Morris Allen - Discussion
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Tamarind, MASC teachers are native speakers. Does it help my children to speak better? Dont think a 1.5 hour weekly interaction with ang moh teacher will allow my kids to speak better English. It must be a concious effort on my kids to speak proper English in order to improve themselves. My dd has a head way because of her classmates. Ds spoken english slacken a lot due to school environment.
Besides speaking good English, reading, writing, plays an important part too. Of course, as parents, we need to follow through the subject course that was taught in class. As usual, I fail miserably. :lol: -
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EN,Tamarind, MASC teachers are native speakers. Does it help my children to speak better? Dont think a 1.5 hour weekly interaction with ang moh teacher will allow my kids to speak better English. It must be a concious effort on my kids to speak proper English in order to improve themselves. My dd has a head way because of her classmates. Ds spoken english slacken a lot due to school environment.
Besides speaking good English, reading, writing, plays an important part too. Of course, as parents, we need to follow through the subject course that was taught in class. As usual, I fail miserably. :lol:
Don't be too hard on yourself. I am sure you have tried your best.
I guess the best is to send our kids to daily schools to be taught by ang moh teachers. That is why parents are willing to pay those expensive fees for pre-schools with teachers who are native speakers.
But when the kids go to primary school, not all MOE trained teachers can speak good English.
I thought being able to speak like a native speaker will be helpful for our kids when they go for interviews in the future :mrgreen: -
Tamarind wrote [quote] guess the best is to send our kids to daily schools to be taught by ang moh teachers. That is why parents are willing to pay those expensive fees for pre-schools with teachers who are native speakers. [/quote]
Of course. I have friends/cousins that migrated to other countries. Their kids simply adopts the language of the country that they moved to easily & becomes incompetent in their own mother tongue.
Tamarind wrote [quote]I thought being able to speak like a native speaker will be helpful for our kids when they go for interviews in the future [/quote]Must have the gift of the gab, be confident in speaking, learn body language & able to ascertain your audience. If you dont have a genuine accent, it will be a turned off. Just need to mind grammar, enunciation, pronounciation, tone of voice & the speed of conversation. -
EN,
I know many local university graduates who cannot speak grammatically correct English. Many have problems with pronunciation.
I believe it is due to the local teachers in primary/secondary schools. I know english teachers are supposed to speak good english, but I don’t think all maths and science teachers can speak well.
I remember there was a variety show in Taiwan, where Taiwanese stars made fun of the way Singaporeans speak English. While it is true that every educated Singaporean can speak English, most of us don’t speak it very well.
I do hope that MOE can bring in more native speakers to teach in primary/secondary school to rectify the problem. -
how much does a term in MA cost?
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Every 1.5 hour lesson costs between $39.50 (wed) to $41.00 (Sunday).
2 hour lesson each costs between $45.50 (Thurs) to $53.00 (Sunday).
It is not cheap ! -
Price has since increased. It's $41.00 for a 1.5 hour weekday per lesson, $47 for 2 hour weekday per lesson. Weekend 2 hours lesson is $55 per session.
Tamarind wrote [quote]I do hope that MOE can bring in more native speakers to teach in primary/secondary school to rectify the problem.[/quote]Good if MOE takes that step. Save my money a bit. :lol: However, don't think it will produce a better speaking society. How about good English comes from home? My reason is due to my two neighbours. Both are of mixed marriages, Indian & Chinese. One kid speaks Singlish with Indian accent & the other one speaks Singlish with Chinese accent. It's totally dependent on which parents play a bigger role in their life & the friends they have in school. -
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Good if MOE takes that step. Save my money a bit. :lol: However, don't think it will produce a better speaking society. How about good English comes from home? My reason is due to my two neighbours. Both are of mixed marriages, Indian & Chinese. One kid speaks Singlish with Indian accent & the other one speaks Singlish with Chinese accent. It's totally dependent on which parents play a bigger role in their life & the friends they have in school.[/quote]Price has since increased. It's $41.00 for a 1.5 hour weekday per lesson, $47 for 2 hour weekday per lesson. Weekend 2 hours lesson is $55 per session.
Tamarind wrote [quote]I do hope that MOE can bring in more native speakers to teach in primary/secondary school to rectify the problem.
EN,
Thanks for the new pricing. Do you pay per lesson ? Or do you need to pay for one entire term ?
Many people are simply not capable of speaking good English. I have seen local engineering graduates struggling to speak English when they are giving project presentations in the company.
It is not that people want to speak Singlish purposely. They are not given the correct training to speak good English. I myself grew up in a Cantonese speaking family. After studying and working for so many years in an english speaking environment, I am still not able to speak perfect English. I have no problem with pronunciation, but I am constantly struggling with grammar when I speak. My hubby speaks perfect English, not because of his parents (who speaks bad english), but because he listens to BBC since he was a young boy. How many Singaporeans like to listen to BBC ? -
Hi Tamarind.
1 month payment is to be made on the 1st week of every month. Calculation will be for eg take the month of November, Saturday class, it will be 5 X $55. I use 5 because there are 5 Saturdays in the month of November. Otherwise just take 4 X $55. If class falls on public holiday, you will need to arrange with the school for a make up class.
Tamarind wrote [quote]I have no problem with pronunciation, but I am constantly struggling with grammar when I speak. My hubby speaks perfect English, not because of his parents (who speaks bad english), but because he listens to BBC since he was a young boy. How many Singaporeans like to listen to BBC ?[/quote]My grammar not great either. But it is a concious effort. Writing in this forum, I don't re-read what I wrote. Happily sent. No teacher to mark what I write. :lol:
Actually, I pick up Aussie accent accidentally as I was working closely with Aussie colleague for 5 years. Spoken English improve a bit but now I'm working with so many countries, back to Singlish again. Speak to your husband more often (dont fall asleep!) then.
I'm picking on my ds sentence construction & pronounciation. Dont know why turn out to be bad than before. But then, I met his new school friends, so understandably why his English slacken significantly. The only way for me to counter will be to talk more to him at home which I find very exhausting. -
Anyone has send their kids to Julia Gabriel? Any good?
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