We are now in the month of December and the year is coming to a close. Parents might want to start preparing their children for a new academic year, specially for those students starting anew at their new secondary school. LingoAce has pulled together changes to anticipate between primary school and secondary school Chinese tests alongside some preparations that can be done over the holidays.
Primary school chinese (based on PSLE Level Chinese) | secondary SCHOOL CHINESE (BASED ON GCE O LEVEL CHINESE) | |
|---|---|---|
Duration | 50 minutes | 2 hours |
Marks | 40 marks | 60 marks |
Weightage | 20% | 30% |
Components | Composition: Two choose one between guided-based or picture | Email writing (20 marks): Two choose one between personal or formak Composition writing (40marks): Three choose one between narrative, expository or argumentative |
Primary school chinese (based on PSLE Level Chinese) | secondary SCHOOL CHINESE (BASED ON GCE O LEVEL CHINESE) | |
|---|---|---|
Duration | 1 hour 40 minutes | 1 hour 30 minutes |
Marks | 90 marks | 70 marks |
Weightage | 45% | 35% |
Components | Booklet A (50 marks): Language usage, Fill in the blanks, five questions four choices each, Reading comprehension 1 Booklet B (40 marks): Complete the dialogue, Reading comprehension 2 | Fill in the blanks (10 marks): One passage, ten questions four choices each Multiple-Choice-Question Reading comprehension (20 marks): Three to four passages (advertisement, brochure / pamphlet, new articles, etc.) Open-ended Reading comprehension (40 marks): Two to three passages |
Primary school chinese (based on PSLE Level Chinese) | secondary SCHOOL CHINESE (BASED ON GCE O LEVEL CHINESE) | |
|---|---|---|
Duration | Approximately 10 - 15 minutes | Approximately 10 - 15 minutes |
Marks | 50 marks | 50 marks |
Weightage | 25% | 25% |
Components | Passage reading (20 marks): One passage Conversation (30 marks): Watch and describe the video, response to questions | Passage reading (10 marks): One passage Conversation (40 marks): Watch and describe the video, response to questions |
Primary school chinese (based on PSLE Level Chinese) | secondary SCHOOL CHINESE (BASED ON GCE O LEVEL CHINESE) | |
|---|---|---|
Duration | Approximately 30 minutes | Approximately 30 minutes |
Marks | 20 marks | 20 marks |
Weightage | 10% | 10% |
Components | Ten questions on daily conversation, text, story | Ten questions on daily conversation, advertisement, text, story, news report |
This December holiday is a good time to catch up on family time and casual reading.
Here are some books – recommended and available at the Singapore public library – to add to the reading list.
In this new fantasy world, the moon becomes a destination for healing. However, an explosion causes the moon and inhabiting patients to be displaced. Join Dong Dong in his brave space odyssey!
Fitting for the invetor-at-heart, every article is creatively illustrated to satisfy curious questions to every day occurrences and more.
What if electronic pet you raised suddenly came to life and started attacking humans? In this comical, crazy world, Fan Duo Duo and friends attempts to deal with the siutation.
Citizens of a legendary notion are hit by a strange lazy bug and all work has come tp a standstill - including medical staff. What can be done?
Should promises stand the test of time even amidst business? Just before losing her endearing mother, Xiao Qing adopts a pet dog on grounds of fulfilling 10 promises, but gradually forgets them...
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2 Comments on “Primary school vs Secondary school Chinese tests”
rosana
December 10, 2020 at 9:28 pmhow to download these books?
kennykhek
December 16, 2020 at 10:33 amHi Rosana, I have updated the page with the hyperlinks to the Singapore National Library Board (NLB) book pages where you can view its availability in our public library. Hope that helps.