Xuelin Learning Hub - Discussion

[Tall172]

As our main communication language is English, we are also worry about our daughter having difficulty to learn and dislike Chinese language.


So, we send her to xue Lin @ Bt timah branch when she was in k1. In k1, they were taught sentence patterns and were also given newspaper cuttings to develop their interest in reading.

I liked their small class size, max 8 kids only! And her teachers are really caring and spontaneous. After attending a few lessons, we can see her improvement in recognition of Chinese characters and she can even write them.

Now, she is in their k2 class and she learns to read simple Chinese essays already. She tends to communicate in mandarin more often and can even read Chinese story books by herself! She has also feedback to me that she love to go xue Lin and has loads of fun in the class.

So, I guess it is worthwhile! :rahrah:

[coolit]

I agree that Xuelin is good, their materials are quite difficult but if you start your child there from a younger age, then it would be more beneficial. My kids had pte one to one tuition and Xuelin tuition. I felt both were necessary for them to do well. Sometimes, if your child is not that strong, group tuition alone cannot help but one to one tuition may not have the materials and resources of gp tuition so sometimes both are needed in order to get at least an A.

[pixy]

Hi Tall172 and Coolit,


Thanks for your feedback on Xuelin. By end of this year, i need to decide if i want to continue with Berries or Xuelin for K1 next year. My cousin has highly recommended Busy Bees, who only takes students from K1. Her son is Pri 2 in ACS, and has been selected for Higher chinese. Anyone compared Xuelin vs Busy Bees?

I want my daughter to have a good foundation in Chinese, so twice a week Chinese lesson is a must for her.

Have you tried Berries? They really do present Chinese in a fun way, that kids like. But of course, the down side is the class size.

[Tall172]

Pixy, you are welcome


Didn't try busy bees before... As for berries, I get negative feedbacks from other parents and 1 of my fren who send to their nursery class found it not useful whereby she also withdraw her son.
- the class have 16 children and is difficult to get every kids engaged
- they change their teachers too frequently (experienced 3 teachers for his son)
So i decided not to try out. And since my gal is doing well and enjoying her times in xue lin, we just stick to it. Also, parents at xue Lin told me that when the kids promote to primary classes, the level of difficulty increases and kids will be very stressful that may hinder their interest in the language. However, on all my visits to xue Lin, I didn't see any stressful or unhappy looking one...

After all that is what we want to see, rather than forcing them to go to lessons which they find it a chore to do so... We want her to have fun and yet learn something in the process.

[amomm]

Hello Pixy, I had sent my kid to Busy Bees in Thomson for 6 mths only. Too much repetition and learn very little new stuffs. She dreaded going and I had to fight with her. My friend pulled her daughter out of BB after P5 SA2, after realizing that she can’t write a decent compo. I don’t recommend BB as I feel that their approach does not build the students’ interest in learning Chinese, in fact dampening them as my kid had experienced.

[lim_ks]

Can anyone recommend where to go, Tienhsia or Xuelin? How is Tienhsia in Bishan? Can anyone advise? I don’t want to waste time going to a wrong place or on shuttling. We are in Thomson & it’s really a distance to go to Xuelin, be it Bukit Timah or Katong!

[pixy]

Hi Tall172


Thanks for your feedback about berries. My experience with berries @ pacific plaza has been good so far. The Chinese teacher who taught my daughter n1, has continued teaching her in N2.

Hi amomm

[pixy]

Opps. Fat fingers… Accidentally hit the submit button


Hi Ammon
Thanks for your feedback abt busy bees. Will not consider BB, since you feel their method does not stimulate interest in Chinese.

Hi lim_ks
Cannot comment on Tienhsia, as I have not tried it.

More comments on Xuelin:
The lady boss, and zhu

[pixy]

More comments on Xuelin:

The lady boss, and zhu Lao Shi called me this week, and updated me on my daughter’s progress! Wow! Impressed! They then followed up with an email, sending me a video of my daughter singing a Chinese song. I am so encouraged to help my daughter love Chinese.

[coolit]

lim_ks:

Can anyone recommend where to go, Tienhsia or Xuelin? How is Tienhsia in Bishan? Can anyone advise? I don't want to waste time going to a wrong place or on shuttling. We are in Thomson & it's really a distance to go to Xuelin, be it Bukit Timah or Katong!

How old is your child? For tienhsia, just like with most of the centres, it is better to start them younger, I find that if you enrol at a later stage and your child is struggling with chinese, then both tienhsia and xuelin are a little too advanced for such kids.