中学课程
Secondary
Programme
Paper 2: Comprehension
1. Comprehension MCQ:
Accumulate commonly used word collocation, strengthen your sense of language by reading aloud, understand words, idioms, and conjunctions and make the right choices.
2. Reading comprehension 1:
Improve reading, comprehension and analytical skills. After understanding the paragraph meaning, article structure and central idea, analyse the options and make the correct choice based on the meaning of the text.
3. Reading comprehension 2:
Training students in the six levels of comprehension: retelling, reorganizing, summarising, explaining, expanding, and evaluating. Through various reading methods (silent reading, guided reading, listening, reading aloud, etc.), students' comprehension skills are enhanced, and they are encouraged to respond to questions accordingly. Students understand the questions, how to answer them, and how to score points.
Paper 4:
Listening: Exposure to a pure Chinese language environment to improve the ability to listen and understand messages.
Paper 3: Oral
1. Reading aloud:
First, the teacher reads aloud as a model to help students understand the overall content of the article. Then, students follow along, learning reading techniques such as pauses, stress, intonation, speed, and emotion, until they can read independently, striving for accurate and fluent pronunciation.
2. Video-based conversation:
Listen carefully to the video narration, understand the theme of the video, and try to retell the main plot of the video in your own words. Learn to think deeply about the theme and be able to answer the examiner's questions from multiple angles: relate it to yourself; analyze the causes; point out the impact; put forward reasonable, feasible and unique suggestions, and express your views on related topics.
Paper 1: Essay Writing
1. Informal email:
Learn to analyse incoming emails and grasp the key points of the topic. Then, focus your response based on the other party's request. Master the features of personal emails which use a friendly tone.
2. Situational writing:
Learn to analyse, associate, imagine and create. According to the requirements of the topic, students are honed to examine the topic, select materials, and create reasonable and touching stories with appropriate details and a clear central message.
Secondary 1 Course Reinforcement Course
Sec 1 (Higher Chinese)
(January-May and July-November)
Lesson Duration: 2 hours
No. of Lessons: 20 each semester
1. Homework: Homework is based on the required vocabulary from the Ministry of Education's "Secondary 1 Advanced Chinese" textbook. Based on the latest O-level Advanced Chinese exam format and evolving exam trends, it aims to cultivate students' strong qualities of independent learning and thinking. It also allows students to accumulate more vocabulary, thereby improving their learning outcomes and general skills.
2. Teaching content: Based on the "Skills and Knowledge" in the Ministry of Education's "Secondary School Chinese Curriculum Standards", students are trained in each lesson to improve their ability to answer questions and solve problems. The lessons are divided into three categories:
Paper 2: Comprehension
1. Word replacement：
By reading aloud, you can accumulate vocabulary, strengthen your sense of language, and master common collocations. Then, by writing correctly, you can replace incorrect words and phrases in the original text with correct ones.
2. Reading comprehension 1：
Improve reading, comprehension and analytical skills. After understanding the paragraph meaning, article structure and central idea, analyse the options and make the correct choice based on the meaning of the text.
3. Reading comprehension 2：
Training students in the six levels of comprehension: retelling, reorganizing, summarising, explaining, expanding, and evaluating. Through various reading methods (silent reading, guided reading, listening, reading aloud, etc.), students' comprehension skills are enhanced, and they are encouraged to respond to questions accordingly. Students understand the questions, how to answer them, and how to score points.
Paper 4:
Listening: Exposure to a pure Chinese-speaking environment can improve students’ ability to hear speech clearly and understand the meaning of language.
Paper 3: Oral
1. Reading aloud：
First, the teacher reads aloud as a model to help students understand the overall content of the article. Then, students follow along, learning reading techniques such as pauses, stress, intonation, speed, and expression, until they can read independently, striving for accurate and fluent pronunciation.
2. Video-based conversation：
Listen carefully to the video narration, understand the theme of the video, and try to retell the main plot of the video in your own words. Learn to think deeply about the theme and be able to answer the examiner's questions from multiple angles: relate it to yourself; analyse the reasons; point out the impact; put forward reasonable, feasible and unique suggestions, and express your opinions on related topics.
Paper 1: Essay Writing
1. Informal email:
Learn to analyse incoming emails and grasp the key points of the topic. Then focus your response based on the other party's request. Emphasize the language characteristics of personal emails and use a friendly tone.
2. Situational composition：
Learn to analyse, associate, imagine and create. According to the requirements of the topic, train students to examine the topic, select materials, and create reasonable and touching stories with appropriate details and a clear center.
Sec 1 (Express Chinese)
(January-May and July-November)
Lesson Duration: 2 hours
No. of Lessons: 20 each semester
1. Homework: Homework is based on the mandatory vocabulary in the Ministry of Education's "Secondary One Chinese" textbook. Based on the latest O-Level Advanced Chinese exam format and evolving exam trends, it aims to cultivate students' strong learning qualities of independent learning and thinking. It also allows students to familiarize themselves with and accumulate more vocabulary, thereby improving their learning outcomes and general skills.
2. Teaching content: Based on the "Skills and Knowledge" in the Ministry of Education's "Secondary School Chinese Curriculum Standards", students are trained in each lesson to improve their ability to answer questions and solve problems. The lessons are divided into three categories:
Paper 2: Comprehension
1. Comprehensive fill in the blanks:
Accumulate commonly used word collocations, strengthen one’s language flow by reading aloud, understand words, idioms, and conjunctions and make the right choices.
2. Word replacement：
By reading aloud, you can accumulate vocabulary, strengthen your sense of language, and master common collocations. Then, by writing correctly, you can replace inappropriate words and phrases in the original text with correct ones.
3. Reading comprehension 1：
Improve reading, comprehension and analytical skills. After understanding the paragraph meaning, article structure and central idea, analyse the options and make the correct choice based on the meaning of the text.
4. Reading comprehension 2：
Training students in the six levels of comprehension: retelling, reorganizing, summarizing, explaining, expanding, and evaluating. Through various reading methods (silent reading, guided reading, listening, reading aloud, etc.), students' comprehension skills are enhanced, and they are encouraged to respond to questions accordingly. Students understand the questions, how to answer them, and how to score points.
Paper 4:
Listening: Exposure to a pure Chinese-speaking environment can improve students’ ability to hear speech clearly and understand the meaning of language.
Paper 3: Oral
1. Reading aloud:
First, the teacher reads aloud to help students understand the overall content of the article. Then, students follow along and learn reading techniques such as pauses, stress, intonation, speed, and emotion, until they can read independently, striving for accurate and fluent pronunciation.
2. Video-based conversation:
Listen carefully to the video narration, understand the theme of the video, and try to retell the main plot of the video in your own words. Learn to think deeply about the theme and be able to answer the examiner's questions from multiple angles: relate it to yourself; analyse the causes; point out the impact; put forward reasonable, feasible and unique suggestions, and express your views on related topics.
Paper 1: Essay Writing
1. Replying to formal emails：
Understand local news and current events and students are taught to express themselves from the perspective of authority. The language style should be concise, modest, reasonable, and authoritative.
2. Situational composition：
Learn to analyse, associate, imagine and create. According to the requirements of the topic, train students to examine the topic, select materials, and create reasonable and touching stories with appropriate details and a clear central message.
Secondary 2 Course Synopses
Sec 2 (Higher Chinese)
(January-May and July-November)
Lesson Duration: 2 hours
No. of Lessons: 20 each semester
1. Homework: Homework is based on the required vocabulary from the Ministry of Education's "Secondary 2 Higher Chinese" textbook. Based on the latest O-level Advanced Chinese exam format and evolving exam trends, it aims to cultivate students' strong learning qualities of independent learning and thinking. It also allows students to familiarize themselves with and accumulate more vocabulary, thereby improving their learning outcomes and general skills.
2. Teaching content: Based on the "Skills and Knowledge" in the Ministry of Education's "Secondary School Chinese Curriculum Standards", students are trained in each lesson to improve their ability to answer questions and solve problems. The lessons are divided into three categories:
Paper 2:
1. Comprehension- filling in the blanks：
Accumulate commonly used word combinations, strengthen your sense of language by reading aloud, understand words, idioms, and conjunctions and make the right choices.
2. Word replacement：
By reading aloud, you can accumulate vocabulary, strengthen your sense of language, and master common collocations. Then, by writing correctly, you can replace incorrect words and phrases in the original text with correct ones.
3. Reading comprehension 1：
Improve reading, comprehension and analytical skills. After understanding the paragraph meaning, article structure and central idea, analyse the options and make the correct choice based on the meaning of the text.
4. Reading comprehension 2：
Training students in the six levels of comprehension: retelling, reorganizing, summarizing, explaining, expanding, and evaluating. Through various reading methods (silent reading, guided reading, listening, reading aloud, etc.), students' comprehension skills are enhanced, and they are encouraged to respond to questions accordingly. Students understand the questions, how to answer them, and how to score points.
Paper 4: Listening
Listening: Exposure to a pure Chinese-speaking environment can improve students’ ability to hear speech clearly and understand the meaning of language.
Paper 3:
1. Reading aloud：
First, the teacher reads aloud to help students understand the overall content of the article. Then, students follow along and learn reading techniques such as pauses, stress, intonation, speed, and emotion, until they can read independently, striving for accurate and fluent pronunciation.
2. Video-based conversation：
Listen carefully to the video narration, understand the theme of the video, and try to retell the main plot of the video in your own words. Learn to think deeply about the theme and be able to answer the examiner's questions from multiple angles: relate it to yourself; analyse the causes; point out the impact; put forward reasonable, feasible and unique suggestions, and express your views on related topics.
Paper 1:
1. Informal email：
Learn to analyse incoming emails and grasp the key points of the topic. Then, focus your response based on the other party's request. Emphasize the language characteristics of personal emails and use a friendly tone.
2. Formal email：
Understand local news and current affairs, students are trained to state key issues around the key points, and learn to use a concise, humble, reasonable and authoritative language style when communicating with the other party in writing.
3. Situational composition：
Learn to analyse, associate, imagine and create. According to the requirements of the topic, train students to review the topic, select materials, and create reasonable and touching stories with appropriate details and a clear center.
4. Argumentative composition：
Students are trained to review questions, establish correct viewpoints, and learn to use "parallel" and "contrast" methods and flexibly apply various argumentation methods to prove their views.
5. Material composition：
Train students to analyse the materials (news/narrative) provided in the topic sentence by sentence, learn to express opinions from different perspectives based on different issues, and put forward reasonable and feasible suggestions.
Secondary 2 Course Reinforcement Course
Sec 2 (Express Chinese)
(January-May and July-November)
Lesson Duration: 2 hours
No. of Lessons: 20 each semester
1. Homework: Homework is based on the mandatory vocabulary in the Ministry of Education's Secondary 2 Chinese textbook. Based on the latest O-Level Advanced Chinese exam format and evolving exam trends, it aims to cultivate students' strong learning qualities of independent learning and thinking. It also allows students to familiarize themselves with and accumulate more vocabulary, thereby improving their learning outcomes and general skills.
2. Teaching content: Based on the "Skills and Knowledge" in the Ministry of Education's "Secondary School Chinese Curriculum Standards", students are trained in each lesson to improve their ability to answer questions and solve problems. The lessons are divided into three categories:
Paper 2: Comprehension
1. Comprehension (filling in the blanks)：
Accumulate commonly used word collocations, strengthen your sense of language by reading aloud, apply words, idioms, and conjunctions and make the right choices.
2. Sentence correction：
By reading aloud, students can accumulate vocabulary, understand common grammatical errors in standard test questions, and correct incorrect sentences with correct sentence structure and grammar.
3. Reading comprehension 1：
Improve reading, comprehension, and analytical skills. After understanding the paragraph, article structure, and central idea, analyse the options and make the correct choice based on the meaning of the article.
4. Reading comprehension 2 (Include: fragment abbreviations):
Training students in the six levels of comprehension: retelling, reorganizing, summarizing, explaining, expanding, and evaluating. Through various reading methods (silent reading, guided reading, listening, reading aloud, etc.), students' comprehension skills are enhanced, and they are encouraged to respond to questions accordingly. Students understand the questions, how to answer them, and how to score points.
Paper 4: Listening
Listening: Exposure to a pure Chinese-speaking environment can improve students’ ability to hear speech clearly and understand the meaning of language.
Paper 3: Oral
1. Reading aloud：
First, the teacher reads aloud to help students understand the overall content of the article. Then, students follow along and learn reading techniques such as pauses, stress, intonation, speed, and emotion, until they can read independently, striving for accurate and fluent pronunciation.
2. Video-based conversation：
Listen carefully to the video narration, understand the theme of the video, and try to retell the main plot of the video in your own words. Learn to think deeply about the theme and be able to answer the examiner's questions from multiple perspectives: relate it to yourself; analyze the causes; point out the impact; put forward reasonable, feasible, and unique suggestions, and express your views on related topics.
Paper 1: Essay Writing
1. Replying to formal emails:
Read up on local news, learn how to express one’s views from the perspective of authority. Master the language use which is concise, modes, logical and authoritative.
2. Commentary：
Read up on local news and be conversant with the trending topics. Students are taught to extract the commentary’s central messages and deliver your views on it with proper values.
3. Situational writing：
Learn to analyse, associate, imagine and create. According to the requirements of the topic, students are trained to review the topic, select materials, add appropriate details to create a personal recount.
4. Persuasive writing (speech)：
Students are taught to review questions, establish appropriate viewpoints, and learn to use "parallel" and "contrast" methods and apply various argumentation methods to prove their views.
5. Material-based essay：
Students are guided to analyse the materials (news/narrative) provided in the topic sentence by sentence, learn to express opinions from different perspectives based on different issues, and put forward reasonable and feasible suggestions.
Secondary 3 Course Synopses
Sec 3 (Higher Chinese)
(January-May and July-November)
Lesson Duration: 2 hours
No. of Lessons: 20 each semester
1. Homework：Homework is based on the mandatory vocabulary in the Ministry of Education's "Form 3 Advanced Chinese" textbook. Based on the latest O-level Advanced Chinese exam questions and evolving trends, it aims to cultivate students' strong learning qualities of independent learning and thinking. It also allows students to familiarise themselves with and accumulate more vocabulary, thereby improving their learning outcomes and general skills.
2. Teaching content：Based on the "Skills and Knowledge" in the Ministry of Education's "Secondary School Chinese Curriculum Standards", students are trained in each lesson to improve their ability to answer questions and solve problems. The lessons are divided into three types:
Paper 2: Comprehension
1. Comprehension (filling in the blanks):
Accumulate commonly used word collocations, strengthen your sense of language by reading aloud, apply words, idioms, and conjunctions and make the right choices.
2. Sentence correction:
By reading aloud, students can accumulate vocabulary, understand common grammatical errors in standard test questions, and correct incorrect sentences with correct sentence structure and grammar.
3. Reading comprehension 1:
Improve reading, comprehension, and analytical skills. After understanding the paragraph, article structure, and central idea, analyse the options and make the correct choice based on the meaning of the article.
4. Reading comprehension 2 (Include: fragment abbreviations):
Training students in the six levels of comprehension: retelling, reorganizing, summarizing, explaining, expanding, and evaluating. Through various reading methods (silent reading, guided reading, listening, reading aloud, etc.), students' comprehension skills are enhanced, and they are encouraged to respond to questions accordingly. Students understand the questions, how to answer them, and how to score points.
Paper 4: Listening
Listening: Exposure to a pure Chinese-speaking environment can improve students’ ability to hear speech clearly and understand the meaning of language.
Paper 3: Oral
1. Reading aloud:
First, the teacher reads aloud to help students understand the overall content of the article. Then, students follow along and learn reading techniques such as pauses, stress, intonation, speed, and emotion, until they can read independently, striving for accurate and fluent pronunciation.
2. Video-based conversation:
Listen carefully to the video narration, understand the theme of the video, and try to retell the main plot of the video in your own words. Learn to think deeply about the theme and be able to answer the examiner's questions from multiple perspectives: relate it to yourself; analyze the causes; point out the impact; put forward reasonable, feasible, and unique suggestions, and express your views on related topics.
Paper 1: Essay Writing
1. Replying to formal emails:
Read up on local news, learn how to express one’s views from the perspective of authority. Master the language use which is concise, modes, logical and authoritative.
2. Commentary:
Read up on local news and be conversant with the trending topics. Students are taught to extract the commentary’s central messages and deliver your views on it with proper values.
3. Situational writing:
Learn to analyse, associate, imagine and create. According to the requirements of the topic, students are trained to review the topic, select materials, add appropriate details to create a personal recount.
4. Persuasive writing (speech):
Students are taught to review questions, establish appropriate viewpoints, and learn to use "parallel" and "contrast" methods and apply various argumentation methods to prove their views.
5. Material-based essay:
Students are guided to analyse the materials (news/narrative) provided in the topic sentence by sentence, learn to express opinions from different perspectives based on different issues, and put forward reasonable and feasible suggestions.
Sec 3 (Express Chinese)
(January-May and July-November)
Lesson Duration: 2 hours
No. of Lessons: 20 each semester
1. Homework: Homework is based on the mandatory vocabulary in the Ministry of Education's "Secondary 3 Chinese" textbook. Based on the latest O-level Advanced Chinese exam questions and evolving trends, it aims to cultivate students' strong learning qualities of independent learning and thinking. It also allows students to accumulate more vocabulary, thereby improving their learning outcomes and general skills.
2. Teaching content: Based on the "Skills and Knowledge" in the Ministry of Education's "Secondary School Chinese Curriculum Standards", students are trained in each lesson to improve their ability to answer questions and solve problems. The lessons are divided into three types:
Paper 3: Oral
1. Oral report：
Understand the topic and determine your point of view. Extract key information from the video narration. Based on the video content, identify images that support this key information. Finally, organize the relevant information you heard and saw into a 2-minute oral report.
2. Video-based conversation：
Learn to think deeply about the topic and be able to answer the examiner's questions from multiple angles: relate it to yourself; analyse the causes; point out the impact; put forward reasonable, feasible and unique suggestions, and express your views on related topics.
Paper 2: Comprehension
1. Comprehensive fill in the blanks：
Accumulate commonly used word combinations, strengthen your sense of language by reading aloud, understand words, idioms, and conjunctions and make the right choices.
2. Sentence Correction：
By reading aloud, students can accumulate vocabulary, understand common grammatical errors in standard test questions, and correct incorrect sentences with correct sentence structure and grammar.
3. Reading comprehension 1：
Improve text comprehension and analytical ability. Students are taught to understand the central ideas of the writing, the intent of the writer and based on the text structure, choose the most appropriate answer.
4. Reading Comprehension 2 (including fragment abbreviations)：
Training students in the six levels of comprehension: retelling, reorganizing, summarizing, explaining, expanding, and evaluating. Through various reading methods (silent reading, guided reading, listening, reading aloud, etc.), students' comprehension skills are enhanced, and they are encouraged to respond to questions accordingly. Students understand the questions, how to answer them, and how to score points.
Paper 1: Essay Writing
1. Forum commentary:
students are to read up on current affairs and common topics, grasp the key points of netizens' comments and put forward your own reasonable, value-correct and convincing opinions based on the requirements of the topic.
2. Replying to formal emails：
Understand local news and current events and train students to express themselves as public officials. The language style should be concise, modest, reasonable, and powerful.
3. Situational composition：
Learn to analyse, associate, imagine and create. According to the requirements of the topic, train students to review the topic, select materials, and create reasonable and touching stories with appropriate details and a clear center.
4. Argumentative essay:
Students are honed to examine questions, establish correct viewpoints, and learn to use "parallel" and "contrast" methods and various argumentation methods to prove their views.
5. Material-based essay：
Students are taught to analyse the materials (news/narrative) provided in the topic sentence by sentence, learn to express opinions from different perspectives based on different issues, and put forward reasonable and feasible suggestions.
'O' Level Chinese Reinforcement Course
Sec 4 (Higher Chinese)
(January-May and July-November)
Lesson Duration: 2 hours
No. of Lessons: 20 each semester
1. Homework: Homework is based on the required vocabulary from the Ministry of Education's "O” Level Higher Chinese" textbook. Based on the latest O-level Advanced Chinese exam questions and changing exam trends, it aims to cultivate students' strong learning qualities of independent learning and thinking. It also allows students to accumulate more vocabulary, thereby improving their learning outcomes and general skills.
2. Teaching content: Based on the "Skills and Knowledge" in the Ministry of Education's "Secondary School Chinese Curriculum Standards", students are trained in each lesson to improve their ability to answer questions and solve problems. The lessons are divided into three categories:
Paper 2: Comprehension
1. Comprehension-filling in the blanks:
Accumulate commonly used word combinations, strengthen your sense of language by reading aloud, understand words, idioms, and conjunctions and make the right choices.
2. Word replacement:
By reading aloud, you can accumulate vocabulary, strengthen your sense of language, and master common collocations. Then, by writing correctly, you can replace incorrect words and phrases in the original text with correct ones.
3. Reading comprehension 1:
Improve reading, comprehension and analytical skills. After understanding the paragraph meaning, article structure and central idea, analyse the options and make the correct choice based on the meaning of the text.
4. Reading comprehension 2:
Training students in the six levels of comprehension: retelling, reorganizing, summarizing, explaining, expanding, and evaluating. Through various reading methods (silent reading, guided reading, listening, reading aloud, etc.), students' comprehension skills are enhanced, and they are encouraged to respond to questions accordingly. Students understand the questions, how to answer them, and how to score points.
Paper 4: Listening
Listening exercises gives students exposure to a pure Chinese-speaking environment can improve students’ ability to hear speech clearly and understand the meaning of language.
Paper 3: Oral
1. Reading aloud：
First, the teacher reads aloud to help students understand the overall content of the article. Then, students follow along and learn reading techniques such as pauses, stress, intonation, speed, and emotion, until they can read independently, striving for accurate and fluent pronunciation.
2.Video-based conversation：
Listen carefully to the video narration, understand the theme of the video, and try to retell the main plot of the video in your own words. Learn to think deeply about the theme and be able to answer the examiner's questions from multiple angles: relate it to yourself; analyse the reasons; point out the impact; put forward reasonable, feasible and unique suggestions, and express your opinions on related topics.
Paper 1: Essay Writing
1. Informal email:
Learn to analyse incoming emails and grasp the key points of the topic. Then, focus your response based on the other party's request. Emphasize the language characteristics of personal emails and use a friendly tone.
2. Formal email:
Understand local news and current affairs, students are taught to state key issues around the key points, and learn to use a concise, humble, reasonable and powerful language style when communicating with the other party in writing.
3. Situational essay:
Learn to analyse, associate, imagine and create. According to the requirements of the topic, train students to examine the topic, select materials, add appropriate details and create a reasonable and touching story with a clear center.
4. Argumentative essay:
Train students to be able to review questions, establish correct viewpoints, and learn to use "parallel" and "contrast" methods and flexibly apply various argumentation methods to prove their views.
5. Material-based essay：
Students are taught to analyse the materials (news/narrative) provided in the topic sentence by sentence, learn to express opinions from different perspectives based on different issues, and put forward reasonable and feasible suggestions.
Sec 4 (Express Chinese)
(January-May and July-November)
Lesson Duration: 2 hours
No. of Lessons: 20 each semester
1. Homework: Homework is based on the mandatory vocabulary in the Ministry of Education's "Secondary 4 Chinese" textbook. Based on the latest O-level Advanced Chinese exam questions and changing exam trends, it aims to cultivate students' strong learning qualities of independent learning and thinking. It also allows students to accumulate more vocabulary, thereby improving learning outcomes and language skills.
2. Lesson content: Based on the "Skills and Knowledge" in the Ministry of Education's "Secondary School Chinese Curriculum Standards", students are trained in each lesson to improve their ability to answer questions and solve problems. The lessons are divided into three categories:
