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  • Darknessy's Avatar
    4 posts since Jun '08
    • Im taking my chinese o's at the end of this year and am wondering how am i going to get an a1,i have memorised baozhangbaodao and complain letter but am having alot of trouble with comprehension and clozepassage which i usually end up failing.The o levels are coming in a few months but im not sure how should i study!should i start doing the o level 10 years series or start memorising the shou ce(have never paid attention to chinese lessons for the past few years;\)

  • bonkysleuth's Avatar
    277 posts since Mar '07
    • Cheers, I'm in the same dilemma as you. Damn, it's nerve-wrecking, it sure is. Don't try to memorise essays, etc. It won't help much. I don't think I will write the BAO ZHANG BAO DAO thingy. I often score low when i do that.

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    160,694 posts since Dec '99
  • Renaldy's Avatar
    31 posts since Feb '08
    • actually hor,for me lar,coming from a A1 chinese student (hao lian a bit =x). through my experience,i can tell you that,chinese is not about bombastic words,but rather good sentence phrasing,i dont recall my chinese essays having more than 5 cheng yu but i always manage to score nonetheless. like wise i dont believe that juz keep throwing in cheng yu will help you much either.

      so studying those things are useless 1

      as for the comprehension at the behind part, tell you a trick,you might not believe it,but the more you write,the more you score. need to improve chinese i can try to help lo,juz pm me ba,lol

      Edited by Renaldy 18 Jun `08, 7:55PM
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    160,694 posts since Dec '99
  • lyx90's Avatar
    123 posts since Jun '06
    • chinese very hard to improve unless u read speak and write it everyday. shou ce no use lah nowadays still got test shou ce meh.

  • hiphop2009's Avatar
    5,805 posts since Jan '06
    • nowadays u pple are so lucky no need memorize so many words lo. (though i nvr had any problems last time)

       

      it is reading everyday and writing frequently.

      full stop and enough

  • ayucrazy's Avatar
    16 posts since Dec '06
    • fifi is king. get FULL MARKS for compo tongue.pngtongue.png must be because she mark for herself right? xD

      on topic, imho bao zhang du hou gan (bao zhang bao dao) is the easiest type of chinese compo to write, as it requires general knowledge and some application only, instead of racking ur head to come up with some groundbreaking creative fictional story. just keep urself updated with current affairs (ie. light reading of newspapers, televised news, even sgf) and u will find it easy too smile.png

      good luck smile.png

  • gLc's Avatar
    2,085 posts since Apr '06
    • Originally posted by FireIce:

      i got full marks for chinese compo with 0 cheng yu used.

      confused.png

      ahahaha!

  • Darknessy's Avatar
    4 posts since Jun '08
    • So in my case i should be attempting my 10 years series to improve comprehension and cloze passage?I can do pretty well for baozhangbaodao but i usually fail compre and cloze pretty badly;\

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    FireIce's Avatar
    160,694 posts since Dec '99
    • cannot believe rite?
      bcos u all think compo cannot have full marks one rite?

      my teacher oso say 史无前例 leh....
      and somemore is marked by 2 teachers.....too 无懈可击 loh
      both oso gimme full marks...
      i got famous throughout the level for that wor~!
      and it's not one time oni loh.....

      but i neber haolian one u know

  • jonchao72's Avatar
    1,414 posts since Jan '05
    • Originally posted by Darknessy:

      Im taking my chinese o's at the end of this year and am wondering how am i going to get an a1,i have memorised baozhangbaodao and complain letter but am having alot of trouble with comprehension and clozepassage which i usually end up failing.The o levels are coming in a few months but im not sure how should i study!should i start doing the o level 10 years series or start memorising the shou ce(have never paid attention to chinese lessons for the past few years;\)

      no use one

      do anything oso no use

      last year memorise like fark oso get b3

      screw the subject la

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    FireIce's Avatar
    160,694 posts since Dec '99
    • Originally posted by jonchao72:

      no use one

      do anything oso no use

      last year memorise like fark oso get b3

      screw the subject la

      problem between keyboard and chair

  • secretliker's Avatar
    174 posts since Dec '06
  • henshin's Avatar
    103 posts since Feb '08
    • you have to read the close passage and the others very clearly, at least 2 times. With enough understanding, it will become a stepping stone. Now you have to put down the answer that is sounds ok with the words before and sentence after the answer. For the compre, there is a pattern for chinese compre. Most of the question are proportion to the paragraph, so just read that paragraph carefully and you should have no problem. Compo there are techniques too, 1) don't write too much, the more you write, the more mistakes you will make. 2) Choose the topic that is closest to you, not the topic that you like.

  • Renaldy's Avatar
    31 posts since Feb '08
    • Originally posted by FireIce:

      cannot believe rite?
      bcos u all think compo cannot have full marks one rite?

      my teacher oso say 史无前例 leh....
      and somemore is marked by 2 teachers.....too 无懈可击 loh
      both oso gimme full marks...
      i got famous throughout the level for that wor~!
      and it's not one time oni loh.....

      but i neber haolian one u know

      eh lol ok i admit i haolian lar,but thats nt the main point,lac la,but i really would love to read ur fullmark compo,not doubting,juz wanna read and see how good it is

  • VL's Avatar
    143 posts since Mar '08
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    7 posts since Nov '07
  • Queen of sgForums
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    160,694 posts since Dec '99
    • u tink i will frame up my full marks compo and hang in my hall ah?
      i say i no haolian one wat
      so long ago neh, i think oredi become recycled into toilet paper, used and flushed away to funno where liao

      往事只能回味...

  • Renaldy's Avatar
    31 posts since Feb '08
    • haha,but it sure is nice getting a full mark for compo,i only got it for paper2 nia =\

      好汉不当年勇

      but still,remarkable.

      anyway dont aim for the june paper,must aim high so u get high what,besides waste money oso

  • -beehoon's Avatar
    363 posts since Jan '08
    • For the close passage, based on wad my tcher taught us last time. we nid to READ e passage frm top to bottom first before attempting the qns. sometimes, if u read on, u might find the answer for tat particular qn inside e other paragraphs. dun be so eager to start filling in answers when u haven read e entire passage for at least once. cuz e options given r rather tricky most of e time. practise with other sch's prelim papers oso. if ur able to do them, means ur most likely to do the o's qns in a breeze. as prelims are normally set harder den o's standard.

      gd luck in advance for ur chinese o's =D

  • MrSean's Avatar
    146 posts since May '08
    • HEH I'd better pick up a few tips, it won't be long before my turn...

      Sigh, I'm sure I could get an A in any O level subject except chinese...

      Edited by MrSean 19 Jun `08, 3:47AM
  • Darknessy's Avatar
    4 posts since Jun '08
    • Thanks to those who replied with tips instead of simply showing off.In any case besides all those tips above, is there something i can do to improve compre and cloze passage?

  • -beehoon's Avatar
    363 posts since Jan '08
    • Originally posted by Darknessy:

      Thanks to those who replied with tips instead of simply showing off.In any case besides all those tips above, is there something i can do to improve compre and cloze passage?


      read more chinese newspapers. noe more chinese idioms. cuz u nid to noe their meanings in order to select which one is the correct ans ( and they always gave tricky ones that have so close meaning to each other)

  • mochou's Avatar
    1,731 posts since Jan '03
    • language skill need to be built up day by day, a long process, memorising something hard for short term will not help to build up the skill.

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