Secondary School Chinese

[zac's mum]

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Hi, I am wondering if anyone have recommendations for chinese tv dramas that are suitable for secondary school age boys? Preferably something light and NOT in the style of K-drama or chinese imperial palace drama and no local dramas. Thank you!

Do boys even like dramas? Lol...maybe those with more action like 神雕侠侣?

We are watching 冲上云霄 Series 1 with DS these hols 🥰 Unfortunately couldn’t find Mandarin version so we are watching it in the original Cantonese haha.

[chenlaoshi]

ammonite\" post_id=\"1974322\" time=\"1588817108\" user_id=\"50141:

Hi, I am wondering if anyone have recommendations for chinese tv dramas that are suitable for secondary school age boys? Preferably something light and NOT in the style of K-drama or chinese imperial palace drama and no local dramas. Thank you!

I think 动漫 and 动态漫画 would be a good start to cultivate interest in the language and patience in following through a series.
三毛流浪记 (https://www.wowodm.net/cartoon/779335.html)
三国演义 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKF5Y1S7Ujs&list=PLwtGjY1jrSDccJuPIqVHoXPHovd1RBJQ5)
长歌行 (https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM2Njk2NDU0MA==.html)

武侠剧 and 仙侠剧 are not as 'heavy' as 历史剧 but because some of the dialogues may involve Classical Chinese (文言文), they might not be able to fully appreciate yet.

校园剧 would be suitable for upper Sec and older.

[phtthp]

Hi chenlaoshi,



would like to inquire.

above 250 Chinese proverbs (idioms cheng yu) appeared (often tested), inside O-level

- Standard Chinese Paper 2 , or

- inside Higher Chinese Paper 2 ?

Thank you, for clarification.

[chenlaoshi]

phtthp\" post_id=\"1974363\" time=\"1588833485\" user_id=\"35251:

Hi chenlaoshi,


would like to inquire.

above 250 Chinese proverbs (idioms) appeared (often tested), inside O-level

- Standard Chinese Paper 2 , or

- inside Higher Chinese Paper 2 ?

Thank you, for clarification.

Hi phtthp,

For CL, the list is 135 idioms ('simplified' from the list of 250 idioms for HCL - i.e. HCL's is 135+ 115 more idioms).

Since the change in exam format in 2016, CL's cloze passage remains at 10 questions whereas HCL's cloze passage is reduced from 10 questions to 5.

Due to the additional questions in CL's cloze passage, it is not surprising to see more idioms appearing in CL paper 2 than HCL's (e.g. when 2 of the cloze passage's questions are testing on idiom, 8 idioms will be listed as options).

[ammonite]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"1974362\" time=\"1588831783\" user_id=\"162894:

ammonite\" post_id=\"1974322\" time=\"1588817108\" user_id=\"50141:

Hi, I am wondering if anyone have recommendations for chinese tv dramas that are suitable for secondary school age boys? Preferably something light and NOT in the style of K-drama or chinese imperial palace drama and no local dramas. Thank you!

I think 动漫 and 动态漫画 would be a good start to cultivate interest in the language and patience in following through a series.
三毛流浪记 (https://www.wowodm.net/cartoon/779335.html)
三国演义 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKF5Y1S7Ujs&list=PLwtGjY1jrSDccJuPIqVHoXPHovd1RBJQ5)
长歌行 (https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM2Njk2NDU0MA==.html)

武侠剧 and 仙侠剧 are not as 'heavy' as 历史剧 but because some of the dialogues may involve Classical Chinese (文言文), they might not be able to fully appreciate yet.

校园剧 would be suitable for upper Sec and older.

Thank you so much for the links, chenlaoshi!! Really appreciate them!

[ammonite]

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ammonite\" post_id=\"1974322\" time=\"1588817108\" user_id=\"50141:

Do boys even like dramas? Lol...maybe those with more action like 神雕侠侣?

We are watching 冲上云霄 Series 1 with DS these hols 🥰 Unfortunately couldn’t find Mandarin version so we are watching it in the original Cantonese haha.

Mine don’t really watch tv but I felt it would be good to watch something in Chinese this month as it’s the school hols. After all we have one whole month, lol. I find that regular listening helps to ‘maintain’ ds2’s pronounciation... prevents the descent into ‘potato-tone’ that I had spent time correcting when he was younger.

[.010675zeit]

ammonite\" post_id=\"1974322\" time=\"1588817108\" user_id=\"50141:

Hi, I am wondering if anyone have recommendations for chinese tv dramas that are suitable for secondary school age boys? Preferably something light and NOT in the style of K-drama or chinese imperial palace drama and no local dramas. Thank you!
......
Mine don’t really watch tv but I felt it would be good to watch something in Chinese this month as it’s the school hols. After all we have one whole month, lol. I find that regular listening helps to ‘maintain’ ds2’s pronounciation... prevents the descent into ‘potato-tone’ that I had spent time correcting when he was younger.

TV dramas (old to new， the older the more conservative)
《家有儿女》
《大江大河》
《奋斗》
《虎妈猫爸》
《少年派》
《青春派》
《小爸爸》
《小别离》
《十七岁不哭》

Commercial Movies
《三袋米》
《亲爱的课堂》
《糯米的苹果》
《我的母亲》
《少年班》
《西小河的夏天》
《致青春》
《中国合伙人》
《闪光少女》

International Art Films
王小帅《十七岁的单车》
陈凯歌《孩子王》
张艺谋《一个都不能少》
王君正 《天堂回信》

There are many C.Lit and C.History movies 《骆驼祥子》、《雷雨》、《阿Q正传》 and tv dramas 《茶馆》、《家春秋》、《红楼梦》 but your kids may not enjoy them. But then you never know! Some young kids have an 'old soul' and love watching oldies.

[ammonite]

Wow! 多谢多谢🙏

[sky minecrafter]

Taken from DSA 2020 thread, 05 Jun 2020 1:21pm

phtthp:

...reason why people want Secondary Chinese tuition is because the zuowen component, not easy...

https://www.zuowen.com/
http://www.ruiwen.com/zuowen/

[2eclipse]

Which tuition centres are popular for secondary chinese tuition, especially for students those who will be taking O-levels chinese exam? Are HCL and Wang still popular among the Sec school students?