive a piece.

Content-wise it does not answer the essay question. I don’t see any 奋进.
Style-wise it’s more reflective rather than narrative.
This essay will not get a pass from me.

[Zeit]

My apologies. You can read this instead

http://www.kuqin.com/article/1030.html

zac's mum:
Nope, it was by a P6 student from a Ningbo pri sch. His CL teacher loves to post students' compos on her Weibo blog. This one went viral recently and several Chinese netizens praised the kid for his flair. Some even said his style is rather '鲁迅'. But I think it's a borderline cross between 朱自清 (the colloquial portions) & 徐志摩 (the lyricism).

The boy's dad is a journalist, and boy reads 老子《道德经》, Sigmund Freud and Isaac Asimov, hence the 文笔 you see here. You can google his other 命题 essays like 《沙漏》&《用心听见时间》. $10 lottery win is just a 明喻 to express his insouciance towards the new neighbour.

Estéema:
I agree with your reading. It's an admirable piece of 散文 rather than 作文. I believe he was musing on 近朱者赤, i.e. how the exemplary female classmate becomes his beacon of light who motivates him to strive harder and improve himself holistically. However, most Chinese netizens interpreted it as secret admiration 暗恋 because of his recurrent allusions to darkness 暗 and light 光.

D3@n:
Yes, there's 奋进, albeit nuanced, expressed by the boy. The title given by teacher was 《第一次的 ______》

It's rather common for high ability Chinese students to employ 抒情式 for compo, as they are linguistically stronger in MT than our local P6ers. Most of our PSLE HCL students only use the same boring 3-4 开头 for 命题 based on tuition centre's drilling. They seldom stray to other types of 开头、结尾 (about 8-10 broad types in China), unlike our time when there was no standard compo rubric and CL teachers gave primary school pupils a free hand to compose anything we liked based on 命题 rather than 看图.

I was told it's risky or even suicidal to write in such reflective manner for PSLE HCL compo cos student could 跑题. Even 倒叙 is not recommended by our teachers and tutors here.

[D3-n]

Zeit:

D3@n:
Yes, there's 奋进, albeit nuanced, expressed by the boy. The title given by teacher was 《第一次的 ______》

It's rather common for high ability Chinese students to employ 抒情式 for compo, as they are linguistically stronger in MT than our local P6ers. Most of our PSLE HCL students only use the same boring 3-4 开头 for 命题 based on tuition centre's drilling. They seldom stray to other types of 开头、结尾 (about 8-10 broad types in China), unlike our time when there was no standard compo rubric and CL teachers gave primary school pupils a free hand to compose anything we liked based on 命题 rather than 看图.

I was told it's risky or even suicidal to write in such reflective manner for PSLE HCL compo cos student could 跑题. Even 倒叙 is not recommended by our teachers and tutors here.

Not wise to be nuanced when it comes to answering exam questions. A stronger linguistic foundation does not necessarily mean better composing ability. One has to attack the essay question directly, clearly and appropriately. This piece in my opinion missed all three.

Stylistically and Content-wise I do encourage my students to be more original. But this piece I feel is too self-indulgent and inappropriate, especially from a 12-year-old. Same cringeworthy feeling I get when I watch the Children's Singing Contest where those little heavily dolled-up kids are clad in skimpy outfits and singing sexy adult tunes.