SECONDARY CHINESE TUITION PROGRAM

Some parents think that since their child did well at the PSLE Chinese exams, they do not need Chinese tuition in secondary school. Yet the Chinese syllabus progresses at an exponentially faster pace as the student progresses towards the O-level exams. The difference between primary school Chinese and secondary school Chinese is significant, and the difference between secondary and JC chinese is even more so. 

As soon as the students begin secondary 1, they are expected to conform to a higher level of assessment. Specifically, students will now be tested on their critical thinking, as well as their mandarin linguistic skills. Because they have never been tested in these areas before, many students will struggle to keep up with the Chinese classes. Even students that performed well in the PSLE Chinese exams may now require additional help in the form of Chinese tuition to keep up with the pace. 

While a minority number of students may not need Chinese tuition, we believe that most students will need that extra push at some point of the learning curve. And with our resources and experience, we believe we are well placed to help students to overcome their indifference towards Chinese and make it a subject they can actually excel in. 

In lower secondary, Chinese classes in school will cover the fundamentals of writing and speaking Mandarin. Our Chinese tuition classes closely align with the MOE curriculum, and we also provide additional materials and practices to students to further get ahead of the learning curve. For our weaker students, we also provide English translations alongside the Chinese vocabulary.

Our upper secondary Chinese tuition classes provide an interactive and effective way of mastering Chinese language at the Secondary 3 & 4 levels. Although the content of the classes are naturally more difficult, we feel that the upper secondary tuition classes are where students go from merely knowing the basics well to actually mastering the proficiency and creativity of using Chinese. 

In addition, many students will, at this stage, often find it hard to express their actual thoughts fluently in the Chinese language. To address this, our Chinese tuition syllabus incorporates critical thinking modules almost every lesson, where students are required to elaborate and explain their answers. (For weaker Chinese students or foreign students, we also provide English translation on all our materials). We find that this exercise has allowed our students to better express themselves both in verbal and written expressions, and this improvement is reflected in their Chinese exams results.

O-LEVEL SYLLABUS: