“Singaporean children must remain bi-lingual and bi-cultural in Chinese …. Ministry of Education will launch a program in order to achieve this goal. The students from this program .... should be familiar with Chinese classical literature, their history including modern history, as well as the social trend there. We cannot ask everyone to be proficient in both languages, but those who do will certainly be very popular, with better employment prospects.”
(PM Lee Hsien Loong in his National Day Rally speech in 2004)
Chinese Singaporeans already have a strong bilingual foundation but need to motivate themselves to take their mother tongue to a higher level It's not just the language we speak but we should also understand the culture and mindset behind it.'
In view of the importance on Chinese culture learning, we introduce the Chinese Classics & Appreciation program, to help local children to learn and understand the Chinese language and its culture in their early
Age Group
4-6 years
Programme Benefits
- Better appreciation, understanding and knowledge of Chinese culture
- Inspires a child's interest in studying Chinese
- Good way to reinforce Chinese
- Improving communication skills
- Building better emotional skills
Program outline
The main characteristic of our program is our fun and dramatic way of teaching.
Students will learn and understand the Chinese classics through pictures, stories, songs, role plays and discussion. Besides recitation of the classics, chinese characters recognition, phrases, grammar, Hanyu Pinyin and oral expression will also be highlighted in accordance with the content.
Parent-child bonding activities are also included to encourage a Chinese -speaking environment at home. Our integrated curriculum with carefully-designed communication will help parents track and understands the progress of the child.
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Chinese Idioms (Cheng Yu) and their stories
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Like any other languages in the world, Cheng Yu is an essence of its language that contains myriad of colorful and profound idioms.
Chengyu are mostly derived from ancient literature. The meaning of Chengyu usually surpasses the sum of the meanings carried by the four characters; they are often intimately linked with the myth, story or historical fact from which they were derived. They are taught in local Primary and Secondary schools as part of the Chinese curriculum. To better understand the idioms, we need to study the context from which the Chengyu was born. Often the four characters reflect the moral behind the story rather than the story itself.
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Trainer
All classes will be held by qualified instructors.
Programme Schedule
Classes are conducted once a week and each session lasting for an hour. There are a total of 30 sessions in a year.
Class size
Min: 06, Max: 12