Hi phtthp,


I started sending my boy to Xuelin Learning Centre at Katong last year (P5) because he kept failing Chinese. Every PTM from p3 - P4, school Chinese teacher will definitely complain to me about his Chinese. But after 6 months of Xuelin he started improving and actually got school trophy for his Chinese compo! Now he P6 and school teacher say he doing well.

After CA1 this year, I started to send my girl (P3) as well to Xuelin because her school teacher also complain. This term her school teacher says she improved so no need to go for school remedial lesson.

Hi GohGoh,


Sharing my experience. I started my son when he was in K1 with home Chinese tutor because my husband is English and my Chinese is not so good. The home Chinese tutor worked well for him in P1 and P2 and he was scoring over 90%. But P3 onwards I found that his Chinese grades started dropping to ~70%. I sent him to Tien Hsia for a few months but he didn’t like it and it didn’t seem to help him so I let him continue with the home tutor. Last year in P5 he was barely passing Chinese and I started panicking. I went to Wang’s to check it out but I didn’t like it because the class sizes were too big (I was there on a Saturday and it was like a factory of kids going in and out) and I think my son would be totally lost in the class. I decided to check out Xuelin at I12. I spoke to the teachers and explained to them my situation. They reassured me they can help so I decided to try out. My son has been there for over a year now and he really loves it there. The class sizes are small and being around kids his age (rather than home tution) really help motivate him to speak more Chinese. The teachers even tailored a special 1-on-1 class for him during the school holidays for him to catch up with his other class mates. He even won an award for compo writing in his class at school. He is now P6 and his school teacher commented (for CA1) that his oral has greatly improved.

I think being in a small class setting like at Xuelin helps the kids. I hear them when I sit outside the class interacting in Chinese with the teacher and with each other. Hope this helps