I'm at a loss with my p5 son's Chinese

[QuiteKSMum]

Brenda10 wrote :[quote]The inforatmion is as follow:


Diva Wakin Chau 2011 Live Concert Singapore 花旦 周華健 2011巡迴演唱會 新加坡, Singapore Indoor Stadium , 28 May 2011 (Sat) 8:00 PM

The ticket is from $78 to $168.

Now $108 - only single seat left. $138 and $168 are still available.
[/quote]Hi Brenda10,

Thanks for the info. Need to think - $138 * 2 - q. an investment... (can buy many CDs le...)\t

[QuiteKSMum]

Pen88n wrote :[quote]Try asking for 梁文福 or xinyao from CD shops and maybe you can find??

[/quote]Hi Pen88n,

Will try the bigger CD shops then - so far asked a few shops in HDB estates, don't have...

Thanks...

[starlight1968sg]

Pen88n:

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUGGocg-Wvo&feature=related 紅蜻蜓

One of my favourites.

[QuiteKSMum]

pixiedust wrote :[quote]Do share with us along the way if you find any book your son enjoys. 乒乓小子? If you have a chance, post the author's name ? I'd like to check out the series in NLB. [/quote]
Hi pixiedust,

Was clearing my stuff and found a pc of paper - I had scribbled some Chn book titles wh. I borrowed for DS a couple of months ago. I don't have the author's name but I did write down the Call # (?), I borrowed fm Bedok Lib but think # is the same across NLB (since we can return at any branch...), but not too sure on this.... Here it goes :

1) 158 JLX 激励学生自信坚韧的励志故事

2）J HCH 开皮豆快乐秘嵇

3) J AIW 爷爷的故乡

4） J AIW 小小园艺家

5) J CNL 乒乓小子

6）J WYY tao qi xiao zi - wang xiao qiao xi lie ( can't use Chn char suddenly!)

Items 2, 5 & 6 - son enjoyed v. much - in fact, (5) he borrowed the whole series (4 bks) himself 2x and always \"begged\" me to listen to funny parts...

Happy Reading! :celebrate:

[pixiedust]

Quiteksmum,


Thank you, thank you, thank you! :celebrate:
The call# will be a big help, it is the same for al branches.
I will check them out next week. Really appreciate your time to share the info!

[QuiteKSMum]

Don't mention, pixiedust.


Glad to share... :celebrate:

[pixiedust]

Now that SA1 is over and we can all take a breather, I would like to bump up this thread for concrete ideas from P5,P6,S1-4 moms on how we can help our children in chinese (noted reading widely is the long term solution).


Those who invested in PLAYCHINESE, any updated feedback ?
Any good Chinese movies we can watch this June ?

Anymore tips for us desperate souls ?

mistychances - how are you and your son coping ?

[Mum1113]

Some mummies mention playing games. We played the most basic type : start with "Peng You"…"You Qing"…"Qing Di"…"Di Ren"…"Ren Jia"…etc


Sometimes pump it up to Cheng Yu type when the kids are in good mood.

What other Chinese games do parents play ?

[QuiteKSMum]

Hi pixiedust,


PlayChinese
Till date, son has not had the time to try it. So afraid I can't say anything. Expect him to \"play\" with it more during the Jun hols ....hopefully can give feedback by then. But I know another forummer who also bought this is going to give her feedback, so just hold on a while as I think she's q. tied up recently.

Other Possible Strategies
1. Son's tutor suggested to us to get him to read essays to us regularly. Supposedly this will improve oral skills & by reading it will hopefully improve his compo too. I think Chenonceau wrote abt her method ( recording of Chinese essays & her son listening to the recordings - think it's found here : http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=17003 )

My son enjoys reading to me ... I try not to interrupt him even when it's q. obvious that the pronunciation is wrong. I correct him at the end, this also forces me to really pay attention ( sometimes my mind wandered off due to sleepiness :oops: ). After reading, I try to ask him qns re: the essay, this acts as a form of comprehension & oral practice. Eg qns like whether the character's action is right/wrong, what he shd have done etc . Finally we'll highlight the 好词好句 in the essay. I'm using the 裴蕾编作文集, a compilation of gd compos by students of diff schs. In P6, we also used this same editor bk : 小学好作文 5&6年级。

2) 成语
Son is more receptive to bks with comics, so for cheng yu, I got him the 成语我OK bks by 吴国雄。 I also got him a 成语快车 disk by eTutor. This comes in a disk with 70 成语 with fluent recitations by Chinese Teacher. After listening, I asked him to write down the cheng yu in a notebk with the meaning & make a sentence with it.

3) 好词好句 for Compo
After a few yrs of trying to memorise these gd phrases given by the sch Ts (even thou I alrdy selected the not so cheem ones for him), I find that he still can't used much of them; sometimes even nil usage for the compo exam. So I further refined & just really concentrated a few better ones & asked him to write scenarios ( that is common scenarios wh can be used in wide context) to fit in those gd phrases & 成语we learnt really well : 三步并作两步 is one eg. I didn't target high CL compo mks last yr as I knew his std, if he could get around 30 - 32, I'm happy alrdy.

From now till PSLE next yr is still > 1 yr away, my 2 cts is still to try to read as much as possibe, esp during sch hols. Morris Allen Eng makes their students borrow 3 bks weekly fm their own library ( the bks are all level appropriate) & forces a reading habit in their students. T there would ask the student for a bk review orally ( 1 bk only). Maybe shd ask yr DS sch T for a list of appropriate bks for P5 & P6. If each mother here asks & get such lists, imagine the titles we would have.

:celebrate:

[pixiedust]

QuiteKSMum,


非常, 非常感激 ! Will certaintly take all the suggestions and check out the resources. Really appreciate your sharings ! Thank you ! 希望在明天 ! wohoooo !