Vocab Express League of Champions 2017

Our Secondary, Year 7 to Year 9, students from French and Mandarin classes participated in the Vocab Express Global League of Champions 2017 from September to October.

Vocab Express is a worldwide online vocab learning competition which supports students in learning more words in foreign languages. DCIS was ranked at No.4 in the Mandarin Genius Cup with 38,800 points in the global league and scored 136,245 overall in the Challenge Cup Piccolo. Congratulations to our students who have excelled once again!

Here are some quotes from our students:

"Vocab Express is a great learning tool to use and it helps people learn different languages, including Mandarin. I really hope we get to continue with Vocab Express next year!"
Chiat, Year 9I

"Vocab Express is a great way of learning French as it lets you learn new vocab and lets you have fun at the same time."
George, Year 8D

"Vocab Express has been a marvellous experience for me - a chance to progress in my learning Mandarin (it’s my favourite subject!). I really hope we have Vocab Express next year too!"
Suhani, Year 8D

"I am a French native speaker so I not only practiced my Mandarin but also my French. This is a great app to learn many languages. It is really fun!"
Priscille, Year 8D

"Vocab Express is a great app and online website to learn many languages, this is my first time using Vocab Express and it is amazing! It has really helped me learn new words and how to use accents in Mandarin."
Lukas, Year 7C

"I’ve been learning Mandarin for 9 years and Vocab Express has helped me practice what I have learnt over the time. It is very fun and a great website/app! For people to practice different languages!"
Amischa, Year 7D

Jonathan Leow
Head of Mandarin

Alexandra Milton
French and Spanish Teacher