Challenges

Learning New Chinese Words

Not being able to recognize and apply Chinese characters during exams despite constant practice on dozens of past year exam papers.

Not being able to complete their composition, often writing incomplete sentences.

Incomplete Work

Difficulty In Comprehension

Not Understanding What Is Covered In Class

Not sure how to read and understand the passage properly and score full marks for the questions.

Not understanding what their teachers are going through during lessons and getting more confused as time goes by due to a lack of practical and exact feedback

Lack Of Exposure

Able To Speak Chinese But Not Read Or Write

Being able to speak Chinese on a conversational level but having a hard time memorising and understanding Chinese characters and applying it to test papers.

Children who come from English-speaking families rarely speaks Chinese at home and have much less exposure to the use of the Chinese language.

Children often struggle to learn Chinese as a language. As a tonal language with a large number of characters, your child might struggle to gain basic competency in the language. Here are 6 common problems your child might be facing right now.