Secondary School Chinese

[zac's mum]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"2111720\" time=\"1687935414\" user_id=\"162894:

The format in which oral (and even paper 2) is tested still varies across schools in lower Sec level - most schools test the oral conversation component only (i.e. watch video, followed by conversation regarding the theme covered in the video).

However, there's no harm to practice of reading and improve word recognition (after all, this helps in Paper 2 too) - can make use of cloze and compre passages.

Thanks. We just received the Sem 2 exam details. Our school still has passage reading as first part of CL Oral Zac’s weakest point is 朗读. I still make him read aloud compre passages to me as practice, but still many wrong guesses!

For EL, they have to do the video report (note-taking) on current affairs topics. So I will let him translate & practice CL version as well, will come in handy.

[chenlaoshi]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2111724\" time=\"1687936674\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2111724 time=1687936674 user_id=53606]
Thanks. We just received the Sem 2 exam details. Our school still has passage reading as first part of CL Oral Zac’s weakest point is 朗读. I still make him read aloud compre passages to me as practice, but still many wrong guesses!

For EL, they have to do the video report (note-taking) on current affairs topics. So I will let him translate & practice CL version as well, will come in handy.[/quote]

I see, that's good - can start preparation earlier.

Zac can have a vocab handbook of his own (divided into 3 columns - Chinese character, Han Yu Pin Yin, English meaning) - jot down the words/phrases which he did now know how to read when he's practicing passage reading. It helps to narrow down the scope for revision.

Yes, that's an efficient way to prepare for CL oral at the same time too - when they come across various topics covered in English, they can identify the words/phrases that they do not know how to express in Mandarin, then find out and learn them - for example, regarding plastic - they might not know how to say \"non-biodegrable\" (不可降解).

[zav_zay]

Any updates on today oral’s topics & questions asked?

[chenlaoshi]

zav_zay\" post_id=\"2112759\" time=\"1688727686\" user_id=\"103461:

Any updates on today oral's topics & questions asked?

2023 O'Level CL Oral

Day 1 - Hawker Culture 小贩文化
- 你有到短片中的地方（小贩中心、食阁）用餐吗？
- 用餐时，人们比较重视环境的舒适，还是事物的质量？
- 你认为保留小贩文化重要吗？为什么？
- 要将我国独有的小贩文化传承下去，是一个挑战。谈谈你的看法。

[newbieks]

Hi chenlaoshi.


Can I know how strict is the machine marking of circled answers on paper 2 during national exams? Really cannot have a single bit of white or cannot have any shading outside of the circle? It’s good lesson for my child, as 7 out of the 8 MCQ in paper 2 was marked wrong for MYE even though answer is correct.

[chenlaoshi]

newbieks\" post_id=\"2112773\" time=\"1688737529\" user_id=\"178749:

Hi chenlaoshi.

Can I know how strict is the machine marking of circled answers on paper 2 during national exams? Really cannot have a single bit of white or cannot have any shading outside of the circle? It’s good lesson for my child, as 7 out of the 8 MCQ in paper 2 was marked wrong for MYE even though answer is correct.

Hi newbieks,

The settings (sensitivity & grading) of the machine can be adjusted.

For schools, it's usually less strict (i.e. for the cases you mentioned, as long as they are minor cases, error messages will be shown to ask for human intervention).

For national exams, such situation will be auto graded as wrong answer - since it is very inefficient to attend to each and every error message that pops out.

Which explains why such reminders are printed on the OAS:
https://i.imgur.com/dmNSm2P.jpg\">

I guess your child's school went with the stricter setting - as you mentioned it's better to be reminded now then lose marks when it matters most.

[newbieks]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"2112782\" time=\"1688743131\" user_id=\"162894:

Hi newbieks,

The settings (sensitivity & grading) of the machine can be adjusted.

For schools, it's usually less strict (i.e. for the cases you mentioned, as long as they are minor cases, error messages will be shown to ask for human intervention).

For national exams, such situation will be auto graded as wrong answer - since it is very inefficient to attend to each and every error message that pops out.

Which explains why such reminders are printed on the OAS:
https://i.imgur.com/dmNSm2P.jpg\">

I guess your child's school went with the stricter setting - as you mentioned it's better to be reminded now then lose marks when it matters most.

Tks for sharing! The school script was hand marked. Nonetheless I think it is good reminder not just for chinese paper but perhaps for all other MCQ questions.

[zac's mum]

Students, parents upset over ‘morbid’ O-level Chinese listening comprehension passage


https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/students-parents-upset-with-morbid-o-level-chinese-listening-comprehension-passage

https://www.reddit.com/r/SGExams/comments/14q8ffn/2023_chinese_o_lvl_lc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1

[Reenie]

陈老师 您好！


想问一下，议论文里，写分论点时，如果小朋友没办法记得任何可以用的论据 （俗语、名言、例子），怎么办？可以怎样写论据呢？谢谢！

[chenlaoshi]

Reenie\" post_id=\"2112878\" time=\"1688889055\" user_id=\"7078:

陈老师 您好！

想问一下，议论文里，写分论点时，如果小朋友没办法记得任何可以用的论据 （俗语、名言、例子），怎么办？可以怎样写论据呢？谢谢！

议论文的论据分成以下几种：

https://i.imgur.com/U9n7lbA.jpg\">

- state examples
- use quotes
- compare and contrast
- use analogy (simile/metaphor)
- use statistics