Perhaps you’ve been trying to pick up a few tricks or tips here to make the long, tedious Chinese learning process for your primary school kid an easy one. If it doesn’t appear to be working well for whatever reason, [...]

Did you know that there is over 5,000 chengyu in the Chinese language? But it’s quite impossible for us to know all of them, and the same goes for students. And it’s totally alright for students not to know all [...]

Are you here because you need some guidance on Chinese idioms? Perhaps not for you, but for your young learners at home.  No matter how strong their foundation of the language is, the chances that they’ll know a large number [...]

Often cracking your head wondering how your little ones at home can learn Chinese effortlessly and score well for their exams? Sorry, but we’d have to burst your bubble. It won’t be effortless, but it won’t be as hard.  There’s [...]

Previously, we talked about the importance of a logical structure and strong characters to add a natural flow to primary school Chinese composition, which we hoped was helpful. In this article, we’re going to let you in on beloved tricks on [...]

Want to help your primary school kids write a compelling piece of Chinese composition? It's such a common misconception that students weak in Chinese skills have to be rigid in their writing.  Inevitably, there are certain rules for writing that pupils [...]

Pinyin There are a total of: 23 consonants (声母) for example, xin, yun, shang, fen 24 simple or compound vowel (韵母) e.g. gua, sheng, tou 16 syllables (音节) There are 4 tones (声调) in Chinese mā, má, mǎ, mà A [...]

I recall the lamentable moments when my students cringed at the sight of the Chinese textbook.  "Huh! Not this again!" They pouted.  Among other subjects, it seems that young students are prejudiced against this particular language. Almost none of the [...]

床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 举头望明月，低头思故乡。   Is this Chinese poem familiar to you?  It should be.  In Singapore, Chinese students should be pretty familiar with some poems created by the legendary Li Bai (李白), aside from San Zi Jing (三字经) and Di Zi [...]