Comparing Chinese Enrichment (Primary/Preschool)

[Monster Mummy]

Hi,


My boy has been in Tien Hsia for years and his school also cover normal Chinese. Good thing about Tien Hsia they got cobstantly revision and mock test and exam for us to gauge where the child fare. but overall he is coping still ok. But last year his result dropped very badly. One of the problem is he is too lazy and this year I have been constantly make him 郎读 the words for that week. Occasionally, ask him to revise back the words. You can borrow some story book simplified to get your child to read because it will help in the comprehension and help in the composition writing. Because most of the time the kid fare badly in the comprehension.

[cherrygal]

hi hsm

If you are worried abt not catching up at Tien Hsia, you can try Berries. They have normal Chinese classes as well as Higher Chinese. Why stress her up if her CL is already weak? Most impt is for her to like the subject. No point doing HCL when her school is not doing. She may be more depressed if she has to struggle with the subject.

Downside for Berries is the huge class size (12 - 16). If she likes group study, this may be for her. My fren has also recommended Beijing Language School at Sengkang. She said her gal can recite poems and finds the CL lessons at her primary school too easy... :boogie:

[cherrygal]

hsm:

if anyone has 'tips' to learn chinese, please share with me.. i like to try different methods and see which suits dd best

Cheers

On a personal note, I went for group tuition at a former school teacher's house when I was a kid. The group was as large as >20 students. We would all sit round a huge rectangular table with the teacher seated at one end.

We had to do lots of loud reading, taking turns, stressing on the hanyu pinyin of new words. We also had tingxie, moxie, compo, compre, mock tests etc and would get caned on the hand if we failed any of these tests. We also had to do lots of rote learning of chengyu and their meanings (memorize 20 phrases per week). We'll be verbally tested during the session.

She was super popular as a fierce tuition teacher... and I liked the friendly competition and results I got. I got average results in P1 and P2 as I came from a purely English speaking family (parents can't speak at all), and was in a gantang mission school. After I started tuition in P3, I managed to get \"Best in Chinese\" prizes yearly and scored an A* for Chinese. The foundation she laid also enabled me to sail past my Chinese at O Levels (A1) without any tuition.

If your gal can tahan some serious intense learning like what I described above (twice a week for 2hrs), you can try to teach her yourself or get a similar type of group tutor.

[hsm]

Thanks for the replies


yes, i'm concerned if my girl can catchup, but i guess i need to let her have a try and see how it goes... good thing abt Tien Hsia now, the class size is quite alright. 7 students including my girl cos i'm bringing her to the weekday afternoon class...

She has only done 1 lesson so far, and she was happy with it.. the teacher is quite friendly.. hopefully she gets better after a few more lessons

[smurf]

Hi Cherrygal,


is the tuition teacher still around? mean does she still teach?

[cherrygal]

smurf:

Hi Cherrygal,


is the tuition teacher still around? mean does she still teach?

Haha, she's already in her late seventies... retired liao
I'll wait for my boy to start doing badly before I try to intro her style of tough tutoring... He's one stubborn boy who 不见棺材不掉泪。

[Pebblesrock]

Hib may I ask which centre- Xue Lin or Tien hsia is better for a secondary 2 student for me? I just passes on the dot or Chinese

[zinx]

Hi any mummies got recommendation for good Chinese compo class at amk area?


Tia

[smurf]

Cherrygal,



Haha…your boy smart lah…

[cherrygal]

smurf:

Cherrygal,

Haha...your boy smart lah...

He's ok for now but super lazy... so perhaps when things get more difficult in P3, I will be able to try out this hot-house tutoring style... :nunchuk: