Comparing Chinese Enrichment (Primary/Preschool)

[titank]

Hi,


Personally I also find that the teachers from Eduplus (Visited UE at River Valley) are also warm & friendly. I'm sourcing on Primary 1 education & had also visted like Yuquan, Xueni, Han Lang, Jiang Education, Molin & Han Lang.

acforfamily:

Hi parents,

Seem to be reading many posts on lower Primary enrichment, since I spent the last weekend sourcing out P4 Chinese enrichment for compo and compre, thought I could share my thoughts. This is only my personal opinion based on the short visit to each, so feel free to indicate otherwise if you have a different experience.

Story Island (Eduplus) 专项班 (not the story class)
- about $27 / 28 per lesson including GST; 16 lessons per term
- 1.5 hours
- includes a presentation to audience every alternate week - good to build up confidence in child's public speaking
- although they do give ideas about how to write a compo, does not seem to be very structured though. Compo every alternate week.
- includes compre, oral

Eduplus Bishan 说话作文 (not the Enrichment class)
- $30 +GST per lesson for 16 lessons per term + $20 materials
- 1.5 hours
- 1st wk compo, 2nd wk mark other student's compo together with teacher, 3rd wk rewrite same topic again, 4th wk is compre and others if I remember correctly
- had experience with them for quite a while, their teachers change from centre to centre quite often. Normally the good ones get switched to other centres pretty quickly, I don't know why. Having said that, I always find their teachers very warm and friendly to the children. Same for story island centre.

Berries higher chinese class 精英
- about $35 per lesson, 12 lessons per term
- 2 hours each
- don't seem to have purely compo lessons, but the materials look pretty structured.
- according to lady that I spoke to, there is emphasis on compo only in term 2; term 1 is more oral, compre
- provides students with list of vocab outside textbook and 'good phrases' for compo

Tien Hsia writing and compre class (not the enrichment class)
- $30 per lesson, 10 lessons. no lesson during school holidays
- 1.5 hours each
- 1 compo every week including compre sometimes
- provides examples of 'good phrases'

Did not try Jiang education and Molin as they are not convenient for me.

Would appreciate if any parents have any information to share about which of the centres' teachers are good. All that I indicated above are located in Bishan.

[acforfamily]

titank:

Hi,


Personally I also find that the teachers from Eduplus (Visited UE at River Valley) are also warm & friendly. I'm sourcing on Primary 1 education & had also visted like Yuquan, Xueni, Han Lang, Jiang Education, Molin & Han Lang.

Hi titank,
Can you share your views on Jiang? The classes seem pretty big, isn't it?

[Kmumz]

Hi tcdl


I will try calling Roxy, never heard of them though

[titank]

acforfamily:

titank:

Hi,


Personally I also find that the teachers from Eduplus (Visited UE at River Valley) are also warm & friendly. I'm sourcing on Primary 1 education & had also visted like Yuquan, Xueni, Han Lang, Jiang Education, Molin & Han Lang.

Hi titank,
Can you share your views on Jiang? The classes seem pretty big, isn't it?

I went Jiang Education but was being put off as the class is too big. 1 teacher to 20 students.

[coolit]

Hi tcdl


Thanks for the help! Much appreciated…just got one, was recommended by friend…trying the tutor out…will come back to look for one if it does not work out.

[titank]

Hi All,


Finally had signup with Yuquan Lang for P1 & Molin for N2 in 2010 class. Hope there is some form of improvement & see I can share any review as I go through them.

[mummyloves]

titank:

Hi All,


Finally had signup with Yuquan Lang for P1 & Molin for N2 in 2010 class. Hope there is some form of improvement & see I can share any review as I go through them.

Hi, any reason why you chose Yuquan for p1 and Molin for N2? i was contemplating whether to enrol in Yuquan or Molin p1 enrichment class for my DS1.

Thanks for sharing.

[titank]

Hi, any reason why you chose Yuquan for p1 and Molin for N2? i was contemplating whether to enrol in Yuquan or Molin p1 enrichment class for my DS1.


Oh actually I can put both kid in Molin where save the time & logistics. The problem is that Molin told me max is 10 students (P1 Class) in the class, that is my area of concern. I guess small group like 5-6 should be a better figure & in terms of this Yuquan is better.

On the other hand, I choose N2 from Molin as in terms of N2 is the best value for $$ as compare with other chinese enrichment centres. Ha.ha must maximise use the investment.

In summary, I guess all chinese enrichment centre is more or less the same. At least have to try like 6 months or 1 year then can see the muscle grow up just like you work out in the gym.

Hope you would select a chinese enrichment centre soon!Good luck.

[i3mum]

Hi ,


I am wondering if it is a must to let my kids attend Chinese enrichment apart from their daily school classes? My kids are going to be in K1 & Nursery next year.

Will teaching at home is sufficient? I m worried they do not have a good foundation by the time they go to Primary school.

Can anyone advise?

[rayjay]

Hi Ca3kids, did you try out any of the education center? Please share your experience.