Secondary School Chinese

[alant]

For students who intend to go Polytechnics after their O level… does it matter whether HCL or normal CL?


Thanks.

[koguma]

alant:

For students who intend to go Polytechnics after their O level... does it matter whether HCL or normal CL?


Thanks.

According to MOE website,
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/jae/files/jae-booklet-section-4.pdf

English as 1st Lang is a must for Poly entry, unlike JC which you can use HCL to replace EL.

Grades for both Higher Mother Tongue Language (viz. Higher Chinese, Higher Malay and Higher Tamil) and Mother Tongue Language (viz. Chinese, Malay and Tamil) cannot be used in the same aggregate
computation.

Useful to do Higher Chinese if you plan to do the following courses in NP
Diploma in Chinese Studies (N70)
Diploma in Chinese Media & Communication (N88)

[alant]

koguma:

alant:

For students who intend to go Polytechnics after their O level... does it matter whether HCL or normal CL?


Thanks.

According to MOE website,
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/jae/files/jae-booklet-section-4.pdf

English as 1st Lang is a must for Poly entry, unlike JC which you can use HCL to replace EL.

Grades for both Higher Mother Tongue Language (viz. Higher Chinese, Higher Malay and Higher Tamil) and Mother Tongue Language (viz. Chinese, Malay and Tamil) cannot be used in the same aggregate
computation.

Useful to do Higher Chinese if you plan to do the following courses in NP
Diploma in Chinese Studies (N70)
Diploma in Chinese Media & Communication (N88)

Thank you.

[Ichigokun]

Cookies_n_Cream:

hi, does any one know the criteria to get into higher chinese in sec?like must u get top how many percent or something....

The criteria is:

-You have to be in the top 10% of your primary school PSLE results.
-Be in the 11-30% range of your primary school PSLE results with either an A* in CL or Merit in HCL.

I took up HCL for secondary one. Dk if it's a good choice :?

[bitchymum]

Can I check are all SAP secondary school teach HMT? If pri school opt out HMT, then when go to normal secondary school can opt in HMT?

[jtoh]

bitchymum:

Can I check are all SAP secondary school teach HMT? If pri school opt out HMT, then when go to normal secondary school can opt in HMT?

Yes you can take HCL in sec school even if you haven't taken it in primary school. You just need to have scored at least an A in CL and be in the top can't remember percent in PSLE.

[KS-Lim]

jtoh:

Yes you can take HCL in sec school even if you haven't taken it in primary school. You just need to have scored at least an A in CL and be in the top can't remember percent in PSLE.

Hi jtoh

My DS didn't take HCL in his primary school. However, he will be taking HCL in secondary 1 now. I guess there must be lots of \"catching up\" for him to do. Any advice what I should start him with? I only know that HCL requires lots of writing from his part, anything in particular that I should take note of?

A student must attain a minimum standard at the end of Sec 1 for HCL before he's allowed to continue in Sec 2, right ?

Thanks in advance.

[Hifive]

Hi everyone


Just to check if it is necessary to have separate tuitions for Higher Chinese and Chinese in Secondary School. Do they have a lot of difference besides the standard being higher in Higher Chinese?

Really appreciate advices. Thank You!

[YLH88]

Hi,


My ds is in Sec 2 this year and not taking HCL. But I would like him to take up HCL because of the 2 bonus points. Thus need some advices as I am still quite confuse between CL and HCL in secondary :

1) If he takes HCL in Sec 2, then he can take ‘O’ level CL in Sec 3 or ‘O’ level HCL in Sec 3 ? If he pass the paper, then does he need to take CL in Sec 4 ?

2) Is there CL and HCL papers in ‘O’ level or just 1 CL paper ?

3) Besides the 2 bonus points, what other benefits for taking HCL ?

Thank you.

[jtoh]

YLH88:

Hi,


My ds is in Sec 2 this year and not taking HCL. But I would like him to take up HCL because of the 2 bonus points. Thus need some advices as I am still quite confuse between CL and HCL in secondary :

1) If he takes HCL in Sec 2, then he can take ‘O’ level CL in Sec 3 or ‘O’ level HCL in Sec 3 ? If he pass the paper, then does he need to take CL in Sec 4 ?

2) Is there CL and HCL papers in ‘O’ level or just 1 CL paper ?

3) Besides the 2 bonus points, what other benefits for taking HCL ?

Thank you.

If your son is taking HCL, he will need to sit for O level CL in Sec 3. If he scores an A in CL during the O levels, he'll be allowed to sit for HCL at O level in Sec 4. If he passes this, he will get his 2 bonus points.