Secondary School Chinese

[zac's mum]

Paiseh to ask this strange qn. For Oral passage reading, do the examiners actually look at the passage text while the candidate is reading it aloud? Or do they usually just listen (maybe looking at candidate’s expression or other things)?

[phtthp]

There is a rubric, to assess Secondary school students for Oral. Your son can refer to this rubric, given out by his class Chinese Teacher, to see how he will be assessed for Oral.

[chenlaoshi]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2118184\" time=\"1693732732\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2118184 time=1693732732 user_id=53606]
Paiseh to ask this strange qn. For Oral passage reading, do the examiners actually look at the passage text while the candidate is reading it aloud? Or do they usually just listen (maybe looking at candidate’s expression or other things)?[/quote]

Yes, the examiners will look at the text - but not all the time, i.e. there will still be regular eye contact/looking at the candidate while he/she reads (so that they can note the no. of mispronunciation).

While the examiners won't count the exact no. of mispronunciations, they will be able to gauge if pronunciation （语音）：
- 准确
- 相当准确，有一点错误
- 还算准确，有一些错误
- 不准确，有很多错误
and grade them according to the appropriate level（等级）'s mark range.

Rubric for passage reading https://www.seab.gov.sg/docs/default-source/national-examinations/syllabus/olevel/2024syllabus/1160_y24_sy.pdf

The length of passage is around:
https://i.imgur.com/M5jxb2Z.jpg\">

[zac's mum]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"2118260\" time=\"1693818378\" user_id=\"162894:

Yes, the examiners will look at the text - but not all the time, i.e. there will still be regular eye contact/looking at the candidate while he/she reads (so that they can note the no. of mispronunciation).

While the examiners won't count the exact no. of mispronunciations, they will be able to gauge if pronunciation （语音）：
- 准确
- 相当准确，有一点错误
- 还算准确，有一些错误
- 不准确，有很多错误
and grade them according to the appropriate level（等级）'s mark range.

Rubric for passage reading https://www.seab.gov.sg/docs/default-source/national-examinations/syllabus/olevel/2024syllabus/1160_y24_sy.pdf

Thank u so much chenlaoshi. I was worried will have deduction per mis-read word. I did not have the passage on hand (DS held the only copy) so i just listened & heard accurate 4 tones, appropriate pauses, correct rhythm of common phrases, expression & emphasis (but i couldn’t understand some strange pairing of words so i knew he had mispronounced them, albeit with conviction that he’s saying the right thing :roll: ) I hope that is good enough for a pass but of course he should practice more. We are using O level passages cos couldnt find Sec 1 level

[chenlaoshi]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2118261\" time=\"1693818914\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2118261 time=1693818914 user_id=53606]
Thank u so much chenlaoshi. I was worried will have deduction per mis-read word. I did not have the passage on hand (DS held the only copy) so i just listened & heard accurate 4 tones, appropriate pauses, correct rhythm of common phrases, expression & emphasis (but i couldn’t understand some strange pairing of words so i knew he had mispronounced them, albeit with conviction that he’s saying the right thing :roll: ) I hope that is good enough for a pass but of course he should practice more. We are using O level passages cos couldnt find Sec 1 level [/quote]

I see. Regarding oral passage reading practice materials, cloze passages would be a good source - can use previously completely exercises.

[temjin68]

Hi Chen Lao Shi,


My DS is having his NA Chinese paper soon. Would you be able to advise for comp what are the topics he can focus on?
There are almost zero information for NA students to help them in their exam.
Can you help?

Thank you

[chenlaoshi]

temjin68\" post_id=\"2118915\" time=\"1694443202\" user_id=\"6076:

Hi Chen Lao Shi,

My DS is having his NA Chinese paper soon. Would you be able to advise for comp what are the topics he can focus on?
There are almost zero information for NA students to help them in their exam.
Can you help?

Thank you

Hi temjin68,

My advice will be to forget about Q3 and Q4. The scope tested for these news discussion and discursive type questions is very broad and more suitable for students who do constant reading (to understand about the topic and provide relevant supporting claims/evidences) and have a fairly good language foundation (to articulate their thoughts) .

Instead, the preparation work for Q5 (narrative) and Q6 (complete the story) are \"easier\" (since all stories will involve characters and incidents) - memorize descriptive phrases for feelings（心理描写）, actions（心动描写）and appearance（外貌描写） + remember to try and include other 描写手法 like speech（语言描写）and rhetoric approaches（比喻 metaphor/simile, 拟人 personification）, if possible.

[temjin68]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"2118922\" time=\"1694483819\" user_id=\"162894:

Hi temjin68,

My advice will be to forget about Q3 and Q4. The scope tested for these news discussion and discursive type questions is very broad and more suitable for students who do constant reading (to understand about the topic and provide relevant supporting claims/evidences) and have a fairly good language foundation (to articulate their thoughts) .

Instead, the preparation work for Q5 (narrative) and Q6 (complete the story) are \"easier\" (since all stories will involve characters and incidents) - memorize descriptive phrases for feelings（心理描写）, actions（心动描写）and appearance（外貌描写） + remember to try and include other 描写手法 like speech（语言描写）and rhetoric approaches（比喻 metaphor/simile, 拟人 personification）, if possible.

Thank you for your advise

[cacky]

Hi, not sure if this has been asked before but I would like to find out the format for O Level HCL for oral.


Also, may I know the differences between CL and HCL at O levels? as in the format

[chenlaoshi]

cacky\" post_id=\"2120655\" time=\"1697213566\" user_id=\"46051:

Hi, not sure if this has been asked before but I would like to find out the format for O Level HCL for oral.

Also, may I know the differences between CL and HCL at O levels? as in the format

Hi cacky,

You can check out this post here to see the differences:

https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=8835&p=1892326&hilit=chenlaoshi#p1892321