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ngl2010:

DS read Chinese Reader's Digest this morning. He had read most of the articles as he read the English Reader's Digest last month (their contents are the same) so there was not many articles he can read in the Chinese Reader's Digest.


From the 3 short articles he read in Chinese Reader's Digest, he told me that they are slightly more difficult than Zaobao newspapers. He said the title of the article in Zaobao already summarized what the article is about so he can kinda guess where the story will bring him. However, the titles in Chinese Reader's Digest don't really tell what the stories are about so he has to put in more effort to understand the articles.

I am now scratching my head because for the next edition DS has to read half of the Reader's Digest in English and half in Chinese or he would lose interest πŸ˜“

is there a fixed schedule for the articles to be published in ZB?

Sorry I think I didn't write properly :oops: Articles (news) in Zaobao are completely different from Reader's Digest. Articles in Reader's Digest are not reproduced in Zaobao.

I am just comparing the reading difficulty level between Zaobao and Reader's Digest according to DS.

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ngl2010:
DS read Chinese Reader's Digest this morning. He had read most of the articles as he read the English Reader's Digest last month (their contents are the same) so there was not many articles he can read in the Chinese Reader's Digest.


From the 3 short articles he read in Chinese Reader's Digest, he told me that they are slightly more difficult than Zaobao newspapers. He said the title of the article in Zaobao already summarized what the article is about so he can kinda guess where the story will bring him. However, the titles in Chinese Reader's Digest don't really tell what the stories are about so he has to put in more effort to understand the articles.

I am now scratching my head because for the next edition DS has to read half of the Reader's Digest in English and half in Chinese or he would lose interest πŸ˜“
is there a fixed schedule for the articles to be published in ZB?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1174458https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1174458Thu, 26 Dec 2013 06:58:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reader's Digest in Chinese on Thu, 26 Dec 2013 06:54:04 GMT]]>DS read Chinese Reader's Digest this morning. He had read most of the articles as he read the English Reader's Digest last month (their contents are the same) so there was not many articles he can read in the Chinese Reader's Digest.


From the 3 short articles he read in Chinese Reader's Digest, he told me that they are slightly more difficult than Zaobao newspapers. He said the title of the article in Zaobao already summarized what the article is about so he can kinda guess where the story will bring him. However, the titles in Chinese Reader's Digest don't really tell what the stories are about so he has to put in more effort to understand the articles.

I am now scratching my head because for the next edition DS has to read half of the Reader's Digest in English and half in Chinese or he would lose interest πŸ˜“

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1174450https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1174450Thu, 26 Dec 2013 06:54:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reader's Digest in Chinese on Wed, 25 Dec 2013 14:04:56 GMT]]>

ngl2010:
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Thank you, Jennifer. We are thinking of buying one first and see how the translation looks like. I really have headache on his Chinese. He cannot even hold proper conversation in Chinese with his grandparents :faint:

is it good? suitable for p5?

DS has not touched it πŸ˜‰ Once he read, I will tell you. Has your DC been reading Reader's Digest English?[/quote]not yet reading RDE yet as dd's english standard is above average... maybe will get her to start reading the english version starting P5 next year....

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1173842https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1173842Wed, 25 Dec 2013 14:04:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reader's Digest in Chinese on Wed, 25 Dec 2013 13:59:05 GMT]]>

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ngl2010:

[quote=\"Jennifer\"]Can buy from Popular.


When subscribes directly with RD, be prepared to receive many junkmails πŸ˜‰

Thank you, Jennifer. We are thinking of buying one first and see how the translation looks like. I really have headache on his Chinese. He cannot even hold proper conversation in Chinese with his grandparents :faint:

is it good? suitable for p5?[/quote]DS has not touched it πŸ˜‰ Once he read, I will tell you. Has your DC been reading Reader's Digest English?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1173836https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1173836Wed, 25 Dec 2013 13:59:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reader's Digest in Chinese on Wed, 25 Dec 2013 13:56:04 GMT]]>

ngl2010:
Jennifer:

Can buy from Popular.


When subscribes directly with RD, be prepared to receive many junkmails πŸ˜‰

Thank you, Jennifer. We are thinking of buying one first and see how the translation looks like. I really have headache on his Chinese. He cannot even hold proper conversation in Chinese with his grandparents :faint:

is it good? suitable for p5?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1173834https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1173834Wed, 25 Dec 2013 13:56:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reader's Digest in Chinese on Wed, 25 Dec 2013 13:48:57 GMT]]>Clementi Popular ran out of Chinese Reader’s Digest. Finally we found one at Bras Basah Popular. It is still December edition.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1173830https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1173830Wed, 25 Dec 2013 13:48:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reader's Digest in Chinese on Mon, 23 Dec 2013 06:41:32 GMT]]>

Jennifer:
Can buy from Popular.


When subscribes directly with RD, be prepared to receive many junkmails πŸ˜‰
That's good to know! I'll get one to try - I'm interested to see whether my kids can handle it.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1172313https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1172313Mon, 23 Dec 2013 06:41:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reader's Digest in Chinese on Mon, 23 Dec 2013 06:12:05 GMT]]>

Jennifer:
Can buy from Popular.


When subscribes directly with RD, be prepared to receive many junkmails πŸ˜‰
Thank you, Jennifer. We are thinking of buying one first and see how the translation looks like. I really have headache on his Chinese. He cannot even hold proper conversation in Chinese with his grandparents :faint:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1172284https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1172284Mon, 23 Dec 2013 06:12:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reader's Digest in Chinese on Mon, 23 Dec 2013 06:02:01 GMT]]>Can buy from Popular.


When subscribes directly with RD, be prepared to receive many junkmails πŸ˜‰

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1172279https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1172279Mon, 23 Dec 2013 06:02:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reader's Digest in Chinese on Sun, 22 Dec 2013 13:39:50 GMT]]>

guppy:
https://www.rdedm.com/ASIA/sg/011136255/order.asp


Check out above website. Choose the simplified version.
Got it. Thank you so much πŸ˜„

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1171893https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1171893Sun, 22 Dec 2013 13:39:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reader's Digest in Chinese on Sun, 22 Dec 2013 13:06:14 GMT]]>https://www.rdedm.com/ASIA/sg/011136255/order.asp


Check out above website. Choose the simplified version.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1171875https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1171875Sun, 22 Dec 2013 13:06:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reader's Digest in Chinese on Sun, 22 Dec 2013 12:45:28 GMT]]>Anybody knows?


I read in the internet that Reader's Digest ceased their Chinese publication last year. We are thinking of subscribing to a Chinese language magazine like Reader's Digest to help DS's Chinese language. He has been posted to a SAP school but his CL is cmi :faint: . He didn't even take Higher Chinese in Primary school so we are really worried πŸ˜“

In the last few months of P6, he started reading Reader's Digest in English and we found it helped his English. That's why we are thinking of finding Chinese language equivalent of Reader's Digest.

He has been reading Chinese newspapers this holiday but we found that reading Reader's Digest in English helped him more in English compo than reading The Straits Times. Maybe because articles in Reader's Digest were written like stories while ST's articles are news. That's why we think he'd better read Reader's Digest in Chinese too. Too bad the magazine had ceased :sad:

Do you know any Chinese language magazine that is like Reader's Digest?

Thank you in advance.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1171870https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1171870Sun, 22 Dec 2013 12:45:28 GMT