L E V E L 1
Unlike English, Chinese characters are not phonetic but rather pictorial. Our Chinese Rapid Word Recognition (CRWR-快字通) programme will introduce your child to a new but proven method of recognising Chinese characters effectively.
Age: 4-5 years
Skill Level: Beginner
Prerequisite: None
Tools Provided Per Term: 2 Word Recognition Books, 2 Step Readers, Word Game Cards, Word & Sentence Flash Cards
Learning Families of Words with Animated Rhymes
Instead of learning discrete characters one at a time, children learn families of words as a group. The learning of these groups of words are further enhanced and made more interesting via the use of “Rhyme and Stories”. Each family of words is then knitted together via a short story told in the form of rhymes to help children remember the characters more effectively and efficiently. The rhymes are animated to make learning even more fun.
LEARN
Listening and Speaking
- Exposure to more than 82 words through 2 rhymes
Word Recognition
- Recognise 12 key words (words and word families)
Example of Key Words:
人、大、个、夫、天、太
- Learn about 18 high frequency words
Example of High Frequency Words:
后、太、来、又、个、 人、大、下、二、天
- Understand word variations and how words are formed
Speech and Drama
- Learn the rhymes and words through music and movement, games and speech and drama
L E V E L 2
Language is a skill and like any other skill, it will improve only with constant exposure and sufficient practice.
Age: 5-7 years
Skill Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: None
Tools Provided Per Term:
3 Word Recognition Books, 3 Step Readers, Word Game Cards, Word & Sentence Flash Cards
Progressive Development of Language Skills
At Level 2, the children will learn 12 new families of words through rhymes that will expose them to more than 500 Chinese characters. This progressive development of language skills will build up their ability to recognise more Chinese characters and gain confidence in using the language. Strokes and radicals will also be introduced to enhance their literacy.
Abillity to Read Chinese At a Very Young Age
Together with the high frequency words, children will learn to form simple sentences and progress to reading Chinese text and books at a much younger age.
Listening and Speaking
- Exposure to more than 120 words through 3 rhymes per term
Word Recognition
- Recognise 18 key words (words and word families)
Example of Key Words:
主、住、注、蛀、柱、往
- Learn about 25 high frequency words
Example of High Frequency Words:
二、进、又、面、主、成、下、子、好、里
- Understand word variations and how words are formed
Reading
- Be able to read 6 books independently per term (3 story rhyme books and 3 step readers)
Speech and Drama
- Learn the rhymes and words through music and movement, games and speech and drama
Class Information
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