All About GEP

[Neko]

cluelessmama:

Zann:

[quote=\"Herbie\"]Hi ksmum, my dd is not fr a SAP Sch. Top student fr her sch for hcl is a PRC with a score of 92 marks.

Just wondering in non-SAP school do you have to take HCL in P4. Thought only P5 then there is such option needed?

My kid is from non SAP, they are offered HCL in P4. In fact, in her previous school, it is offered from P2 (informal - learn higer chinese but take same CL paper). HCL is officially offered from P5.[/quote]not sure if it applied to last yr's batch as well but dd's batch (P4 this yr) has to take HCL though the sch is non SAP. reason was sthg to do with 'good to learn hcl and they shd be able to cope'. tho dd was very hesitant abt taking hcl at first, she was able to cope and her chinese really improved a lot

[KSmom8]

My child's chinese has also improved a lot! :lol:


Recently his tutor bought a P5 HCL revision workbook and he was quite pleased that the comprehension questions were similar to the P4 GEP HCL questions - i.e. have to compose your own answers and cannot \"copy and adapt\" from the passage.

Didn't want to dampen his spirits but was wondering whether the P5 GEP HCL comprehension questions were similar to the P4 GEP HCL comprehension? Any difference in type of questions?

Thanks in advance for sharing.

[RachelSmiley]

My dd had managed to survive a year of HCL in P3 using only the electronic dict from Popular as her tutor. I feel really guilty about this, but her only exposure to Chinese is during her school lessons. My MT sucks! (excuse the expression). She is offered HCL next year. Is there a very big leap to HCL in P4 Gep from P3 HCL?

[TREX8]

In DD's school (a non-SAP school), at P4, GEP kids/parents can choose whether to do HCl or not.


At P5, kids need to meet certain academic criteria before they are allowed to take up HCL.

Similarly, if the child is able to fulfill the criteria and take up HCL in P5, he/she must meet the criteria again to qualify to do HCL at P6.

If the child didnt do HCl at P5, he/she will not be allowed to do HCl at P6.

Zann:

Herbie:

Hi ksmum, my dd is not fr a SAP Sch. Top student fr her sch for hcl is a PRC with a score of 92 marks.

Just wondering in non-SAP school do you have to take HCL in P4. Thought only P5 then there is such option needed?

[ksme]

RachelSmiley:

My dd had managed to survive a year of HCL in P3 using only the electronic dict from Popular as her tutor. I feel really guilty about this, but her only exposure to Chinese is during her school lessons. My MT sucks! (excuse the expression). She is offered HCL next year. Is there a very big leap to HCL in P4 Gep from P3 HCL?

Gep hcl is tougher than mainstream hcl. To me, there was a big leap from p3 hcl.

[jiyou2003]

Nebbermind:

Some people don't see it as whether the kid can handle or not. They see it as minus-2 pts for 'O' level agg which will help the child in getting into a premier JC!!

like to know how this is calculate. Pls \"enlighten\" me.
Thks in advance.

[pecalis]

ksme:

Gep hcl is tougher than mainstream hcl. To me, there was a big leap from p3 hcl.

I've checked with ds's GEP HCL tr - he confirmed with me tt GEP HCL is of a higher standard than mainstream HCL. Mainstream HCL is a SAP school.

[RachelSmiley]

pecalis:

ksme:

Gep hcl is tougher than mainstream hcl. To me, there was a big leap from p3 hcl.

I've checked with ds's GEP HCL tr - he confirmed with me tt GEP HCL is of a higher standard than mainstream HCL. Mainstream HCL is a SAP school.

Thank you pecalis and ksme. Handed in reply form long ago. Do they use very cheem words in compo and compre? Are they required write-ups or do research ? Hope not or else I will :faint:

[KSmom8]

RachelSmiley:

pecalis:

[quote=\"ksme\"]
Gep hcl is tougher than mainstream hcl. To me, there was a big leap from p3 hcl.

I've checked with ds's GEP HCL tr - he confirmed with me tt GEP HCL is of a higher standard than mainstream HCL. Mainstream HCL is a SAP school.

Thank you pecalis and ksme. Handed in reply form long ago. Do they use very cheem words in compo and compre? Are they required write-ups or do research ? Hope not or else I will :faint:[/quote]Don't remember DS doing write-ups or research for chinese, otherwise I will also :faint: so you don't need to :faint: haha..
Compo expectation is much higher and compre is difficult. Most kids lose marks in compre in DS class.

[RachelSmiley]

Thank you KSmom8. Still having weak knees. The bright side is there are lesser nightmares to contend with.