Congratulation to our students for their remarkable performance in the PSLE

School	Name	How long he joined	Grade in Chinese
1.River Valley Pri	Don Ho	11 months	A
2.Henry Park Pri	Keith Chan	13 months	A
3.North Spring Pri	Jing Xiang	4 months	A
4.Townsville Pri	Charlene Pang	1 month(8 intensive lessons)	A
5.Nanyang Pri	Danielle	3 months	A
6.SCGS	Tasha	1 month	A
7.Kong Hwa Pri	Zhi Wei	6 months	A
8.Ngee Ann Ori	Anthony	6 months	A
9.St.Hildas Pri	Kai Ren	4 months	C
10.St Joseph's Junior	Theodore Wee	1 month	C

Congratulation to our students for their remarkable performance in the PSLE

River Valley Pri Don Ho Pinhao (how long he joined->11 months A in chinese

Henry Park Pri Keith Chan (how long he joined->13 months A in chinese

North Spring Jing Xiang (how long he joined->4 months A in chinese

Townsville Pri Charlene Pang(How long he joined->1 month(8 intensive lesson) A in chinese

 Nanyang Pri Danielle(how long he joined->3 months A in Chinese

St.Hilda's Kai Ren (4 months)  C


St Josephs Junior Theodore Wee(1 month) C


Ngee Ann Pri Anthony->6 months  A in Chinese


SCGS Tasha        A in Chinese


Kong Hwa Pri Sch Ziwei->6 months A in Chinese

 Example 1:
Don disliked Chinese when he first came to my tuition.After some time, he has developed interest in it through multimedia and news articles.He is a smart and quick-witted student with a good memory.This helped him in the oral when the picture for 2009PSLE was something very different like a farewell party.During his Prelim exam he gotten A with his main paper scoring77/90 but his other components pulled him a little.He is able to elaborate well for the scenario.Overall, he is the top 3 in his class with a high expectation from teacher.His teacher wrote on his paper"希望你再接再厉！到了小六会考，可以考到更好的成绩！加油！”But unfortunately,he didnt perform as many expected him to be in the top 10%.We hope next year he will be able to excel beyond his limits in secondary sch."加油 Don,We know you can do better in secondary school with your intelligence and good memory.With your likability you will be able to enlarge your social circle like never before.

Comments:HE is a very bilingual child.very likable.When he gotten back his Prelim results he was complacent and thought his standard was there. What can we learn from this?We should not be relaxed when we see our child's good results in the prelims because some schs have their prelim exams set too easy resulting in students relaxing themselves and think that they can perform the same result in the PSLE.We must get top-sch paper and let the tutor analyse it so that we can gage ourselves with people from the other schools to prepare for the PSLE.


Example 2:JIng Xiang
When his mom called me in June.For SA1 he scored 50 plus.His mum asked me if he can improve from his borderline pass.I wanted to see him first.He is a very quiet and attentive boy.He don't really talk only nod and shake his head.He will suffer in the oral exam if he continue like this.So I used some lessons to teach him on the techniques,how to speak up with videos and voice-recording.After some lessons he's able to have the courage to speak up.A good thing about him is he is very committed in coming for lessons.He will always be punctual and never skip lessons even if he has another tuition which clashes.He will rush to another tuition one after another.JIng Xiang you must not stop your tuition and positive attitude.Because a lot of people stopped their tuition and think that they can manage but it is a whole new different syllabus with book reviews,news article reviews.They will wait till S3 to work on their language but its too late especially those with weak foundation cannot get expected marks.In the end overall will get pulled down,cant get into a good class.Because language is not a thing you can improve overnight,it takes time to improve.Even if you do not have tuition with me, you can ask me any questions regarding homework in SEC Sch through msn.Wish you a happy 4 yrs of Secondary school life.

Comments:Not many students can jump from 50plus to an A.He or She must possess positive attitudes very attentive and co-operative.Parents must also be co-operative and allow their child to go for extra lessons able to suit my time.Even though this group tuition is 3-4,but still he is able to achieve results beyond his ability.Because these students are obedient towards my instructions.

How To Choose Your Child's Secondary School?

It was the moment of truth we all have been waiting for:the Release of your child's PSLE results.
That results which will determine the next 4-6 years of your child's life.The night before 26/11 was tough one for you to sleep well. How much will he/she get?What if he/she didn't do well?Which secondary school is the most suitable for your child?Hundreds of question clouded your mind while you are trying to get some rest.

The next day when you entered the sch hall,tension came upon every single person.The principal started of with her speech.Followed by the recognition of the top 10 students in the PSLE. While calling the names,you were hoping that your child would be up there.To your dismay, your child wasn't among the top 10. Next your upon receiving his/her results,he/she showed it to you with face down not daring to look at you.Your child scored below 230.Which sch can he/she go?Soon, your phone begin to ring and relatives call to ask about your child's results.You did not know how to answer to them and rejected their calls.You are disappointed,worried,heart broken,embarrassed. You do not know what to do.

The next few days calls still keep coming in with tuition teachers,relatives,friends asking about your child's result.You have "no face" to speak to them. Even your child stays at home and don't dare to be out,to avoid people asking them about their results.

You do not have any mood to carry out your activities,let alone work.You keep worrying about choosing the right school for your child.Being a parent of three kids, i have been through this experience twice when my two older sons are in P6.I could understand exactly how you feel.

How to choose a secondary school?
1.If you do not have a school in mind that is suitable with your score ,start with choosing the school with a decent avg L1B5 "o" level banding.It is equivalent to the average score the the sch students have at the end of their 4 yrs education.This will give you a good gage at what the school can offer for your child's secondary sch academics.

2.Next you might want to consider looking into the discipline of the school. So that you will not end up letting your child enter a sch with bad company.

3.Thirdly take into consideration your child's interest and talents.Aft that see if there's any enrichment programs and CCAs that will develop their potential.This would allow your child to enjoy the next 4 yrs of education with meaningful and educational programs.

4.Fourly distance play a factor.

Most importantly, discuss with your child the choices of the schools for it is them who will be entering secondary school.Give them more freedom in having important choices in life.

I wish your children an enjoyable and meaningful secondary school life .

2.

COULD THE TRUE STORY HAPPEN TO U?

P3 Alex from St.Gabriel Pri is a very cute boy.When I first hear about his result,i was shocked. As SA2 is only 3 months away, how can i pull his overall from 28 to a pass? But when i saw him, i saw a bond between us where i find him very special.He was actually a very emotional boy and quite a hyperactive boy.
But when i had my first lesson with him,I found him quite different. He follows everything i say, and when i told him some stuff,he will laugh cheerfully.This shows that the boy is very imaginative in relating what i had said to funny incidents.He has also enjoyed the lesson. I practiced with him Chinese Spelling by asking him to write with his finger on my hand,with just two times he was able to get full marks for his spelling. When i teach him he will pay 100% attention to me.This can be shown in his mock test results which he had passed. All the comprehension answers were all accurate and correct and he had really used what he had learnt from the tuition.One month prior to his exam i gave him extra lessons. I really pinned my hopes on him that he can pass.
But during the SA2 itself,not only did he scored 46 marks but had scored only 16 marks in the main paper. His mom was very disappointed in him and with me. She felt that all the time spent on attending the extra lessons was a waste.I was very shocked with the outcome and thus called his teacher up to find out his class performance and the reason behind his marks. She told me Alexandra is a very cheerful and shy boy,just sometimes very emotional maybe because of the scoldings from his parents. He pays attention in class and takes pride in his work. A sudden drop in his marks was caused by the comprehension in the main paper segment. The comprehension was set to be very tricky and have no direct answers.They involve inference. But the marks of all the other components had improved. He is a very intelligent boy and has a very good memory. He could only rely on the sentences and phrases he had memorised for the exams.His comprehending and application skills are not very good. We cannot say he had not improved because the teacher told me that he had shown improvement in his attitude and work.
We should handle children with care and patience when they did not do as we expected. Even though Alex dropped by 12 marks for only the main paper,his sch teacher and i agreed he had really tried his best and had put in effort where he had improved in his oral,listening comprehension and composition components.If this carries on, he will give up on Chinese as he had put in hard work and not only did not reap the results but also got pressured.. I only guarantee for 1 year and only when the student has the right attitude and adequate lessons.

To all P6 next year watch this video!

P6 Shiling who has taken 8 intensive lessons is ready for her PSLE!

P4 ACS student's breakthrough results!

Jian Chen's results has definitely shown a shocking improvement in his results.From 66 marks for Chinese in SA1 to 74.5 in SA2.All his language components have improved greatly,with Compo 16/20,Compre 35.5/50,listening Compre 7/10, Oral 16/20.
With just 4 months attending my tuition he has improved greatly. But before 4 months ago, it was a different story. My first impression of him was that he was a very active person who could not sit still(not necessarily bad but a difficulty).He does not like written work and during lessons he will not pay attention. Originally in a group tuition with another P4, he tends to get distracted during lessons and talk with him.It was quite a headache because i was quite worried about his exams which will be coming in 3-4 months time.How can I improve in such a short time? He is a intelligent kid with a high potential,just a bit lazy and easily distracted. I talked to his mom and we decided to withdraw him out of the group tuition into 1-to-1 tuition so that he will not get distracted.
1 month before his exam, i keep giving him extra lessons as I feel time is running short.He will come to my house during the weekends from 8am-12pm,lasting 4 hours. It was still quite a task getting him to do his work. Sometimes i will need to be flexible and Go through with him the exam papers and include many short breaks in between lessons. I also need to be patient and talk to him nicely.
His committment play a huge part. During the PSLE marking days, where primary sch students need not attend sch, he is the only one who went for intensive lessons. Consecutively for 4 days he keeps coming from 8am to 12pm for tuition. Even though, he lives at Bukit Timah,His noble mom takes time to drive him to my place despite a busy schedule.
As a result of his hard work,he has shown improvement....

P3 ACS student

Indo-chinese student,Marthen is a intelligient and smart but only has a weak subject Chinese.With a score of 51 in the SA1,he improved by 10 marks and scored 60 for SA2. He started home tuition three months ago so theres a lot of intensive lessons. With his standard, he should at least score an 75 for Chinese. It is just his short concentration span and illegible handwriting.I have spoken to his Chinese teacher about his situation in class. He is quite a well-behaved boy just very easily distracted.His teacher praised him for his 10 mark improvement within 3 months which is considered remarkable.Thus sometimes I need to speak with the language teacher in school to find out his problems. I hope to see him improve to 75-80 marks after solving his main problems in his character.

Letter to the WORRIED Parents

Dear Parents,

Hi!It's the most important time of the year we all have been waiting for where most of the students get their results back. Being a parent and a tutor myself i understand many of you will be worried. You want your child to reach their highest potential especially in the area of academics but he or she isn't performing. When you look at the report book, it beats you that your child's weakest subject is Chinese. When you are called to the Meet-the-Parent session, the teacher complained about your child's negative attitude towards Chinese.He or she did not hand in homework even if he or she hand in the work is sloppy, don't pay attention during lessons and even tried all means to avoid Chinese. You were fuming with rage and those things are the last thing you would like to hear. You have been asked to consider your child's options to stay in Higher Chinese or drop to Express Chinese,stay in Express Chinese or drop to normal Chinese,or in Primary School's case stay in Chinese or drop to foundation Chinese.You do not know what to do whether to give up or to stay.If he or she stay in that subject level, He or she might continue to drop in her results. If he or she drop to another level, would it be a waste?It's not like he or she didn't prepared for the examination. You signed your child up for tuition classes or home tuition, gave them assessments or exam papers and he or she also went for remedial or supplementary lessons. Does it mean that the time and money invested to help your child isn't helpful at all? You feel disappointed and helpless at what you can do for your child. If i were you i would also feel that since my child has lost interest in Chinese.What should I do? Without tuition, his results will drop
further.With tuition, he or she would not like it. You are caught in a total dilemma!

Even though i myself is a Chinese language tutor, I don't place my profit as my priority. I am more committed in helping these types of student regenerate their interest towards their Mother tongue. Nothing is more satisfying than to see my students motivated to learn Chinese in an enjoyable manner which I feel is my greatest accomplishment.Sometimes your child does not fit with traditional methods of teaching. Not that reading and memorising the textbook or just drilling into assessment book are not helpful at all but they only do so to the hardworking ones. If students are taught continuously with these methods, they will continue to dread Chinese until they reach a state of a complete abandonment of the language. They just need innovative methods using IT which give sight,sound and light so as to make learning animated. Youths and kids nowadays are in touch with technology. Is your child always smsing their friends, going on facebook,msn,twitter and updates his or her blog everyday. Or does he or she plug in to music which annoys you. Don't despise these gadgets as they can be the bridge to your child interest to Chinese. Using technology which they would prefer, they would recognise that Chinese is not as worthless as they thought it was, instead they could be applied in daily lives especially in technology. Unfortunately many parents have the misconception that typing Chinese will not allow exposure to Chinese handwriting. When your child learn how to type Chinese characters they are indirectly checking dictionary increasing their vocabulary. These are the ways i teach and the ways my program can be tailor-made.
The next thing to look out for is the chemistry between the teacher and the student. If the student hates the teacher, of course he or she will detest the subject. But if the teacher becomes sombody the student look upon and find comfortable learning under, there would be a high chance of your child excelling in Chinese. The most important thing would be to open the hearts of students and to treat them like a good friend, and young adult. They would then feel somebody cared for their feelings and thus respect what the teacher said. There would be no stress in sending your child for tuition. Under this atmosphere, your child could learn enjoyably and effectively.

I welcome you to discuss with me your child's situation if you can't send your child to tuition to my i will share 30 yrs experience teaching Chinese.You can or email me at kokhs@hotmail.com or vincentkokhs@yahoo.com.
Below are the specific details of some common situations that might be affecting your child:

Below are the main problems that might deter your child from achieving their deserved result:
- Loss of interest in Chinese
- Loss of confidence towards Chinese
- Hyperactiveness
- Difficulty in recalling what he has learnt
- Exam Fear
- Ineligible Handwriting
- Find that Chinese is useless
The types of students not able to perform as expected:

Students with short concentration span
Their concentration usually varies between 20 to 60 min. They might not be hyperactive just active and belong to the more sporty group of people. Thus they will only concentrate on the things that catch their interest. Teachers might complained that they will always be leaving their seats and be excused to the restrooms in between Chinese lessons whether in school or tuition. Signs of tiredness like yawning are shown but they are transited into students being energised and refreshed as their dreaded lessons are "finally over". They will always be late for lessons but leave early.

Students who are willing to work hard but not able to get result
They are the hardworking ones, those determined to do well in Chinese. Even if it's not much interest, they still care about their marks.They put in effort in their work but don't reap the expected results.It's understandable as the Chinese is a difficult language to embrace. And language, unlike Science or Maths which are study subjects, needs time to master from the basic foundations Soon, they start to get demoralised by the repeated failures and lose the confidence. From then on the worst thing could happen that is they might give up Chinese.

Below are the profiles of my students who have benefited from my tuition......

Holidays Chinese Enrichment Program(Home/Group tuition)

Learn to tackle common language problems such as:
*Poor Character Recognition
*Confusion in meaning between words
*Lack of concentration & interest
*Wrong tone in pronouncing Chinese words(Pinyin)
*Bad handwriting
*Limited vocabulary
Learn to read/write/speak better!
Results G'teed!
Call Mr Kok 97641616

Disheartened By Chinese?

DISHEARTENED BY CHINESE RESULTS?

- CRASH PREPARATION FOR p3-5
*Spot questions for these three papers. Even if questions did not come out as expected, there will be special techniques taught to students on how to answer them.

** Students will be given “Hot topics” to emphasize on.

***Exam Hints for all the papers. Students will be aware of common mistakes during exams.

****Analyse top school exam papers.

For Oral Exam(Paper 3)

- There's a "Formula" to help students answer oral questions effectively which require little time for preparation.
- Voice recording is done so as to allow students to be aware of their intonations and pronunciation during their speech. This will encourage them to reflect on their speeches so they'll know what areas they can improve in with each practice.

For Composition Paper(Paper 1)

- There will be a wide range of topics for discussion so as to equip students with knowledge for any topic in the exam.
For Paper 2 (language usage component)

- Answering skills will be taught to aid students in their MCQ and comprehension.
- Adopt proven techniques to allow students to excel in this language component

Tuition classes of 1 or 2 pax@your place/my place:

1.Weekend classes(Sat and Sun)
2.PSLE marking days Intensive tuition(19 Oct-23 Oct)
*-1 1/2 hour timeslots within 8am-2pm at my place

*6-7.30pm,8-9.30 at yr place

*19-23 Oct - students need not attend school. This will be the best time for revision before SA2 exams

P3-5 Oral from MOE lead.com

P5 Oral picture description from Lead.com.sg

P4 Oral audio

P3 Oral audio marverlouslly recorded by Phoebe Kee

S1-3 Oral/Compo Hot topics from Top-Schs

In our tuition classes,we offer up-to-date materials such as this.

Brief Introduction

We all go through it. Something about a certain subject
or language we dread to learn or pick-up because we may feel insignificant to the rest of the people who're better than us or when we just have absolutely no interest in learning it at all. So how can you actually be interested in something you know you won't find enticing?I know it isn’t as easy as it sounds, but the concept of it is pretty simple – learn to like it. This is the case for any academic subjects really, such as math, science, and languages - one in particular which I enjoy teaching and that would be Mandarin. Now I get a lot of students who are unmotivated and demoralized, and I share the same sentiment as I’ve been through it myself back in those days. But then I realized that any subject, no matter how hard it may be to study, can indeed be *studied* as long as there’s an interest. That is one of my main educational goals as a teacher and tutor.

My objective is to make – but not force – students to garner at the very least, a fair amount of interest in Mandarin so as to help them “pull through” the exams. But it doesn’t just stop there with a mere just-pass grade, because it is of equal importance to me to help them achieve good grades and make them realize their true capabilities. With the assistance of digital media and today’s technology, which I now believe to be a common source of both information and entertainment to young people, I can finally realize my visions and make this goal possible – that learning is not all about reading books and memorizing words or phrases, but doing so in a fun and enjoyable manner in order to foster and build interest in all the things we learn, including myself.

Note: Read on to have a look at some samples of exam papers.

S1-3 Higher Chinese Oral exams Hot topics

20-21/08 2009PSLE Chinese Oral Examination

20-21/08 2009 PSLE Chinese Oral Examination

My students told me that overall they find the PSLE Oral question quite easy unlike the one 2 yrs ago.Below are the main points that conclude their views:

1. 20/08 PSLE Chinese Oral's paper is quite easy.
*Those students with a weak foundation in Chinese find the passage easy to read as it has no difficult words.
*On the same day Picture description's topic is a PARK.
-It has a pond.There's a kid which sits by it using a stick to poke fishes.
-There's also a child feeding the tortoises even though there is a sign in front of the pond that says "No Feeding"
*There's a a family having a picnic there.
-One of them are reading newspaper.
- The child is drawing on a piece of paper.
-Another member of the family is eating an apple.
*There's a kid who climbed a tree
* Besides that there is a kid who plucked some flowers of the shrubs.

2. 21/08/09 PSLE Chinese Oral exam
*For read-the-passage there's only a few unfamiliar words to most students.
*On the same day the picture deplicts a scene in the CLASSROOM where the students are celebrating the TEACHER'S FAREWELL.
-Some students are writing their wishes to the teacher
-Some students are drawing an ugly image of the teacher.
-There's one student who isn't helping at all instead he is sleeping.

If you find that you did not do well for this Oral Exam and have no confidence about other two paper.There's still hope.There will be an intensive SEPT Holiday tuition & one month individual revision suited for P6 WEAK students.
PSLE syllabus are base on 2-3 years foundation.Therefore P3-P5 students should prepare early and sign up for tuition if they find that they can't cope with the language.

Learning Chinese though MOE website,lead.com.sg

Sometimes,I use internet to facilitate the teaching of Chinese Language.One example is lead.com.sg,an MOE website used by many primary schools for E-learning.The attractive animations and sounds will keep the students' interests aroused during lessons. Students will have fun while attempting the practices as they are presented in a variety of ways which include crossword puzzle,maze etc.Students feel that this is definitely better than the common method of doing assessment papers or books which will cause them to lose interest towards Chinese.

Learn to read textbook through iflashbook

I use iflashbook to keep lessons alive with animations and interactive voice rather than the normal read-the-textbook way of teaching. It also helps in self-study. For example, the software is able to point out the students' mistakes when they misread a word in the passage. They will also gain a deeper understanding of the words through comprehensive explanations of each new phrase.

PSLE ORAL:Practicing Oral through Voice Recording

We use the state of the art software for recording the students' voice.Cool edit Pro,is a professional software which enable playbacks to be crystal clear so as to accurately allow the students to listen and reflect on their tone,pitch and expression when reading or describing the picture.This is essential for the improvement in their oral as in the exam, every pronunciation is taken account into for their marks.

Dissatisfied with Chinese Results?

Group/Home Chinese Tuition

*8/12 tailor-made lessons per mth

designed by local ex-sch teacher

(29 yrs experience)

*Develop confidence towards

Chinese exams

*Targeted at WEAK students and

those who intend to GIVE UP

*Learn oral,

compre,writing skills via

exam paper,internet,newspaper

*Analyse top sch exam papers

*1-2 pax per grp

*Progress monitored:Parents will

be kept informed of their

child's performance monthly

*PSLE Intensive oral tuition/

3 mths final revision

*P4-S4/S1-S3 higher chinese

CA2/SA2 revision

mon-sun 8am-5.30pm@my place

mon-fri evening@ yr place

(EUNOS MRT) Since 1980

+ Results G'teed +

Mr Kok 9764-1616

Testimony,Exam tips,profile@

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Nervous about PSLE Oral Exam?

Nervous about Oral Exam? You should not be. Confidence is definitely essential for a high score in the Oral Exam. That is why we use video and voice recording to train our students in their oral components,be it primary school or secondary school.This builds up their confidence towards speaking in front of somebody.After they have been through so many video recordings, Oral Exam will not be a problem for them.

For those english-speaking students who have a weak foundation in Chinese and do not have adequate chances to converse in Mandarin at home will find PSLE Oral extremely difficult.They will not be able to:

1. Read the passage fluently.(A lot of words which they do not know how to read.)

2.Describe the picture (Lack of vocabulary)

3.Give comments and elaborate on them(cannot link the scene to real life news issues)

These 3 are the components of the PSLE Oral exam(Passage Reading,Picture Discussion,Conversation) Students should not score badly for this exam.

Many succesful examples are in the students' testimonials like http://chinesetuitionsg.blogspot.com/2007/09/testimonial-from-wayne-yuying-sec-o.html. Oral Exam is the easiest way to pull your overall marks up and it stands quite a high percentage in the PSLE andChinese. So don't let your fear overcome you during Oral exam, join Mr Kok's Intensive Oral Tuition Program to overcome your fear and to ace in Oral Exam today!

Yearning for A or A* in Chinese?

INTENSIVE GROUP/HOME CHINESE TUITION

Intensive tuition for:

*PSLE Oral Exam(20,21August)
*PSLE Listening Comprehension(18 September)

*PSLE Chinese Written (9 October)
*PSLE Higher Chinese(13 October)

INTENSIVE ORAL (4/8/12 lessons) per month/
3 months Final Revision


Who should enroll?
Those in: Higher chinese , Express/normal
30---->45

45---->65

65---->85,

85---->93,

-> 1 year guaranteed improvement*

U-grade

20---->50
->1.5 -2years guaranteed




* TAILOR-MADE program to spark interest in Chinese - by Local Ex-SAP school teacher (29 years of experience)

* Group size: 1 or 2

*Learn Oral,Listening compre,

Compre,Writing skills,Cloze passage,Summary,proverbs via

,EXAM PAPER,Newspaper,Internet.

*Analyse top-sch exam papers

*Build up students' confidence towards exams


* P4-5 (PSLE preparation)

* S1-3 (Higher Chinese)

* S3 ("O" level preparation)


*Teaching Higher Chinese students from Anglican High, Victoria,Dunman High,RI,Hwa Chong,RGS,CHIJ St Nicholas;

Express Chinese students from ACS(I),Victoria,Catholic High,NUS high,SJI,TKSS,,Maris Stella,CHIJ St. Joseph's Convent ,TKGS,SOTA;

Primary sch students from Tao Nan,Kong Hwa,CHIJ,Ngee Ann,St Hilda's,Red Swastika,(East)

Ai Tong,Chongfu,Henry Park,RiverValley,RGS,Nanyang,Nan Hwa,ACS,MGS,,(West)

* Learn Chinese in FUN ways: Educational CD-ROMs/MOE websites/i-flash/textbook CDs/da mu zhi and comma websites.

*Prepare tests on book review.

>>> At affordable fees <<<> Change negative to a positive attitude towards Chinese language

> Build up strong foundation - specializing in PSLE/'O' Level Chinese

Things taught:
Book reviews > NEWS ARTICLE reviewing & projects>
Proverbs & Grammar> Oral/Writing skills> Top-school past-year paper

*(Outside tuition time) Guidance through phone/sms/msn/e-mail for students doing newspaper article reviews, book reviews and projects(homework)

* Parents whose children have learning disabilities (e.g hyperactivity,short-term memory)and want to give up Chinese can email me at kokhs@hotmail.com or SMS me for advice

*(Weekdays 8am-5.30pm(1.5 h) at MY place

*Weekends 8am-3.30pm at MY place
*Weekdays 6.30pm-10pm(1.5h) at YOUR place

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Still giving up? Don't.

NUS high "O" Level Student

Hi, I'm a student from NUS High School of Mathematics and Science. I'm in express chinese, and I've been taking Mr. Kok's chinese tuition for about two and a half years (I took it from sometime in Secondary two till Secondary four). My mother does not know anything about chinese and my dad only knows basic conversational chinese- and my chinese at that time reflected that. Before this tuition, I didn't even dare speak a word of chinese because I had no confidence in the language. However, after this tuition, I've learnt much more in speaking chinese with Mr. Kok's oral preparations.
I've also gained more understanding in the language. Last time when my teacher wanted us to hand up newspaper reviews I had to use a dictionary for practically most of the words. But now, I understand more and newspaper reviews have become much easier for me. I've also learnt how to properly communicate my thoughts in the language.
Overall, I've more confidence and my chinese has definitely improved, particularly in writing it. Thank you!

Shaun Chiang (NUSHS, June 27 2009)

I'm a student from Anglican High. Born and bred in an english speaking family, chinese was seldom use in my form of communication with others. It was alien to me, and obviously my chinese standard was far beyond expectation of a higher chinese student due to the seldom usage of chinese. In my recent mid-year examinations, i barely passed my chinese with a score of 52! I did not even expect to pass. I decided to seek some help to aid in my chinese grades and fortunately, my dad found Mr Kok.
I enrolled in 8 lessons during my holidays with Mr Kok to improve my chinese. As O'Level Chinese Oral was approaching, Mr Kok was very patient in teaching me the tips to get high scores for Oral. He taught me how to speak confidently and fluently, and most importantly with emotions according to the Oral passage given. I also went through several creative ways to improve my confidence and the way i speak to look more professional which will present a positive image and appearance to the examiner.
After these lessons, i have realised that i am more confident of myself when i speak chinese and i can now express myself properly in chinese without causing any misunderstanding. Also, the voice recording of my reading passages shocked me! I sounded so different from the past, the ang moh sounding guy. I was now a pure chinese! I am glad that i have attended these lessons with Mr Kok for they have shown tremendous results which i had never expected and forsaken a long time ago. 加油吧！

Jeremy 3F( 27 June 2009)

GOT YOUR EYES SET ON A/A* FOR SA1 CHINESE?

GROUP of 1/2 /HOME CHINESE tuition

* Try to start first lesson so that parents can confirm whether to continue long-term.

*Change negative attitude towards learning Chinese.

* Choices of 4/8/12 lessons per month

* TAILOR-MADE program to spark interest & confidence in Chinese - by Local Ex-school teacher (29 years of experience)

* Learn Chinese in FUN ways: CDs/CD-ROMs/youtube/educational TV programs MOE recommended websites such as lead.com gives u exam topics & games/chinese blogs/top sch websites (homework & assignments)/zaobao.com/omy.com/xin.sg & China,Taiwan & Hong Kong popular websites(Projects & entertaining topics).

* P4 to S3

* P5(PSLE preparation)

* S3("O" level preparation)

* S1-2 Higher Chinese

* Build up strong foundation - specializing in PSLE/'O' Level Chinese

* Skills and Techniques For News Articles Reviews

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* Learn proverbs and grammar via CDs

* Oral/Writing skills via videos and CD-ROMs

* Learn how to write book reviews & do projects

* Analyse top-school/past year exam papers

* (outside tuition time)Guidiance through sms/msn/e-mail by me with students who do not know how to do school newspaper article reviews,book reviews and projects (homework)

*Parents whose children have serious disabilities in learning who have e.g hyperactivity,short-term memory,short span of concentration, who hates chinese can sms me or make appointment to call me for help.

*at MY place Sat & Sun, 8am-4pm(1.5h/2h)
* Weekdays,3pm-9pm at YOUR place

>>> Please check out chinesetuitionsg.blogspot.com and call me/if busy sms your situation.

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Mr. Kok - 9764-1616(Near Eunos MRT) Since 1980

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