Q&A - P1 Chinese

[poppy15]

@ dorisp... was thinking what is me xie?


then saw janet_lee's post... realised its mo xie.. (chinese dictation)

(funny, why cant i write in chinese even when my writing language is set to PRC Chinese :? )

[poppy15]

chamonix:

Very unlikely. P1 should be having HYPN and simple characters for 听写 in the first semester。Complete sentences will probably come in second semester, depending on schools.

DS in K2 nw... they started HYPY since beginning of term 3...

and lucky he's nt mixed up between HYPY & english phonics..

[dorisp]

janet_lee88:

Hi dorisp,

I have no idea when 默写 starts...Son started in P3 (he's in average class)...those in the top 3 classes started 默写 in P2. I am hoping my daughter doesn't have 默写 at least until P2 Term 3.
We are still struggling with 看图写句.

Thanks Janet, was hoping \"mo xie\" will never happen to my ds......

:?:

[dorisp]

poppy15:

@ dorisp... was thinking what is me xie?


then saw janet_lee's post... realised its mo xie.. (chinese dictation)

Solli solli......have given back all HYPY that I've learnt to my teacher the day I step out of school...............

[poppy15]

wa liao... sista...


all these words used for P1 meh?

they are nw using... 像披插 (eraser) mah...

( btw... are my words \"pin\" correcty or not... :oops: )

[metz]

Ladies, it's 橡皮 or 橡皮擦.


correction tape - 修正带
liquid paper - 修正液 or 涂改液
sharpener - 卷笔刀 or 铅笔刨

Except for correction tape and liquid paper (which they don't use), preschoolers should encounter the words either in schools or enrichment classes. These are everyday common usage words. In Julia Gabriel, kids are introduced 空调，勺子 in N2. The primary school syllabus doesn't dwell on these.

Besides schools and enrichment classes, these vocabulary words can also be found in reference books/readers/storybooks like https://www.popular.com.sg/jsp/product/product_detail.jsp?vca001=214&vpd001=81346 or My First Picture Dictionary by Learners. My First Picture Dictionary also includes 量词介绍 such as 一部警车，一辆警车 etc.

WCW,
If you are intending to get Creative tablet for writing, you might want to try the various Chinese writing software on ipad/iphone. Writer and 写汉字 are pretty good.

[metz]

poppy15:

DS in K2 nw... they started HYPY since beginning of term 3...

and lucky he's nt mixed up between HYPY & english phonics..

Let me look into my crystal ball. Ah, I forsee your DS is gonna have a breezy first semester in P1 next year. According to my son's P1 teacher, if a kid takes to HYPY well, there will be no headache in learning HYPY.

[janet88]

Hi Mummies,

I learnt what sharpener is called in mandarin when son went to P1...Juan bi dao...correct right ? But I always forget...as I will say 'sharpener' and eraser :oops: Kids' teachers always tell us to speak more mandarin but just not used to it...after 1-2 sentences, it's back to English again.

[metz]

These common words keep repeating themselves. My son just highlighted to me that he came across 卷笔刀 again in Chinese Textbook 2A. I took a look and indeed, 铅笔，尺，卷笔刀，橡皮 are mentioned again. Think we learnt some of these terms when my kids was in N2/K1 Berries / readers.


Can’t agree more with you, Janet.

[janet88]

chamonix:

These common words keep repeating themselves. My son just highlighted to me that he came across 卷笔刀 again in Chinese Textbook 2A. I took a look and indeed, 铅笔，尺，卷笔刀，橡皮 are mentioned again. Think we learnt these terms when he was in K1 Berries / readers.


Can't agree more with you, Janet.

Hi chamonix,
My son was shocked I asked him what juan4 bi3 dao1 is...told him I really don't know. The characters in glossary section behind will repeat at P2...and those characters in shi4 ren4 zi4 at P1 will become shi4 xie3 zi4 in P2...that means 'must know'.