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Every learner has different proficiency and needs. That is why we offer different curriculums, program and classes to make Chinese learning engaging and effective.

Program-Details

Singapore Online Program

Fully aligned and synchronized with Singapore’s Ministry of Education syllabus 《欢乐伙伴》and pace, our program gears Primary 1 to Primary 4 young learners in towards the Primary Six Leaving Examination (PSLE) through bite-sized and engaging means.

These days, our young learners exposure to the Chinese language is typically limited to the few classroom hours where the teacher-student ratio of 1:40. Traditional Chinese enrichment are typically focussed on boring rote-learning or are held in large class sizes that cannot be tailored to engage our young learners.

Benchmarked to Chinese PSLE scoring requirements, our lessons accumulatively builds our learners’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through tech-enhanced, visually-simulating and interactive learning. We appreciate the overwhelming nature of current enrichment offers and designed 55-min live classes, held twice a week, to increase our learners Chinese-learning frequency in the comforts of their homes. Our 1-to1 or 1-to-4 class and engaging illustrative content, make Chinese-learning more conducive and inviting.

Level 1 & 2 (Basic) - Basic pronunciation and speaking skills

  • Cultivate interest in the language and understand simple classroom instructions or conversations in daily life.
  • Basic oral communication skills, such as greetings, titles, introductions and how to ask and answer questions.
  • Instil good Chinese speaking habits to help students express themselves in daily life.

Level 3 & 4 (Intermediate) - Entry-level reading & writing, Conversational oral communication

  • Practice reading and comprehension by looking into slightly complex Chinese passages.
  • Learn the meaning of simple idioms and sayings.
  • Communicate regarding basic topics with native Chinese speakers without much difficulty.

Singapore Blended Program

Our Blended Learning programme complements Singapore’s Ministry of Education syllabus and school learning. The programme targets to prepare Primary 5 and Primary 6 young learners for examination excellence in their Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) through honing of examination skills and application of techniques.

Our Blended Learning model allows our learners to learn via both online and offline platforms. Every week, our learners will have one 1.5hrs of online lesson and one 1.5hrs of offline lesson. Online lessons will be the ‘learn’ phase whereby our learners will learn examination skills and techniques. Offline lessons will be the ‘Apply’ and ‘Relearn’ phases whereby our young learners will apply the skills and techniques learnt during online lessons and teachers will reteach and reinforce the gaps that our learners have.

Our Blended Learning curriculum aims to enrich learning experiences and support academic performance. Our curriculum builds our learners’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through skills-based modules. These modules facilitate deep learning and increase potential for our learners to level up and experience more successes in their learning.

Level 5 & 6 (Advanced) - Conversational oral communication, long form reading & writing

  • Progress through more difficult topics and train up comprehension level of common daily discourse.
  • Able to easily grasp key details when reading or listening to Chinese.
  • Independently understand the meaning and structure of more complex Chinese passages.
  • Describe specific topics or accurately write out opinions in complete sentences.

Pre-school Program

This course is specially designed to use the prime time of children's growth to learn a new language. Children aged 4-6 have their own unique needs at each stage. For example, children aged 4-5 have certain emotional needs. Children aged 5-6 are generally curious by nature, and they need tailor-made teaching styles. 

During the course of development, the curriculum is divided into stages according to the "3-6 Years Old Children's Learning and Development Guide". The "multiple intelligence" is fully implemented in the teaching. The entire curriculum is designed to respect children's development and cognitive laws. 

Our pre-school program offers undivided 1-1 private tutor attention for focused, live Chinese language teaching. With high learning frequency and a game-like atmosphere to increase your child’s level of enjoyment and drive high level of learning motivation.

Build Chinese language skills

  • Learn 70% of Singapore MOE P1 Chinese Syllabus with 300 characters and 600 vocabulary
  • Visual ability: differentiating ability and anti-interference ability.
  • Imagination ability.
  • Logical thinking ability: reasoning, induction and judgment.
  • Creative ability: story sequel, color filling, and rhythm creation of nursery rhymes.

Chinese culture

  • Learn 20 idiom stories and be able to basically understand the truth expressed in idiom stories.
  • Understand Chinese culture, including representative locations, four traditional Chinese festivals, traditional food, traditional customs, etc.

Daily life knowledge

  • Learn common safety knowledge, understand electricity safety, fire safety and traffic safety, etc.
  • Establish good living habits, such as hygiene and eating habits.

Social Ability

  • Improve interpersonal skills, establish a good teacher-student relationship, and learn to have a good relationship with others.
  • Comply with basic codes of conduct, such as classroom rules, game rules, etc

Advanced Program

Our syllabus is adapted from the new Chinese curriculum standards set by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, and we have designed and developed live-streaming classes that are synchronized with primary school Chinese lessons in China. Our lessons are designed to meet the needs of parents who want their children to receive Chinese curriculum education, it is suitable for students with strong listening and speaking skills to further improve their language knowledge and language literacy. This edition focuses on traditional Chinese culture and language application skills to help students understand complex texts, be able to discuss specific topics and be able to accurately write personal opinions.

Authoritative and authentic

Adapted from the new Chinese curriculum standards set by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, providing an authentic learning environment for learning Chinese.

Build foundation

Improve and expand learners’ vocabulary, and helping learners to build a strong foundation in Chinese. 

Develop linguistic structure

Helps learners develop the authentic Chinese linguistic structure compared to other languages.

Chinese culture appreciation

Incorporates traditional Chinese poems, legends for appreciation of Chinese culture and language.

Bilingual Program

Designed and developed specifically for Chinese bilingual learners with Chinese as the inherited language, comprehensively benchmarking the domestic and international authoritative K12 language and literature learning standards, combining the newly compiled primary school language new curriculum standards and CCSS ability requirements, and learning and accumulating systematic Chinese knowledge. Create and support, cultivate and establish language thinking ability as a way to comprehensively improve learners' comprehensive Chinese ability, reading ability and writing ability. Through the learning of Chinese knowledge and the cultivation of skills, train and improve the students' critical thinking skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as their understanding and recognition of Chinese culture. 

Immersive teaching

Immersive teaching, creating a pure Chinese environment and scene for students, increasing the amount of Chinese input, and focusing on cultivating students' Chinese thinking.

Pay equal attention to teaching and correction

Pay equal attention to teaching and correction, teaching Chinese knowledge and focusing on helping students correct Chinese pronunciation problems, vocabulary and syntax errors that are affected by their mother tongue.

Imagery thinking

Imagery thinking drives abstract language learning, with the help of a wealth of teaching aids, pictures, whole body reaction methods, interactive games and other forms to fully mobilize students' senses, making Chinese knowledge more vivid, sensible and understandable.

Guided and heuristic teaching

Guided and heuristic teaching, combining students’ reality, enhancing interaction, creating sufficient opportunities for students to think and use Chinese, and enhance students’ willingness and self-confidence to output Chinese.

International Program

The curriculum is designed for learners who study Chinese as a second language. The knowledge and skills are benchmarked against domestic and international authoritative foreign language learning syllabuses and standards. The New Chinese Test for Elementary and Secondary School Students (YCT), the American Society for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), and the Common European Language Reference Standard (CEFR). The main goal is to cultivate and improve learners' basic Chinese listening and speaking skills, daily communication skills, and comprehensive oral expression skills; add basic Chinese character learning content to establish a preliminary foundation for learners' future Chinese character learning and Chinese reading. 

Level 1

Understand and use some of the most common Chinese phrases and sentences. Possess the ability to further their Chinese language studies.

Level 2

Understand and use some simple Chinese phrases and sentences. Conduct basic communications.

Level 3

Reach an excellent level in basic Chinese. Communicate on familiar daily topics in a simple manner.

Level 4

Communicate in Chinese at a basic level in daily, academic, and professional lives. Manage most forms of communication in Chinese with ease.

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Unsure on which curriculum and level best suits your child?

We developed various curriculum and levels in order to best meet the unique learning goals and proficiencies of our young learners. Our Course Consultants are best equipped to recommend the most appropriate curriculum that suits your child’s needs.

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