Secondary School Chinese

[cafelatte]

My apologies, KSP as in KiasuParents. Will take note to be clearer in future


Thanks for all the response to my question. It looks like most Secondary school kids are on their own for Chinese.

dang dang ordering process, I learnt from here :
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3878&start=0
check pg 32-36

Will go dig out Daisyt's threads now !

[mathsparks]

julongmum:

hi parents, do u agree that if the child decides to pursue studies in Poly (instead of JC), then the child should just take normal Chinese and not Higher Chinese in secondary. reasons:


1. HCL helps to get 2 bonus pts to JC, but no help for admission to Poly
2. for HCL pupils, they take O level Chinese at sec 3 mid yr, whereas, normal Chinese pupils have more time to prepare for the subject as they take the exam only at sec 4 yr end with the rest of the subjects.
3. normal Chinese pupils are allowed to take the exam twice.

R these true, pls comment. thanks in advance

I think 1 is correct. For 2/3 non-HCL pupils, CL is taken at mid year and year end of sec4. So they've 2 chances.

[daisyt]

MintLeaf:

Her DD is really strong at Chinese and I think she does not go for tuition. Daisyt, am I right?

Yes, you are right on the tution but strong at Chinese .... hhmmm ... she is above average ... She used to have in primary sch and now in sec school, very motivating and interesting Chinese teachers.

And sorry for giving the wrong title 窗前 - 窗边 :oops:

[julongmum]

mathsparks:

julongmum:

hi parents, do u agree that if the child decides to pursue studies in Poly (instead of JC), then the child should just take normal Chinese and not Higher Chinese in secondary. reasons:


1. HCL helps to get 2 bonus pts to JC, but no help for admission to Poly
2. for HCL pupils, they take O level Chinese at sec 3 mid yr, whereas, normal Chinese pupils have more time to prepare for the subject as they take the exam only at sec 4 yr end with the rest of the subjects.
3. normal Chinese pupils are allowed to take the exam twice.

R these true, pls comment. thanks in advance

I think 1 is correct. For 2/3, CL is taken at mid year and year end of sec4. So they've 2 chances.

Mathsparks, thanks for your comment. CL exam is taken twice at mid yr and yr end at sec 4 for pupils taking normal Chinese, not higher Chinese. Pupils taking higher Chinese take Chinese exam at sec 3 mid yr. These were my understandings.....

[MintLeaf]

SoWoW:

sorry wat recommendations from Daisyt?

I wanted to summarise for you, but I think it's better that you read her original comments. Start from page 1 of this thread and look for all Daisyt's postings.

Hi cafelatte, thanks for the tip on dangdang. The page numbers helped a lot.

daisyt:

Yes, you are right on the tution but strong at Chinese .... hhmmm ... she is above average ... She used to have in primary sch and now in sec school, very motivating and interesting Chinese teachers.

Thanks for confirming.

daisyt:

And sorry for giving the wrong title 窗前 - 窗边 :oops:

你一直非常帮忙。谢你都来不及呢。

julongmum:

Pupils taking higher Chinese take Chinese exam at sec 3 mid yr. These were my understandings.....

I believe it's end of Sec 3 that HCL students take the CL exam. Ooptimzer did vet this statement at the Maris Stella thread (page 5). Some schools even check the students' results before giving them the green light to proceed with HCL at Sec 4. But for RV, Daisyt has shared that her DD will only take CL in Sec 4 (earlier posts in this thread). So it seems it may differ for IP schools.

[mathsparks]

julongmum:

Mathsparks, thanks for your comment. CL exam is taken twice at mid yr and yr end at sec 4 for pupils taking normal Chinese, not higher Chinese. Pupils taking higher Chinese take Chinese exam at sec 3 mid yr. These were my understandings.....

Have edited my post above to make it clearer.

[xxjustakidxx]

MintLeaf:

...But for RV, Daisyt has shared that her DD will only take CL in Sec 4 (earlier posts in this thread). So it seems it may differ for IP schools.

And its not CL, its HCL (in HCI)

[MintLeaf]

xxjustakidxx:

MintLeaf:

...But for RV, Daisyt has shared that her DD will only take CL in Sec 4 (earlier posts in this thread). So it seems it may differ for IP schools.

And its not CL, its HCL (in HCI)

Thanks xxjustakidxx! So RV should also be doing HCL in Sec 4. So it seems in IP schools, HCL students will just skip 'O' Level CL.

[daisyt]

Yap ! In RV taking O level of HCL in year 4.

[daisyt]

Last year ! year 1 was 背唐诗, this year @ year 2 is 背宋词. I actually like the idea of memorising all these for the kids, like 很有墨水 :love: