Excelling in Chinese Oral PSLE: Expectations vs Reality
Raise your hand if you think the Chinese oral examinations during PSLE is one of the most daunting moments in your childhood. We think you might remember this: facing stern-faced strangers who look like they’ll lash out at you if [...]
The Step-By-Step Guide To Write A Good Chinese Composition: Picture Composition For Higher Primary
Before getting down to a Chinese composition, the student needs to learn what makes it excellent—knowing how the questions work lets you cope with them efficiently. Before we get into the step-by-step process of writing a tip-top Chinese Picture Composition, [...]
Chinese Words and Idioms (词语与成语) Part 4: 5 Important Tips To Learn Them
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, [...]
Chinese Words and Idioms (词语与成语) Part 3
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 [...]
Learn Chinese Effortlessly: Extensive List of Chinese Idioms (词语与成语) Part 2
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 [...]
Learn Chinese Effortlessly: Extensive List of Chinese Words and Idiomatic Expressions (词语与成语) Part 1
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 [...]
Adding Natural Flow To Primary School Chinese Composition Part 2: Situations and Sceneries
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 [...]
Adding Natural Flow To Primary School Chinese Composition Part 1: Structure and Characters
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 [...]
A Summary of Primary School Chinese Learning Key Points
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 [...]