Secondary School Chinese

[chenlaoshi]

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[quote=jedamum post_id=1939290 time=1569983324 user_id=159]谢谢老师。：）

不客气。 您的孩子今年几年几年级啊？

他今年中一。几天前考年终高华作文，他说好像写离题了。 :sad:[/quote]原来如此。别过于担心，中学叙述文题目里设定的要求蛮多的。

有了这次的经验，加上多阅读范文，接触不同的题目要求，他会更加适应并且表现有所进步的。

[jedamum]

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原来如此。别过于担心，中学叙述文题目里设定的要求蛮多的。

有了这次的经验，加上多阅读范文，接触不同的题目要求，他会更加适应并且表现有所进步的。

谢谢老师的安慰。
老师有什么好的作文范文书推荐吗？
学校这次作文题目中出了一条谚语。他因为理解不确，应该是最乐观的是会点不到题（否则离题吧 :gloomy: ）。一般O水准作文会考谚语吗？
我家哥哥虽然华文水平一般，可是没写离题过。弟弟第一次考作文就离/偏题了。。。

[chenlaoshi]

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chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"1939326\" time=\"1569989959\" user_id=\"162894:

原来如此。别过于担心，中学叙述文题目里设定的要求蛮多的。

有了这次的经验，加上多阅读范文，接触不同的题目要求，他会更加适应并且表现有所进步的。

谢谢老师的安慰。
老师有什么好的作文范文书推荐吗？
学校这次作文题目中出了一条谚语。他因为理解不确，应该是最乐观的是会点不到题（否则离题吧 :gloomy: ）。一般O水准作文会考谚语吗？
我家哥哥虽然华文水平一般，可是没写离题过。弟弟第一次考作文就离/偏题了。。。

毕竟两人考试题目不一样，不能直接做对比啦。

嗯， 除了谚语，名言也可能会出现在题目中。不过，这类题型其实不常见。O水准历届考题中近十年来只出现两次（2013，2015）。

读物方面，每期的《早报逗号》里的“文艺”专栏内的篇章对描写叙述文/故事有帮助。

另外，我个人认为到了中二，应该把注意力转向议论文。因为这方面的准备有助于实用文(email)，作文，甚至是对于理解阅读理解篇章也很实用。到了中三、中四，要通过记叙文考取优越的作文成绩并不容易。相比之下，议论文较容易发挥。

相关刊物 :
1. 《早报逗号》

2. 《华文热门话题材料作文》https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=8835&p=1907394&hilit=argumentative#p1907394

3. 《爱上读报》https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=8835&p=1907394&hilit=argumentative#p1914805

[jedamum]

:rahrah: 谢谢老师的分享

[chenlaoshi]

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[kidznme]

Hi,


I am looking for Chinese tutor to home tutor my kids in Sec 1 and Sec 3 Express stream.

Location: Tampines
Preference:
-Ex MOE/Current MOE teacher
- Must have proven credentials/track records

Please PM me.

TIA!

[Estéema]

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Hi,

I am looking for Chinese tutor to home tutor my kids in Sec 1 and Sec 3 Express stream.

Location: Tampines
Preference:
-Ex MOE/Current MOE teacher
- Must have proven credentials/track records

Please PM me.

TIA!

chenlaoshi shld be capable

[KiddyLow]

Any recommendation for secondary Chinese tuition centre? Can advise? Thanks.

[manorway]

Seeking advice on behalf of a friend. Kid is taking O levels next year. Kid got A for PSLE Chinese but my friend did consistent revision with child. Since Sec 1, wanted to revise herself. Grades drops to 53% for Sec 3 Year end.


Recently started a private tutor for a few lessons. Small group of 3-4 kids and all Sec 3. First 3 lessons, tutor just gave 1500 individual characters and went through one character at a time with this kid, when the rest were doing other work. Maybe their standard is higher than hers. Still I wonder - at this stage, shouldn’t vocab be reviewed as a phrase instead of individual character??!

Then every lesson, just watched youtube videos together and tutor would pause now and again to talk about the content. So when kid came home, could not remember enough/could not explain clearly in Mandarin what the videos were about. Kid copied down the phrases that popped up on video but did not know what they meant. Teacher did not explain and no time to ask.

No worksheet, no handouts. Very worrying. Checked with teacher but she just said first kid must recognise all characters before we can do anything else.

We do not have experience with Chinese tutors. Any parents with experience with effective tutors, please share your views. Thanks.

[chenlaoshi]

Hi manorway,


- Regarding knowing individual characters, it is fundamental, since the progression towards understanding a passage is: 笔画 (strokes) > 字 (character) > 词 (phrase) > 句 (sentence) > 段 (paragraph) > 篇 (passage). 词语 are formed by combination of 字 and it is usually possible to infer the meaning of the 词语 based on the 字‘s meaning. However, this can be done via self-directed learning.

- As for the video they watch, is it related to topics that can help in 实用文, 作文 （议论文）and/or 口试? Besides, copying without understanding is ineffective.

- Do they do any guided practice on paper 1 and paper 2 components?

- Personally, in lessons, I will focus on areas that require guidance and discussions, i.e. more technique based, so as to maximize the effectiveness & efficiency of the weekly class time
( - identifying 词语搭配 and 关键词 and explaining the difference in meaning & usage of the choices in cloze passage,
- discussing/explaining content of passage in comprehension esp. those parts with underlying meaning as well as understanding what kind of response different types of compre questions are targeting at,
- discussion & mind-mapping in preparation for various themes/topics that can appear in email writing, argumentative/discursive writing and oral).