2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[Verysuperkiasu]

roborovski:

My ds said he and his classmates were asked about 4 questions each on the conversational section and he took only around 5 minutes for this oral exam. My ds is rather proficient in spoken english (but not mandarin) and he said the examiners were very friendly which he felt was very encouraging.

Can anyone share if this is a good or bad sign and if your dc has the same experience?

yesterday MT oral - the teachers were very friendly and smiled. But today EL oral - the teachers looked grumpy and that affected dd's performance a little - she became nervous and stammered in her conversation. I think it's because some teachers get bored easily esp if your child is the last few to be tested. But I heard that they are not allowed to say 'good' or any clue about the marks.

[roborovski]

Verysuperkiasu:

roborovski:

My ds said he and his classmates were asked about 4 questions each on the conversational section and he took only around 5 minutes for this oral exam. My ds is rather proficient in spoken english (but not mandarin) and he said the examiners were very friendly which he felt was very encouraging.

Can anyone share if this is a good or bad sign and if your dc has the same experience?

yesterday MT oral - the teachers were very friendly and smiled. But today EL oral - the teachers looked grumpy and that affected dd's performance a little - she became nervous and stammered in her conversation. I think it's because some teachers get bored easily esp if your child is the last few to be tested. But I heard that they are not allowed to say 'good' or any clue about the marks.

Thanks for sharing. For yesterday's MT oral, only 2 questions were asked and it took him 10 minutes to complete the exam. I am worried that his conversation today is too brief and that's why they needed to ask him so many different questions and ended so soon.

[ngl2010]

Today DS told me that he had problem in EL picture description because his mind automatically think in Chinese as we had been practising Chinese since last week holiday and didn't touch English at all until last night :rotflmao:


Luckily he said he had an enjoyable conversation with the examiners so I am sort of relieved

Two down!

[Sspitfire]

Verysuperkiasu:

roborovski:

My ds said he and his classmates were asked about 4 questions each on the conversational section and he took only around 5 minutes for this oral exam. My ds is rather proficient in spoken english (but not mandarin) and he said the examiners were very friendly which he felt was very encouraging.

Can anyone share if this is a good or bad sign and if your dc has the same experience?

yesterday MT oral - the teachers were very friendly and smiled. But today EL oral - the teachers looked grumpy and that affected dd's performance a little - she became nervous and stammered in her conversation. I think it's because some teachers get bored easily esp if your child is the last few to be tested. But I heard that they are not allowed to say 'good' or any clue about the marks.

I took my Chinese today (student here) and while in the waiting room, my teacher told us that students can \"complain\" to the teacher in charge in the holding room that the teachers are \"scaring her\" or something so that the student can get more marks.

[Jennifer]

Sspitfire:

Verysuperkiasu:

[quote=\"roborovski\"]My ds said he and his classmates were asked about 4 questions each on the conversational section and he took only around 5 minutes for this oral exam. My ds is rather proficient in spoken english (but not mandarin) and he said the examiners were very friendly which he felt was very encouraging.

Can anyone share if this is a good or bad sign and if your dc has the same experience?

yesterday MT oral - the teachers were very friendly and smiled. But today EL oral - the teachers looked grumpy and that affected dd's performance a little - she became nervous and stammered in her conversation. I think it's because some teachers get bored easily esp if your child is the last few to be tested. But I heard that they are not allowed to say 'good' or any clue about the marks.

I took my Chinese today (student here) and while in the waiting room, my teacher told us that students can \"complain\" to the teacher in charge in the holding room that the teachers are \"scaring her\" or something so that the student can get more marks. [/quote] :rotflmao: sure or not?

About conversation shld not be based on the pic, the examiner asked ah boy: what do you do during recess?

Can I complain?

Ah boy said a China national pupil took 15 mins to complete his turn. :salute: so many things to talk.

Ah boy timed himself, only 8 mins session.

[Jennifer]

buds:

For thinking outta the box, she might score pretty high. :rotflmao:

:rotflmao:

anyway, ah boy was asked: what do you do during recess?

He took to complaining about the food operator serving food that is not tasty, charge expensive, yet small portion. :rotflmao:

I wonder what the 2 examiners felt when they heard the above.

[Nightmares.048009]

For me as a student, I took my English today. The examiner asked me 4 questions for conversation... :nailbite:

[icy_mama]

Jennifer:

buds:

For thinking outta the box, she might score pretty high. :rotflmao:

:rotflmao:

anyway, ah boy was asked: what do you do during recess?

He took to complaining about the food operator serving food that is not tasty, charge expensive, yet small portion. :rotflmao:

I wonder what the 2 examiners felt when they heard the above.

:rotflmao: maybe secretly, they raised their hands and agreed with him.

did he mention that his mummy's worst cooking experiment trumps any stall out there?

[icy_mama]

Nightmares.:

For me as a student, I took my English today. The examiner asked me 4 questions for conversation... :nailbite:

don't worry too much about that, nightmares. oral is over. look forward and put all your effort into the written exams.

[roborovski]

Nightmares.:

For me as a student, I took my English today. The examiner asked me 4 questions for conversation... :nailbite:

Aso ka? Same as my ds. I think the most important thing is that you have tried your best and feel confident that you have done a good job. :imcool: