Summary
As a Champion you have conquered the heights of English, Mathematics and Science and now you want to get to the peak of PSLE Chinese! Here is the guide for you to win this war and ace your subject.
The Four components
We all knew that there are 4 components to the PSLE Chinese language papers:-|
(A) Paper 1 composition (picture composition and themed composition) 40marks = 20% of whole paper.
(B) Paper 2 the mcq (50 marks) and comprehension paper (40 marks) which has 90 marks or 45% of whole paper.
(C) the oral examination paper (recitation 20 marks, Oral conversation 30 marks, total 50 marks or 25%) and the listening comprehension paper (20 marks mcq = 10%).
5 Steps to ace PSLE Chinese
Every thing we do we need to take steps to upgrade yourselves and PSLE Chinese is no exception.
Step 1: Make sure you know more vocabulary than your textbook
Every student will try to get full marks for paper 2 (90/45%) as its the easiest to obtain full mark out of the rest of the papers. (the other papers that is easy to get full marks is oral recitation(20/10%) and listening comprehension(20/10%). Section A of paper 2 is all mcq and by doing daily vocabulary revision and routine drilling exercises, one could get full marks (50/25%) easily.
*Very good foundation in Chinese essential as vocabulary is key to full mark. Extensive reading outside the school texts is necessary too.)
Step 2: make sure you write journals everyday
Writing composition goes from picture composition to themed compositions and one need to read a lot of very good compositions to get a sense of recent writing trends and modern tactics. If you are still stuck with outdated phrases and common words than you have not been reading much compositions lately. You need to update your vocabulary with words like 尴尬、害羞、积极、脸好像马儿一样长(analogy), 以百米冲刺的速度向前面冲，小雨紧随其后; 跌了个四脚朝天。她眼冒金星 etc.
You need a few good opening to start a composition too like:-
光阴似箭，日月如梭。生活中的往事就像天上的星星一样，多得数不清。有些事随着岁月的流逝渐渐地淡忘了，但唯有一件事像烙印一般印在了我的脑海里，我至今也不会忘记……
记忆像一张渔网，捕捉了生活中大大小小的事。有一些事会随着时间的流逝渐渐地被淡忘，但是有一件事会永远扎在丽美的脑海里。事情的经过是这样的……
“铃！”下课铃声响了。同学们像快乐的小鸟‘飞’出了课室。有的‘飞’到操场，也有的‘飞’到食堂吃美味可口的食物。
“铃！”放学的铃声响了。同学们像放飞的小鸟一样冲出了课室。
每当我经过巴刹那个角落时，我都会想起那件很感人的事。事情是这样的 ……
那一天，乌云密布，狂风大作，雷声轰隆。像豆一般大的雨点落在地上，发出了噼里啪啦的声响。
You need a good ending too:-
经过这次的经历，我终于明白，“赠人玫瑰，手留余香，”这句话的含意了。
这一件让我感动的事，同时也让我变成了一个更好的人。
直到现在，那件感人的事依然牢牢地记在我的心中。
那件感人和刻骨铭心的事却深深地印在他的脑海里。他也学到了以后要尽自己所能，帮助更多人，以后也再也不要跟妈妈吵架了
You need to write much more complex sentences which uses connectors:-
张女士的眼眶微红，证明她刚哭过，可她为了让小宝不要想太多，还是撑起了笑容。
他不想随便收别人的钱，可已经饿到没办法了，便接过了那张十块60钱，感到一股暖流涌上心头，心里又酸又甜，也非常感动老太太既然会借他钱。
Step 3: Read newspaper articles to know more topics in Oral conversation
Oral recitation is very easy to ace, Make sure you do not stop suddenly and read with emotion. When you are up read faster, when you are down read slowly. Use your expressions and tones to supplement your voice
Oral conversation is about your readiness and your exposure to the topic so you need to read newspaper daily and you need to analyze the news report to obtain material for your conversation. And expose yourselves to many topics in Singapore and in schools.
Here are some topics that are quite common:-
(A) Environmental issues such as reuse, recycle, reduce usage of plastic etc
(B) Moral issues such as honesty, diligent, helpful, friendship etc
(C) Mental issues such as stress handling, relationship problem, generation gap etc
(D) Social issues like helping the weak, give up seat etc
(E) Quality of life such as leadership, work ethics etc
(F) community issues such as keeping your eating place clean, return of trays, high rise rubbish, road safety etc
(G) Healthcare issue such as pandemic, mask wearing issues, vaccination, regulations etc.
Step 4: Daily revision
Daily revision is to combat forgetfulness. Everything you learn will be forgotten in 7 days and if you do not revise.
Step 5: Drilling
When you are 2 months to PSLE examination, start to drill with past years of prelim and PSLE papers to gain combat experience and to now the battle field.
conclusion
In conclusion, you have to over prepare to ace your PSLE Chinese language and you need diligent, perseverance to pull through difficult periods of time.
if you need the wordlist for the PSLE Chinese language papers, its here.