P1 Chinese - General Discussion

[Tamama]

hi everyone,

i am new to this forum and glad to find this link as a support. my girl is in P1. we were in houston before so my girl’s english is way better than her chinese. usually she speaks english at home and we replied in english or cantonese. she never formally received hua yu education as we are from hk.
luckily she has a very good chinese teacher who knows that she is weak on chinese foundation and gave my girl more chance to practise in class. my girl likes her teacher so much and she also likes to learn chinese. but still not enough, teacher called me and said my girl shows good progress in writing chinese and scored full marks everytime in chinese hypy spelling or dictation, but her listening and oral is very poor. the teacher is worrying about if my girl will have problems when the chinese lesson is getting more and more advance and difficult. i am worrying as well.
i need some advice from all of you pls. is there a way to help my girl except sending her to those chinese enrichment classes? cos i don’t want to send her to those classes… any at home resources that i can use to improve my girls oral and listening to chinese? thanks in advance.

[hquek]

Hi tamama,


I learnt diction and pronounciation from watching Channel 8 shows in the past - but the shows (esp the prime time ones) nowadays are pretty rubbish.

I would suggest that you get some of those chinese cartoons and let her watch. You may like to consider cartoons like 喜羊羊 and doraemon were discussed in another thread.

[nms1]

How about trying to find someone who can just come & speak Chinese to her a few days a week. Not tuition as such but just a good Chinese speaker. You might need to hire a tutor or maybe you can find someone who wants to exchange English for Chinese - a mainland Chinese student who wants to practise their English?

[Tamama]

hquek:

Hi tamama,


I learnt diction and pronounciation from watching Channel 8 shows in the past - but the shows (esp the prime time ones) nowadays are pretty rubbish.

I would suggest that you get some of those chinese cartoons and let her watch. You may like to consider cartoons like 喜羊羊 and doraemon were discussed in another thread.

thanks for the reply hquek, cartoons will be good and entertaining. last time in hk when my girl was 2-3, she watched doraemon in cantonese. i wonder she still remembers or not... my i know if i can get the hua yu version of these cartoon in the bookstore like Pxpxlxx? or have to go dvd store?
channel 8 is not working for me... :imdrowning: my hua yu is just a bit better than my girl... watching hua yu channel is killing me... and my girls favourite channel always be the nat geo wild/ discovery... :boogie: she just love those stuff...

[Tamama]

nms1:

How about trying to find someone who can just come & speak Chinese to her a few days a week. Not tuition as such but just a good Chinese speaker. You might need to hire a tutor or maybe you can find someone who wants to exchange English for Chinese - a mainland Chinese student who wants to practise their English?

thanks nms1, where to find and contact this kind of students? looks like even though my girl's school has a lot of chinese kids, most of them prefer to speak english most of the time. is it sg kids like to speak english more than hua yu in general? but true, sg kids' english level is really top. :imcool:

[hquek]

Tamama:

hquek:

Hi tamama,


I learnt diction and pronounciation from watching Channel 8 shows in the past - but the shows (esp the prime time ones) nowadays are pretty rubbish.

I would suggest that you get some of those chinese cartoons and let her watch. You may like to consider cartoons like 喜羊羊 and doraemon were discussed in another thread.

thanks for the reply hquek, cartoons will be good and entertaining. last time in hk when my girl was 2-3, she watched doraemon in cantonese. i wonder she still remembers or not... my i know if i can get the hua yu version of these cartoon in the bookstore like Pxpxlxx? or have to go dvd store?
channel 8 is not working for me... :imdrowning: my hua yu is just a bit better than my girl... watching hua yu channel is killing me... and my girls favourite channel always be the nat geo wild/ discovery... :boogie: she just love those stuff...

hi tamama,

I think you should try those video shops located in town centres - I've seen those dvds in video stores in parkway parade, toa payoh. Popular MAY not have.

If you have the chance to go China, go grab some of those dvds. I've seen the nat geo/bbc shows...not sure if these have been dubbed into chinese. my sis brought back Dora cds...and they were in chinese.

[RRMummy]

Tamama:

hquek:

Hi tamama,


I learnt diction and pronounciation from watching Channel 8 shows in the past - but the shows (esp the prime time ones) nowadays are pretty rubbish.

I would suggest that you get some of those chinese cartoons and let her watch. You may like to consider cartoons like 喜羊羊 and doraemon were discussed in another thread.

thanks for the reply hquek, cartoons will be good and entertaining. last time in hk when my girl was 2-3, she watched doraemon in cantonese. i wonder she still remembers or not... my i know if i can get the hua yu version of these cartoon in the bookstore like Pxpxlxx? or have to go dvd store?
channel 8 is not working for me... :imdrowning: my hua yu is just a bit better than my girl... watching hua yu channel is killing me... and my girls favourite channel always be the nat geo wild/ discovery... :boogie: she just love those stuff...

Pasar malam selling doraemon cartoons at $5 for 3 CDs :boogie:

[avshe]

My P1 girl was doing great during her Chinese lessons and mock exams. But during her finals, she got very low grades and it was quite discouraging for all of us. Chinese is not her first language and we never use it at home. Though she is enrolled in extra classes in school, she still find it quite a challenge when exams deal with full sentences already. Is it a good decision to transfer her to a different subject, like French or Malay?



Avshe

[sunnygirls]

You can use the training material which is popular in China training center. When you finished the first 4 books. Your kids can read simple story books like Primary 1 of China School. If you kids can finish 8 books. It's almost get 80000 Chinese words and the level as Primary 5/6 as China students. You just need 5-10 mins every day. also they are interested and find fun of Chinese. Enjoy it.


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[happy88mum]

hi,


which centre would be good for pri 1?should i send her to learn han yu pin yin at k2 first?