Comparing Chinese Enrichment (Primary/Preschool)

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Rockdiva:

hi all,

I need some advice on which chinese tuition centre or tutor is good. I have tried yucai prep chinese class located at an rc and gosh, it was so simple till my kid did not learn much out of it........Any centres tat are more academic or any chinese tutor to recommend?

My dd attended yucai for a couple of months too. I requested for her to join P1 class right away instead of prep class. Only for the hanyu pinyin portion. I've since withdrawn her

[Bestmeal]

Hi all, i m new very new here. I m not a parent myself but am posting on behalf of my brother who is in Aus. He is coming back for abt 6mths and really want to put his son for 6mths of chinese learning. My neighbour recommened Tian xia, jiang, hua berriers…etc. i m thinking of an enrichment prog that is not too stressful nor too academic. If not the precious son will loses his interest in Chinese… sigh…

By the way he is 7. We have heard of Julia Gabriel but more of their Egnlish programmes.
If i were to call up their centre for more information of course they will be selling on how good their programmes are, so i need first hand info from parents who had tried and done with their older children’s mandrain prg.
Your insight are very precious to me… thanks!!

[hquek]

Bestmeal:

Hi all, i m new very new here. I m not a parent myself but am posting on behalf of my brother who is in Aus. He is coming back for abt 6mths and really want to put his son for 6mths of chinese learning. My neighbour recommened Tian xia, jiang, hua berriers......etc. i m thinking of an enrichment prog that is not too stressful nor too academic. If not the precious son will loses his interest in Chinese... sigh....

By the way he is 7. We have heard of Julia Gabriel but more of their Egnlish programmes.
If i were to call up their centre for more information of course they will be selling on how good their programmes are, so i need first hand info from parents who had tried and done with their older children's mandrain prg.
Your insight are very precious to me... thanks!!

6 months what is your bro expecting the child to accomplish? Berries is good in that they incorporate fun in learning - although at age 7, if they put him with the other pri 1 kids, it may be more academic than is desired.

I found Yuquan good in coaching chinese but there was a lot of memorisation (during DS1's holiday class last year).

If it's just to familiarise, why not try those chinese speech & drama classes. There are more action and fun involved so the child may like it better.

[Bestmeal]

Hi Hquek,

hmm...the boy already has some basics..though he speaks with some angmo accents..
maybe speech and drama is good for him.
Would you recommend Yuquan S&D or Julia G?

[hquek]

Bestmeal:

Hi Hquek,

hmm...the boy already has some basics..though he speaks with some angmo accents..
maybe speech and drama is good for him.
Would you recommend Yuquan S&D or Julia G?

I've never tried S&D in both places. My kid goes to SHHK - but the pace may be a bit slow going if you are expecting results in 6 months. Better to go down and take a look. I think there were some talk of good S&D classes in the past - worth it to do a search. Sorry, a bit hectic here- cannot provide the links lah.

[Bestmeal]

ok thanks alot i will do some research.

My brother wants him to enjoy chinese only, he not so kaisu hahaha…coming from Australia mah. thanks xiexie!

[Serendipity]

Anyone has recommendations on a good Chinese Speech & Drama class?


Or any classes that help build up a good speaking vocabulary and good diction in Mandarin?

How’s Eduplus?

Thanks!

[baobao_mom]

Dear mummies, I wish to purchase Berries readers for K2. Kindly PM me if you have. Thanks!

[MMM]

Serendipity:

Anyone has recommendations on a good Chinese Speech & Drama class?


Or any classes that help build up a good speaking vocabulary and good diction in Mandarin?

How's Eduplus?

Thanks!

I send my kids to Fu Lu Shou Han language Chinese S&D class. it is conducted by Mdm Koh who is a veteran in this area. She only accept younger ones eg. K2 onwards? She don't accept from P3 onwards as her current students would be too advanced for the new student to follow.

The end result is ability to do rou kou ling and play kuai ban. My K1 joined her this yr. She is more conscious of her pronunciation now. Meanwhile for my P2 and p3, after 1.5 yrs with Mdm Koh, they did their performance this year with Kuai ban and rou kou ling. In fact they did it after 6 months of joining her. Her year end performance never fail to impress me as she has older kids (eg. P6 onwards doing xiang sheng and P5 onwards doing 7 kuai ban). Can really see results but it is more rou kou ling and kuai ban based.

Since this year, school assessment for P2 includes recitation infront of entire class. My P2 fare very well in that for his pronunciation and volume. His teacher grade him as best in his class. Hope this will help them with their CL oral which is a big part of total score.

[Serendipity]

Thanks MMM!


Wonder what the charges are like? How long is each lesson? Thks!