Secondary School Chinese

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chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"2106863\" time=\"1682663879\" user_id=\"162894:

Hi newbieks,

I haven't seen official statistics on % passes for Higher Mother Tongue. The ones related to O-Level that are released by MOE (e.g.: https://www.moe.gov.sg/-/media/files/about-us/education-statistics-digest-2022.ashx) covers:

https://i.imgur.com/d6K1mDv.jpg\">

Regarding the situation you shared, from what I have seen over the years, the chances of getting at least a D7 is ~85%. A few factors/reasons include:

- O-Level HCL Paper 2 are generally easier to handle than those set by schools (e.g. passage content are less complicated to understand, less use of difficult proverbs/phrases)

- D7 allows for marginal failure - i.e. as low as 45 marks; B4 to C5 mark range is from 55-64 marks. To not at least make it for D7 would mean a drop of at least 20 out of 200 marks (Paper 1, Paper 2 and Oral) - that would be rather \"catastrophic\"

so far,
MOE (SEAB) had never published any statistics (data) by year,

what's the percentage of O-level (Higher Chinese) students, who scored at least minimum a B3 and above, in their HCL.

[zac's mum]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"2106863\" time=\"1682663879\" user_id=\"162894:

Hi newbieks,

I haven't seen official statistics on % passes for Higher Mother Tongue. The ones related to O-Level that are released by MOE (e.g.: https://www.moe.gov.sg/-/media/files/about-us/education-statistics-digest-2022.ashx) covers:

https://i.imgur.com/d6K1mDv.jpg\">

Regarding the situation you shared, from what I have seen over the years, the chances of getting at least a D7 is ~85%. A few factors/reasons include:

- O-Level HCL Paper 2 are generally easier to handle than those set by schools (e.g. passage content are less complicated to understand, less use of difficult proverbs/phrases)
- D7 allows for marginal failure - i.e. as low as 45 marks; B4 to C5 mark range is from 55-64 marks. To not at least make it for D7 would mean a drop of at least 20 out of 200 marks (Paper 1, Paper 2 and Oral) - that would be rather \"catastrophic\"

Thanks for sharing this link!

What is interesting to me is that:

On Page 74, it shows the % of A level students who passed MTL at H1 level. Seems like it is as spectacularly high as those who passed O level MTL.

[Zeal mummy]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"2106863\" time=\"1682663879\" user_id=\"162894:

…

- O-Level HCL Paper 2 are generally easier to handle than those set by schools (e.g. passage content are less complicated to understand, less use of difficult proverbs/phrases)
- D7 allows for marginal failure - i.e. as low as 45 marks; B4 to C5 mark range is from 55-64 marks. To not at least make it for D7 would mean a drop of at least 20 out of 200 marks (Paper 1, Paper 2 and Oral) - that would be rather \"catastrophic\"

Agree with Chen Laoshi on these two points..

[newbieks]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"2106863\" time=\"1682663879\" user_id=\"162894:

Hi newbieks,

I haven't seen official statistics on % passes for Higher Mother Tongue. The ones related to O-Level that are released by MOE (e.g.: https://www.moe.gov.sg/-/media/files/about-us/education-statistics-digest-2022.ashx) covers:

https://i.imgur.com/d6K1mDv.jpg\">

Regarding the situation you shared, from what I have seen over the years, the chances of getting at least a D7 is ~85%. A few factors/reasons include:

- O-Level HCL Paper 2 are generally easier to handle than those set by schools (e.g. passage content are less complicated to understand, less use of difficult proverbs/phrases)
- D7 allows for marginal failure - i.e. as low as 45 marks; B4 to C5 mark range is from 55-64 marks. To not at least make it for D7 would mean a drop of at least 20 out of 200 marks (Paper 1, Paper 2 and Oral) - that would be rather \"catastrophic\"

Thanks again for the kind sharing! Apparently the recent WA papers were hard. Let’s see how it goes..

[newbieks]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"2106863\" time=\"1682663879\" user_id=\"162894:

Hi newbieks,

I haven't seen official statistics on % passes for Higher Mother Tongue. The ones related to O-Level that are released by MOE (e.g.: https://www.moe.gov.sg/-/media/files/about-us/education-statistics-digest-2022.ashx) covers:

https://i.imgur.com/d6K1mDv.jpg\">

Regarding the situation you shared, from what I have seen over the years, the chances of getting at least a D7 is ~85%. A few factors/reasons include:

- O-Level HCL Paper 2 are generally easier to handle than those set by schools (e.g. passage content are less complicated to understand, less use of difficult proverbs/phrases)
- D7 allows for marginal failure - i.e. as low as 45 marks; B4 to C5 mark range is from 55-64 marks. To not at least make it for D7 would mean a drop of at least 20 out of 200 marks (Paper 1, Paper 2 and Oral) - that would be rather \"catastrophic\"

Thanks again for the kind sharing! Apparently the recent WA papers were hard. Let’s see how it goes..

[zac's mum]

Sec 1 Express Chinese - I managed to find a free online website with a few schools’ exam papers:


https://freechinesematerials.com/

I noticed that some commonly-asked question types (new vs primary school CL) are:
1a) 找出这篇文章的线索
1b) 文章的主题是什么？
2a) 从文中找出一个比喻句
2b) 这个比喻句的作用是什么？

These skills are taught in Chapters 1 & 2 of the CL textbook.

[zac's mum]

Unfortunately the above exam papers dont come with answer key, so I am asking for help here as i’m coaching my kid myself.


For the qn find the 比喻句, this is asking for the simile, right?

I saw 2 similes in the compre passage, I would have picked either of them:

“墙上的钟表走得像蜗牛一样慢” and

”像一只出笼的小鸟，迫不及待地跑出房间”

However, my son picked:

”手机成了我的玩伴”

Isn’t this a personification rather than simile?

Just trying to understand whether his answer is acceptable. Will they be learning the difference later on?

[newbieks]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2107025\" time=\"1682825791\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2107025 time=1682825791 user_id=53606]
Unfortunately the above exam papers dont come with answer key, so I am asking for help here as i’m coaching my kid myself.

For the qn find the 比喻句, this is asking for the simile, right?

I saw 2 similes in the compre passage, I would have picked either of them:

“墙上的钟表走得像蜗牛一样慢” and

”像一只出笼的小鸟，迫不及待地跑出房间”

However, my son picked:

”手机成了我的玩伴”

Isn’t this a personification rather than simile?

Just trying to understand whether his answer is acceptable. Will they be learning the difference later on?[/quote]

I think the ones you picked are 比喻，the one your son picked is 比拟。 difference is 比喻state out the 2 objects in comparison, 比拟 does not explicitly state out the 2nd object .

[Liew Nga Wing]

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[zac's mum]

Thx, LNW.


Another common Compre qn type that is “new” (usually the final qn):

你从文中得到了什么启示 / 学到了什么道理？请举生活中的例子加以说明。