By the The main difference is format. LingoAce sells group classes and 1-on-1. WuKong sells 1-on-1 only. The sections below compare what that means for speaking time, cost and age range.
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WuKong Chinese
1-on-1 only- Quiet children, or ones well ahead of class
- When speaking is what you want to move
- Age 12+ — one platform all the way to 18
LingoAce
Group + 1-on-1- Sociable children at roughly grade level
- Structure without paying 1-on-1 rates
- Under 12 — the age ceiling is years away
| WuKong | LingoAce | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-on-1 | Always | Offered |
| Group class | No | Yes |
| Ages | 3 – 18 | 3 – 15 |
| Curriculum | Structured K12 | Levelled, gamified |
| Subjects | Chinese · Maths · English | Chinese |
| Change teacher | On request | Not published |
| Free trial | Free · no card | Free · card not stated |
| Published rate | from S$12 | Quoted on enquiry |
● Yes◐ Partial○ No Grey italic = we could not verify this; we have not guessed
Why format decides it
Group class vs 1-on-1: whose turn is it to speak?
However much of a lesson is students talking, your child gets one share. The number of children decides the size of the share.
Same money · same hours booked
Per 10 hours you pay for: your child’s speaking time
With four children in the class, your child gets about a quarter of the speaking time, so a class at half the price buys half as much speaking per dollar as 1-on-1.
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What is a minute of your child speaking worth?
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Cost per minute of your child's speaking turn
Package price divided by the minutes your child actually gets to speak.
Option A
Option B
Ages each platform teaches
Age range: the three years after 15
The hatched band is three years you would have to solve separately. For a child starting at 8 it is years away; for a child starting at 12 it means changing platform partway through secondary school.
Before you pay anything
Before you book a LingoAce or WuKong trial: ask these, watch for these
Five questions — ask both, then use the calculator
- 1-on-1 or group? If group, how many children maximum?
- How long is one lesson, in minutes?
- Smallest package I can buy?
- Unused lessons if we stop — refund, transfer, or gone?
- Can I change teacher, and how many times?
Then divide: price ÷ total minutes ÷ children in the room gives the cost per minute of your child speaking.
Three things to watch in a trial
- How long until your child speaks unprompted, volunteering something rather than only answering questions.
- What the teacher does when your child is wrong: corrects and moves on, or works out why the mistake happened.
- Whether your child asks when the next lesson is, without being prompted.
A quiet child can attend a group class for a year and speak very little. If that sounds like your child, the cheaper group rate buys less speaking practice than it seems.
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