Q&A - PSLE Chinese

[s277400]

Can any teachers help. My kid school teacher keep restricting my kid to write only 3 pages for compo. Is it advisable. My kid usually can write up to 3.5 or 4 pages with good phrases. I thinks 3 pages only limit kid to using good phrase, so is this PSLE standard to write only 3 pages? Please advise. Thanks

[chenlaoshi]

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Can any teachers help. My kid school teacher keep restricting my kid to write only 3 pages for compo. Is it advisable. My kid usually can write up to 3.5 or 4 pages with good phrases. I thinks 3 pages only limit kid to using good phrase, so is this PSLE standard to write only 3 pages? Please advise. Thanks

Some teachers are more conservative and err to the side of caution or have their own preferences, e.g. some do not want their students to use flashback because at the end of the compo if you do not 'come back' to the current time, then the flashback is incomplete.

In this case regarding the length, I believe the teacher is concern about 多写多错 - be it in terms of language (grammar), content (irrelevant) and/or incorrect 'flexing' (a.k.a. spamming of good phrases inaccurately).

One thing for sure is, in the marking criteria, there is no such thing for being marked down/penalised due to 'excessive' length of compo. What's the mark range your child has been getting? Has it been consistent? During the 誊清 (correction/2nd draft), besides length, what are the common issues raised by the teacher?

[mylulaoshi]

s277400\" post_id=\"1911552\" time=\"1558579478\" user_id=\"40113:

Can any teachers help. My kid school teacher keep restricting my kid to write only 3 pages for compo. Is it advisable. My kid usually can write up to 3.5 or 4 pages with good phrases. I thinks 3 pages only limit kid to using good phrase, so is this PSLE standard to write only 3 pages? Please advise. Thanks

No. But if your child writes excessively out of key point, it's unconstructive. well developed Key points should be around 3-4pg (240 words per page). 文笔很好，懂得发挥写作技巧的学生大可尽管发挥。但要切记只发挥考题重点。

[Tan sg]

I think You can safely ignore your classroom teacher's advise and encourage your child to go for it and write 3.5-4 pages. In PSLE there is no formal limit to how long your child can write.


Next grading is not according to page length but content and language. So long compositions do not really matter as long as your child are cleared of
1) Sentence construction mistakes and
2) grammar and vocabulary mistakes.

So if your child can do it, do encourage them to write more.

refer them to articles below to learn more on scoring in Chinese Compositions.
How to write better picture composition
https://mrtansg.blogspot.com/2017/02/psle.html

How to score in PSLE CHinese compositions
https://mrtansg.blogspot.com/2017/05/

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s277400\" post_id=\"1911552\" time=\"1558579478\" user_id=\"40113:

Can any teachers help. My kid school teacher keep restricting my kid to write only 3 pages for compo. Is it advisable. My kid usually can write up to 3.5 or 4 pages with good phrases. I thinks 3 pages only limit kid to using good phrase, so is this PSLE standard to write only 3 pages? Please advise. Thanks

[yorkie]

老师们您好，my kid started gaohua in p5 and I understand that primary school education is cumulative and kids will be tested based on entire subject syllabus for psle. Must I get my child to master those gaohua 字词 of past years, especially those for p4? Please advise🙏🏻😊

[chenlaoshi]

yorkie\" post_id=\"1914249\" time=\"1560390194\" user_id=\"49037:

老师们您好，my kid started gaohua in p5 and I understand that primary school education is cumulative and kids will be tested based on entire subject syllabus for psle. Must I get my child to master those gaohua 字词 of past years, especially those for p4? Please advise🙏🏻😊

Hi yorkie,

Here's my comment in addition to phtthp's reply to this question on the 2019 PSLE thread:

Yes, it is good to revise Pri 4's 词语 too - besides knowing how to pronounce them and understand their respective meanings, it is necessary to know how to write them, esp. the 识写字.

You can do so with the help of hand books like these:
https://i.ibb.co/1KbrNqT/handbook.jpg\">https://i.ibb.co/3kwcJDH/chnvocab.jpg\">

This series' assessment books have comprehensive vocab list too:
https://i.ibb.co/fnsVz5v/wkly.jpg\">

HCL versions are available for the 2nd and 3rd book.

[yorkie]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"1914785\" time=\"1560765494\" user_id=\"162894:

yorkie\" post_id=\"1914249\" time=\"1560390194\" user_id=\"49037:

老师们您好，my kid started gaohua in p5 and I understand that primary school education is cumulative and kids will be tested based on entire subject syllabus for psle. Must I get my child to master those gaohua 字词 of past years, especially those for p4? Please advise🙏🏻😊

Hi yorkie,

Here's my comment in addition to phtthp's reply to this question on the 2019 PSLE thread:

Yes, it is good to revise Pri 4's 词语 too - besides knowing how to pronounce them and understand their respective meanings, it is necessary to know how to write them, esp. the 识写字.

You can do so with the help of hand books like these:
https://i.ibb.co/1KbrNqT/handbook.jpg\">https://i.ibb.co/3kwcJDH/chnvocab.jpg\">

This series' assessment books have comprehensive vocab list too:
https://i.ibb.co/fnsVz5v/wkly.jpg\">

HCL versions are available for the 2nd and 3rd book.

Hi ChenLaoShi, 您好。好的，非常感谢您答复和推荐🙏🏻️。

[jj_1808]

Which top 5 schools HCL paper should I ask my son to practice ?


Any advice .

Thanks

[s277400]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"1911561\" time=\"1558580905\" user_id=\"162894:

s277400\" post_id=\"1911552\" time=\"1558579478\" user_id=\"40113:

Can any teachers help. My kid school teacher keep restricting my kid to write only 3 pages for compo. Is it advisable. My kid usually can write up to 3.5 or 4 pages with good phrases. I thinks 3 pages only limit kid to using good phrase, so is this PSLE standard to write only 3 pages? Please advise. Thanks

Some teachers are more conservative and err to the side of caution or have their own preferences, e.g. some do not want their students to use flashback because at the end of the compo if you do not 'come back' to the current time, then the flashback is incomplete.

In this case regarding the length, I believe the teacher is concern about 多写多错 - be it in terms of language (grammar), content (irrelevant) and/or incorrect 'flexing' (a.k.a. spamming of good phrases inaccurately).

One thing for sure is, in the marking criteria, there is no such thing for being marked down/penalised due to 'excessive' length of compo. What's the mark range your child has been getting? Has it been consistent? During the 誊清 (correction/2nd draft), besides length, what are the common issues raised by the teacher?

Thanks to all the teachers for your advise. Will let my kid know as he is so used to restricting himself now.

[lms2255]

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