Q&A - PSLE Chinese

[ChiefKiasu]

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Lol. How come the kids and teacher are using English to speak if it is meant as a Chinese compo?

[chenlaoshi]

ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2109307\" time=\"1684766427\" user_id=\"3:

Lol. How come the kids and teacher are using English to speak if it is meant as a Chinese compo?

Some students raised this point before.

1. To make the content authentic/relevant to the students. For example, you won't see 数学测验 written on the board for a local school Math Test in Singapore.

2. To \"test\" the students' vocab/language skills. For example, they will have to know how to express & write \"Math Test\" and \"stupid\" in Mandarin.

[mamalearns]

Hello wise people,


May I know if the exams tests only the 词语that have been found in the textbook? E.g. if 锻炼 is the 识读字, then can they test words like 提炼 because both 提 and 炼 are learnt as 识读字, separately? Or will they only test 锻炼？
Thankss!

[chenlaoshi]

mamalearns\" post_id=\"2113149\" time=\"1689048007\" user_id=\"202157:

Hello wise people,

May I know if the exams tests only the 词语that have been found in the textbook? E.g. if 锻炼 is the 识读字, then can they test words like 提炼 because both 提 and 炼 are learnt as 识读字, separately? Or will they only test 锻炼？
Thankss!

Any phrases（词语）made up with previously learnt Chinese characters（字）can be tested/appear in questions/passage. So for the example above, yes, the phrase tested need not be 锻炼．

Such cases usually appear in Q3 or 4 辨字测验 type of question.

E.g. 这些产品都是从精心挑选的原材料提________而成的。
(1) 炼
(2) 练
(3) 冻
(4) 栋

[mamalearns]

Thanks a million Chen Laoshi! I guess that means the learning needs to be very comprehensive.

[Lynntan123]

Hello! Does anyone know how to download the app for this book? Been searching for the app and seems like it doesn’t exist.

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[Li Lao Shi]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"2113157\" time=\"1689049080\" user_id=\"162894:

Any phrases（词语）made up with previously learnt Chinese characters（字）can be tested/appear in questions/passage. So for the example above, yes, the phrase tested need not be 锻炼．

Such cases usually appear in Q3 or 4 辨字测验 type of question.

E.g. 这些产品都是从精心挑选的原材料提________而成的。
(1) 炼
(2) 练
(3) 冻
(4) 栋

Just to clarify:

I believe the primary school syllabus does not test vocabulary words outside the school syllabus.

Yes, Chinese characters can be combined but in this example 提炼 has another meaning and is totally different from 锻炼 which is in the school syllabus.

A better example will be 印象。印 is learned as 印度 in the syallabus and 象 is quite common as a matching character for other words. So 印象 is considered to be a vocabulary word that might be tested and it actually also came out in one of the passages in the syllabus.

[Happybee1114]

Hi, any HCL and CL model composition books that can recommend? Need to read more model compos for inspiration, especially for HCL. Thanks!

[SG_KP1]

Happybee1114\" post_id=\"2118933\" time=\"1694499353\" user_id=\"198577:

Hi, any HCL and CL model composition books that can recommend? Need to read more model compos for inspiration, especially for HCL. Thanks!

Maybe try this one (should be in Popular stores or order online):

https://sgeduvision.com/bookstore/

https://www.openschoolbag.com.sg/product/%E5%8E%86%E5%B1%8Apsle%E4%BD%9C%E6%96%87%E8%80%83%E9%A2%98%E8%8C%83%E6%96%87%E9%9B%86-model-compositions-for-past-year-psle-chinese-exams

[Happybee1114]

SG_KP1\" post_id=\"2118938\" time=\"1694504847\" user_id=\"188234:

Maybe try this one (should be in Popular stores or order online):

https://sgeduvision.com/bookstore/

https://www.openschoolbag.com.sg/product/%E5%8E%86%E5%B1%8Apsle%E4%BD%9C%E6%96%87%E8%80%83%E9%A2%98%E8%8C%83%E6%96%87%E9%9B%86-model-compositions-for-past-year-psle-chinese-exams

Thanks! Will drop by Popular and take a look.