Mainstream MOE schools, and many private learning centres, rely on the traditional approach of rote learning or teacher-led classrooms for Chinese. Students with learning disorders will find it challenging to learn in such an environment, which may cause them to be inattentive or disrupt the lesson with challenging behaviours.
At MandarinStars, our programmes are developed specifically for children with ADHD, dyslexia, or other learning disorders. Based on proven interventions and educational research, our programmes are developed by our in-house curriculum team and child psychologist. All MandarinStars teachers are experienced Chinese language educators who have undergone in-house training on our MandarinStars teaching methodology.
Lower Primary: P1 and P2
Listening Comprehension and Oracy Skills
Students will build their confidence in expressing and communicating and develop their listening comprehension skills through audio-based and picture-based conversational practices.
Vocabulary and Language Use
Students will learn word recognition methods such as the Picture, Semantic Radical, Breaking Down Words into Parts, and Story Method that will help them build a strong foundation in reading and vocabulary.
Hanyu Pinyin
Students will learn how to differentiate the four tones, consonants and vowels systematically through visual aids, stories, songs and games.
Reading Comprehension
Students are taught explicitly how to tackle the different types of reading comprehension questions.
Writing
Students will learn how to use punctuation to convey and clarify the meaning of written sentence. They will also learn how to write basic sentence structures and paragraph.
Middle Primary: P3 and P4
Vocabulary and Language Use
Students will learn word recognition methods such as the Picture, Semantic Radical, Breaking Down Words into Parts, and Story Method that will help them to build a strong foundation in reading and vocabulary.
Reading Comprehension
Students are taught explicitly how to tackle the different types of reading comprehension questions found in Primary 3 and 4 curriculum.
Students are taught specific techniques in answering corresponding questions in notes, advertisements, and notices.
Writing
Students are explicitly taught how to write a 4-picture composition such as story structure planning, good phrases, transitional phrases and descriptive phrases.
Oral Skills
Students will develop confidence in answering video-based conversational practices and taught anwering techniques using MandarinStars structured and scaffolded materials.
Upper Primary: P5 and P6
Vocabulary and Language Use
Students will learn word recognition methods such as the Picture, Semantic Radical, Breaking Down Words into Parts, and Story Method that will help them to build a strong foundation in reading and vocabulary.
Reading Comprehension
Students are taught explicitly how to tackle the different types of reading comprehension questions found in Primary 5 and 6 curriculum.
Students are taught specific techniques in answering corresponding questions in notes, advertisements, and notices.
Writing
Students are explicitly taught how to write a 6-picture composition such as story structure planning, good phrases, transitional phrases and descriptive phrases, how to develop a good ending, internal monologue
Oral Skills
Students will develop confidence in answering video-based conversational practices and taught anwering techniques using MandarinStars structured and scaffolded materials.
Primary 6 Foundation Class
Programme focuses on the specific exam-based skills required for Primary 6 Foundation Level.
Listening Comprehension and Oracy Skills
Students will build their confidence in expressing themselves, communicating and listening comprehension skills through practices based on PSLE Foundation Level Oral Examination format.
Vocabulary and Language Use
Students will learn word recognition methods such as the Picture, Semantic Radical, Breaking Down Words into Parts, and Story Method that will help them to build a strong foundation in reading and vocabulary.
Reading Comprehension
Students are taught explicit reading strategies for narrative and visual texts and the answering techniques of various question types.
Writing
Students will learn sentence structures so that students use the correct expressions.