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.

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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!

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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)