Beijing Language School - Discussion

[ectanz]

dohdoh:

Hi Micollh, kids of these days speak more English unless we have parents staying with us. My elder dd had her Chinese enrichment in Tien Hsia when she was in K2 n it was quite good too but cos there was no suitable time slot for my son n being convenient I tried Beijing language school. I feel that foundation for Chinese is really very important especially these days we, as parents, don't even speak proper Mandarin. Lol. My 2 younger kids didn't even speak mandarin at home n am glad with Veijing Language they r more willing to speak.

Ya, agreed. Previously my dd1 was being taken care by my in-laws n they will normally communicate with her in Cantonese or simple English n therefore my dd1 cant express her words in Mandarin. Our communication at hm are mainly English. After her CC Chinese teacher highlighted to us abt her weak in Chinese, we tried to talk to her in simple Mandarin. Slowly she improved but still not so gd.

I heard n read forum that TH is also relatively gd as compared to Berries. Heard that they hv show n tell in K2 which I find it's very important as this will be tested in P1. Beijing Language is gd in term of writing n maybe reading but they did not hv show n tell in their curriculum. Wanted to enrol my dd1 in TH but also not convenient.

[coolit]

TH is better than Berries (for upper pri). Berries is good for lower P. Beijing Language is something like TH. Whichever centre it is, better to start soon. By the time they are older, it is hard to adjust to any centre. For me, I prefer TH or Beijing, more academic. My kids are no longer at Beijing, now at TH not for anything but more for convenience.

[sanrioland]

Hi all,


Is their Compo writing class good? Thought of sending my gal there cos its just 3mins walk from my place… Any comments/feedbacks abt the compo writing class?

Thanks!

[dohdoh]

Hi Sanrioland, my elder gal went for the P3 one last year n she didn’t like it cos teacher never explain certain helping words n read thru model compo before they start writing n so everyone tends to copy exactly the story of model compo. But I think it is subjective n I would recommend HCL which is quite good in compo. Exposé very good phrases to assist the kids in writing.

[sanrioland]

Hi dohdoh,


Thanks for replying... Oh may i know which branch did ur gal went to? Im intending to send my gal to the branch at punggol plaza... Ya i agree... it maybe all depends on the individual teacher...

HCL refering to Han Language?

dohdoh:

Hi Sanrioland, my elder gal went for the P3 one last year n she didn't like it cos teacher never explain certain helping words n read thru model compo before they start writing n so everyone tends to copy exactly the story of model compo. But I think it is subjective n I would recommend HCL which is quite good in compo. Exposé very good phrases to assist the kids in writing.

[dohdoh]

Hi Sanrioland, we attended the Punggol plaza branch.

[sanrioland]

dohdoh:

Hi Sanrioland, we attended the Punggol plaza branch.

Oh ok... May i have the teacher name... then i will check it out with the ctr wether isit that teacher teaching now before i make any decision... thanks

[dohdoh]

Her surname is 迟. My son who is in P1, attended a make up lesson taught by her. He didn’t quite like her too cos he said she told the kids the answers to worksheets.

[sanrioland]

dohdoh:

Her surname is 迟. My son who is in P1, attended a make up lesson taught by her. He didn't quite like her too cos he said she told the kids the answers to worksheets.

Ok noted... Thanks alot!

[dohdoh]

No prob. As I said it is subjective n I m not saying she is no good (in case I got sue by parents or the teacher) lol. These were my kids feedbacks.