Comparing Chinese Enrichment (Primary/Preschool)

[happyheart]

Hi 24hr-mum,

Any feedback for Yang lao shi? I am thinking of enroling my p5 for the compo & compre class.

[chicmummy]

Hi Twinklestars,


I didnt let my son take the YCT exams as he is still not prepared yet. He still needs to built up his foundation first. So far he is ok.

Han Language i am not so sure, i can ask my friend for you. By the way, if you want to join chinese Bridge, you can let me know, we can enjoy referral fees.

[kola]

Hi 24hr-mum,

Thanks for your reply…
From many of your previous mail, it seems that you had tried many Chinese tuition centre for compre and compo class.
Do you finally settled with Yang laoshi in Kovan? Is it the better one from all you had tried?
Have you tried Molin oral and compo class as well?
Sorry for having so many questions :oops:
TIA

[24hr-mum]

i just started yang laoshi for my p1 based on friend recommendation. wanted my p4 to try but she doesnt want to go classes.

the content wise is higher standard than centres that are locally based. cos yang laoshi is by china teachers. didnt try molin cos too far

[kola]

Hi 24hr-mum,

Thanks for your reply…

[Sharina]

My son is turning 4 this October and I need to start sending him to chinese classes before he starts school next year.


I’m Malay and my husband is chinese, but we communicate only in English, therefore my son dosent know any chinese, but i intend for him to take up chinese for his second language.

Any recommendations for a good centre that can help him learn chinese from scratch? we’re moving to bedok soon so preferably around that area.

Please help!

[Imami]

Berries! Berries! Berries!


Or u can try tien hsia too.

[Sharina]

I got google. Berries, Tien hsia, skylace and molin.


but need to know got anyone send their kids there before and have feedbacks?

[Imami]

Mine goes to berries. He started at three years old. But we are a Chinese family la, so there’s more Chinese influence and I very pro-Chinese. Not trying to show off but just to explain why i strongly support berries - at the 6th lesson (middle of first term), there was a revision/test. The children are tested on word recognition - those that they had learnt in the past 6 lessons. My child scored 100% but of cos, he might not be the only one.


Each lesson there were new vocab, about two vocab per lessons. So 6 weeks would be at least twelve. I didn’t do any additional work with my child back then, so all credits were his own and the teachers’.

Now, my child is four, berries is doing simple idioms with them. I am very impressed with their methodology and their way of making lessons fun. Every lessons, they have little props to make the lessons more interesting. Eg when they were teaching furnitures at home, the children were given a picture of house and small pieces of stickers (in the form of furniture) to stick in the "room".

From the way I see it, they teach Chinese by introducing concepts, things and people in a child’s life. So first few lessons are about the face - nose, mouth, eyes etc. Then move on the family members and then to food, toys and school material eg books, pen etc.

[Sharina]

Thanks Imami for the feedback!! :rahrah:


end month I will be going down to a few places before I make my choice. gonna bring my MIL in case they want to know who can revise with him at home. she 100% chinese auntie~