International School Students

Twinkle Stars Mandarin Centre

Our curiculum follows International Schools like Tanglin Trust School (TTS)and UWC.

MANDARIN STARS (Ages 3-5)

This program will be the foundation stone for your kid. Through songs, dance, storybooks, games and role-play, your child will find that learning Mandarin can be really fun. Students will learn Mandarin step-by-step and develop understanding of the language. The resources used for this class are highly selective to cultivate interest of students to learn Mandarin.

Sample topics that are covered in this program:-

Numbers
Names of Fruits, Vegetables etc.
Name of Body parts
Animals
Colors
Directions
Family (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother)
Self-introduction

Class Schedule

Level		Subject	Day	Timing	Duration	Class Size
Infant school	Nursery	Mandarin Stars	Mon-Sat	12:45-1:45pm 2:15-3:15pm	1hr	2—6
	Reception			2:15-3:15pm	1hr	2—6
	Year 1			2:15-3:15pm 2:15-3:45pm	1hr or 1.5hrs	2—6
	Year 2			2:15-3:15pm 2:15-3:45pm	1hr or 1.5hrs	2—6

LITTLE DRAGON(Ages 6-12)

This program is appropriate for children having basic foundation in Mandarin. Here we focus on developing listening and comprehension skills, a basic vocabulary, and daily conversation short sentences. At the same time hanuyu pinyin will be introduced. Gradually we will introduce elementary character recognition. In this program, students learn on how to ask and answer questions.

There are two levels of LITTLE DRAGON program.

Sample Topics that are covered in this program:-

LITTLE DRAGON - Level I	LITTLE DRAGON -Level II
What is your Age?	What is your parent’s job?
Where you come from?	How many countries have you been?
What are your hobbies?	What is your favorite sport?
How much does it cost?	Introduce yourself?
What would you like to eat?	Short Chinese phrases

Class Schedule

Level		Subject	Day	Timing	Duration	Class Size
Junior school	Year 3	Little Dragon	Mon-Sat	2:15-3:45pm 3:15-4:45pm	1.5hrs	2—6
	Year 4				1.5hrs	2—6
	Year 5				1.5hrs	2—6
	Year 6				1.5hrs	2—6

GIANT PANDAS(Ages 13-18)

We work on developing confidence of students in daily conversation by expanding vocabulary. In this program, our students engage in deeper, more meaningful conversations and learn to speak on a variety of topics. At the same time, we will focus on other aspects - reading, writing and listening. After completing this program, student may take HSK elementary exams, if desired.

There are two levels of GIANT PANDAS Program.

Sample topics that are covered in this program:-

GIANT PANDAS - Level I	GIANT PANDAS - Level II
What is your favorite season?	How do you celebrate your birthday?
How did you go for your vacation?	How many countries have you been?
Which subject you like the most?	What kind of music you like?
What is the date today?	How are you feeling?
How I can get there?	Describe your friend?

Class Schedule

Level		Subject	Day	Timing	Duration	Class Size
Senior school	Year 7	Giant pandas	Mon-Sat	3:15-3:45pm 3:15-5:15pm	1.5hrs or 2hrs	2—4
	Year 8				1.5hrs or 2hrs	2—4
	Year 9				1.5hrs or 2hrs	2—4

Why Twinkle Stars?

This program will be the foundation stone for your kid. Through songs, dance, storybooks, games and role-play, your child will find that learning Mandarin can be really fun.