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Ink-wash karst landscape with layered ridges and a small pavilion on the highest peak, a canopied boat with its reflection on a transparent river, a bamboo branch in the foreground and a full moon at the upper right.

Build classical and modern Chinese reading, practical writing, composition and data-integration skills.

  • Turn reading responses from intuition into evidence-based textual analysis
  • Handle practical writing through role, purpose and the function of source material
  • Improve ideas, structure and expression through diagnosed rewriting
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Reading diagnosis Build a chain from the question to textual evidence Identify what the question requires, then organise textual evidence, analysis and a conclusion instead of copying or making unsupported comments.
Decode command words
Distinguish summary, explanation, analysis and evaluation to determine the required depth.
Match evidence and analysis
Select words or passages that genuinely support the point and explain their relevance.
Diagnose lost marks
Separate problems in interpretation, comprehension, evidence and expression, then rewrite the response.
 Task writing Transform source material into a contextual response Use role, audience, purpose and text type to decide content, tone and organisation instead of copying each source item.
Task checklist
List the communication purpose, required content, format and tone before writing.
Classify source functions
Separate background, reasons, examples and recommendations, then recombine them into an argument.
Review the finished text
Check task coverage and remove repetition, digression or poorly balanced detail.
 Writing improvement Build transferable writing methods through revision Diagnose the main limitation in prompt interpretation, central idea, material, structure or language rather than correcting isolated errors only.
Test ideas and material
Check that the central idea answers the prompt and that each example develops it.
Plan paragraph functions
Use development, transitions, evidence and closure so that every paragraph has a purpose.
Rewrite after feedback
Revise key passages and record recurring personal problems and solutions.
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Classical Chinese reading
Vocabulary, sentence meaning, text development, central ideas and writing techniques.
Modern Chinese reading
Structure, viewpoints and textual evidence across narrative, descriptive, lyrical and argumentative texts.
Practical writing
Format, tone and content shaped by the writer's role, audience, purpose and text type.
Data integration
Selecting, synthesising and transforming written and visual information into a coherent response.
Composition
Prompt analysis, central ideas, material selection, organisation, expression and revision.

Course fees

4 lessons per month 90 minutes per lesson

Fees by level

S4
HK$1,380/ 4 lessons
S5-S6
HK$1,560/ 4 lessons
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