- Frequency: weekly
- Duration: 1hour 45 minutes
- Subject: P3 Mainstream Chinese
- Class size: 1 to 4
This programme is designed to help Primary 3 students to develop language and skill mastery, and apply what they learnt in everyday life confidently.
Our curriculum focuses on helping students to build a strong foundation in academics by acquiring vocabulary, grammar and oratorial skills. It also helps students to build a wide range of vocabulary and learn a variety of sentence structures in order to help them tackle each component of the syllabus. Lesson materials also feature themes that students can relate to, helping them connect to Chinese language, Chinese Culture in their daily life.
Programme inclusive of:
- Interactive and engaging learning platform with activities/games/interactive board and a lot more
- Complementary 1 to 1 mentorship after lesson should your child needs more guidance
- A regular local teacher who will provide personal updates on your child’s progress regularly
- Lesson materials will be mailed to your house, NO hidden fee
- Learning booklets for note taking and revision
- Built-in homework tracker
Vocabulary
In-class vocabulary games and activities will help your child:
- Recall new words learnt and able to differentiate words with similar forms, meanings and pronunciation
- Learn how to categorise words into verbs, nouns and adjectives and remember their repetitive collocation
- Construct sentence with the words learnt
Listening, speaking and communication
Frequent in-class group discussion and 1 to1 oral practices covering various relevant themes will help your child:
- Gain confidence in reading aloud and fluently
- Learn different techniques to phrase personal opinions
- Communicate in Chinese confidently in daily life
Reading comprehension
Detailed analysis of thematic passages and skill-based workshops will help your child:
- Able to grasp the theme of each passage
- Able to comprehend a passage and overcome challenging vocabularies
- Able to identify keywords and analyse question requirements including PSLE style questions
- Learn to look for clues in the passage and craft specific answers for specific question types
Writing
Workshops with structure framework will help your child:
- Able to observe, analyse pictures and questions in detail and use exam techniques to plan storyline effectively
- Ensure logical story flow and draw proper conclusion from each composition exercise
- Apply varied sentence structures for better presentation and elaboration of content
Timed practices and Customised feedbacks
- Hone time management skills for each component
- Have ample practice in applying exam strategies such as questions and answers analysis, clue-sourcing and mark allocation
- Allow you child to learn from each others strength and weakness
- Develop self-directed learning and make specific personalised adjustments proactively to excel in the school exam
Mastering the language use
- Able to understand and use vocabulary in relation to pronunciation, form and meaning for this level
- Able to use vocabulary and sentence structure accurately for verbal and written task
Oral communication
- Able to listen, read and respond appropriately to questions with precise vocabulary and sentence structure
- Able to use vocabulary to describe actions, behaviour and emotions accurately
- Able to use knowledge of vocabulary to express thoughts and feeling on a given matter, topic or theme fluently
Composition Writing
- Able to use thematic vocabulary and descriptive phrase to write in accordance to given questions or scenario
- Able to use story and sentence structure to plan and write a complete captivating story based on the given pictures
Reading comprehension
- Able to apply specific strategies to read passage, make accurate comparisons, draw inferences and grasp the theme aptly
- Able to use keywords to correctly analyse different question types with exam techniques taught
- Able to find the correct answer and apply specific answering techniques