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Thanks Tinkerbelle.
The standard of Chinese in her kindy is not good but after numerous feedback, I'm seeing improvements. HYPY is taught but I guess it's not enough cos it's only 45 min daily to cover HYPY, reading, writing etc. I bought the HYPY disc and the 'singing' helps her memorise!
I'm focusing more on chinese characters recognition since HYPY is only for 1 semester.
Also speaking to her more so that she'll be able to at least hold a simple conversation when she starts P1. Keeping fingers crossed! -
Tinkerbelle:
Thanks for the info, Tinkerbelle. I recall you mentioned that the girls will take some kind of mini test around week 7 or 8 so that teachers can \"stream\" them unto different classes for Chinese lessons? Wouldn't it be quite unfair to determine their standards based a HYPY test? :scratchhead: very unfair to kids who did not do hypy in kidney (understand some kindies do not teach hypy)....
Just for your info, for P1, the first 3 months is purely HYPY; no Chinese characters at all. If your DD's kindergarten covers HYPY, your DDs should do well for Term 1. In Term 2, still HYPY but with some exposure to very basic Chinese characters.
Oral exams will only start end of Term 2 in May so plenty of time to get your DDs ready for oral.
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Tinkerbelle:
Tinkerbelle, thanks, the CD sounds like a great idea! I think I am the one who needs it because as I was reading what you wrote about the playground, I was furiously thinking about what slide, see saw etc in Chinese and can't seem to recall :faint: how did I even get through my A levels chinese??? :oops:
Hi michyms,
Reading Chinese books with your DD every day is a good start. With more exposure, hopefully, she will develop more interest in Chinese and can recognise more Chinese characters. Reading will help her greatly as one of the components of the oral exams is reading a passage.
Make learning Chinese fun.....For example, bring her to the park/playground and describe different scenarios at the park. This will be similar to the Chinese Oral, except for oral, you are looking at a picture of a park.
For example, a boy is pushing a girl on a swing. They seem to be enjoying themselves. Some children are playing on the slide. A few children are queueing up to wait for their turns but one boy is jumping the queue. The girl in front of him looks angry. I think the boy should queue up in an orderly manner.
Get your DD familiarised with common vocab in the park, such as swing, see-saw, slide, exercise, cycling, skating etc. Some common places tested in Chinese oral for P1 are park, playground, zoo, classroom, beach.
If you are interested, you can go to Popular & flip through some P1 Chinese Oral book to get a feel of the common topics tested and the vocab used for each topic. I bought 1 set of Chinese Oral book with a CD-Rom and let DD listen to how the picture can be described and she enjoys it. The pictures are colourful and it's easy to follow. After listening to the CD a few times,
she picked up on the sentence structure for each scene and is able to repeat most of it.
Yes, I find watching Mandarin dramas help too. DD2 used to hate Chinese but now, she'll watch Chinese shows and she's picking up more vocab from the shows too.
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gorilla:
Gorilla, same here, :celebrate: I am also focusing on her character recognition as I feel that the goal in the long run is to encourage her to be able to read Chinese independently and actually enjoy the process of reading, hopefully as much as she would like English books!Thanks Tinkerbelle.
The standard of Chinese in her kindy is not good but after numerous feedback, I'm seeing improvements. HYPY is taught but I guess it's not enough cos it's only 45 min daily to cover HYPY, reading, writing etc. I bought the HYPY disc and the 'singing' helps her memorise! I'm focusing more on chinese characters recognition since HYPY is only for 1 semester.
Also speaking to her more so that she'll be able to at least hold a simple conversation when she starts P1. Keeping fingers crossed! -
gorilla:
Hi gorilla,Thanks Tinkerbelle.
The standard of Chinese in her kindy is not good but after numerous feedback, I'm seeing improvements. HYPY is taught but I guess it's not enough cos it's only 45 min daily to cover HYPY, reading, writing etc. I bought the HYPY disc and the 'singing' helps her memorise! I'm focusing more on chinese characters recognition since HYPY is only for 1 semester.
Also speaking to her more so that she'll be able to at least hold a simple conversation when she starts P1. Keeping fingers crossed!
Yes, HYPY CD sounds great....Learning thru songs is fun too. Sounds like your DD is ready for HYPY in P1.
Great that you are exposing your DD to Chinese characters. This will help to build up the foundation for future learning. I'm sure with your dedication & efforts, your DD will find Chinese a breeze. :boogie: -
michyms:
Hi michyms,
Thanks for the info, Tinkerbelle. I recall you mentioned that the girls will take some kind of mini test around week 7 or 8 so that teachers can \"stream\" them unto different classes for Chinese lessons? Wouldn't it be quite unfair to determine their standards based a HYPY test? :scratchhead: very unfair to kids who did not do hypy in kidney (understand some kindies do not teach hypy)....Tinkerbelle:
Just for your info, for P1, the first 3 months is purely HYPY; no Chinese characters at all. If your DD's kindergarten covers HYPY, your DDs should do well for Term 1. In Term 2, still HYPY but with some exposure to very basic Chinese characters.
Oral exams will only start end of Term 2 in May so plenty of time to get your DDs ready for oral.
I don't know if there'll be any changes next year but yes, the 2011 P1 gals sat for a mini streaming test around week 7 or 8 to determine which Chinese class they'll be allocated to in Term 2. For DD2's time in 2010, their batch only had the Chinese streaming test end of Term 2.
You are right, the test will be in HYPY but there will be vocab & sentence structures tested too but in HYPY. In order to do well, the child will need to be well-versed in HYPY and be able to understand the meaning of sentences.
In addition, the teachers also assess the child's oral skills during class and their apptitude for Chinese. Those who are weaker in HYPY and/or oral skills will then be allocated to a class where learning is tailored at their level. Conversely, those who excel in Chinese will be further stretched to their potential.
Yes, some kindies do not teach HYPY so these kids might be slightly disadvantaged in the first part of the year. In such cases, parents are encouraged to send their kids for some form of HYPY lessons externally or teach the kids some HYPY themselves. Does your DD's kindy teach HYPY?
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michyms:
Tinkerbelle, thanks, the CD sounds like a great idea! I think I am the one who needs it because as I was reading what you wrote about the playground, I was furiously thinking about what slide, see saw etc in Chinese and can't seem to recall :faint: how did I even get through my A levels chinese??? :oops:
:rotflmao: I totally understand what you mean.....I have the same problem when I guide DD1 for upper pri. Chinese oral. The pictures and vocab get harder & I don't know many terms in Chinese so I also need to 'cheat' with the CD.... :oops: -
Hurray...SA2 exams are finally over for everyone. Party time!! :rahrah:
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yes yes, so glad SA2 are over. my gal is already in her holiday mood and getting really excited on the fun fair this saturday. its great that the students have the fun fair to look forward to. She wants her daddy to dunk her teachers and she thought it will look funny for a good laugh. Hope everyone will have fun
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Tinkerbelle:
Tinkerbelle, my dd's kindy started teaching HYPY earlier this year, because they hired a new Chinese teacher and this new teacher recommended to teach (it wasn't in the syllabus). However, because I thought they were not going to teach, I had already sent my dd to one of those cheap group classes conducted by the Resident's Committee. That served its purpose because she was already familiar when the childcare centre teacher started teaching. So I'm not worried about the HYPY. The only disadvantage of having her learn HYPY is that when she reads Chinese books with HYPY on it, she tends to read the HYPY instead of the Chinese characters :slapshead: So I would take a ruler and cover up the HYPY to force her to recognise the character :nunchuk:Hi michyms,
I don't know if there'll be any changes next year but yes, the 2011 P1 gals sat for a mini streaming test around week 7 or 8 to determine which Chinese class they'll be allocated to in Term 2. For DD2's time in 2010, their batch only had the Chinese streaming test end of Term 2.
You are right, the test will be in HYPY but there will be vocab & sentence structures tested too but in HYPY. In order to do well, the child will need to be well-versed in HYPY and be able to understand the meaning of sentences.
In addition, the teachers also assess the child's oral skills during class and their apptitude for Chinese. Those who are weaker in HYPY and/or oral skills will then be allocated to a class where learning is tailored at their level. Conversely, those who excel in Chinese will be further stretched to their potential.
Yes, some kindies do not teach HYPY so these kids might be slightly disadvantaged in the first part of the year. In such cases, parents are encouraged to send their kids for some form of HYPY lessons externally or teach the kids some HYPY themselves. Does your DD's kindy teach HYPY?
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