Morris Allen - Discussion
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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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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: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 ?
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.[/quote]
I am thinking of trying out Morris Allen for one month for each of my kids. I still have to pay the various fees and deposits of $150 a child. May be I will just go for a one time trial lesson.
My hubby seldom corrects my english, he said it is OK to speak Singlish :lol: But he is making a conscious effort to teach our kids to speak correctly, but the problem is that he does not spend enough time with them.
I am very impressed with my niece who spoke beautiful english when she just returned from London at 3 year old. That shows that children learn best at this age. Now one year later, I noticed that her pronunciation is still good, but her grammar and sentence structure has become worst. She is attending a high end CC. That shows that environment is so important. -
Tamarind wrote [quote]I am thinking of trying out Morris Allen for one month for each of my kids. I still have to pay the various fees and deposits of $150 a child. May be I will just go for a one time trial lesson.
[/quote]Money & time...sigh. I'm signing up music for ds as he just requested it a few months back. Been discussing with dh back & forth. He wants swimming too. Problem having kids with such close gap is that everything is times 2. Must give to both, otherwise, they say, I play favourtism.
Get the weekday 1.5 hour class. That is the cheapest. While on trial, ask if you can sit in the class. From there you can observe if your child is having fun, material is sufficient, teacher rapport with your child etc.
Tamarind wrote [quote]Now one year later, I noticed that her pronunciation is still good, but her grammar and sentence structure has become worst. She is attending a high end CC. That shows that environment is so important.[/quote]She will lose what she has picked up in London eventually.
We made friends with mix parentage girls while staying in Sentosa. One glance you thought she is a caucasion until she spoke. Totally like a chinese Singaporean. She attended one of the SAP school in Singapore. -
Hi, I would like to share my daughter’s experience with morris allen. She joined for a year starting with Nursery class. I find improvement in her and even her teachers in her normal day class had commented on her improvement as well. She loves going to the weekly class and loves to read the books she borrowed as well.
My superior introduce me to morris allen as three of his children were all from there when as young as Primary 1. Now his youngest child is already sec 4, although discontinued morris allen, but he said that his children all had developed interests in reading through morris allen. Therefore, they are able to improve on their own even they stop morris allen when they were in sec 2 or 3. -
When I called Morris Allen, I was told that they have an accelerated class. My girl can go for their assessment to see if she can join the accelerated class. Anyone have kids in their accelerated class ?
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Ahh.. how did you get to know they have such program :shock: ? I heard from my son that his classmate is in MASC too but does not attend P1 level but P2. I thot my son classmate is pulling his leg. But since you say there is an accelerated class, assuming his classmate is not pulling my son's leg, attending a class higher than the kid is supposed to be placed.
Incidently, the classmate (teacher confirms is a clever boy) is not in the top three classes either. He is currrently reading what my son is reading. Geronimo Stilton, Roald Dahl (which a lot of other kids the same level reads too) but am not sure if the kid reads non-fiction.
In case no parent's reply, Tamarind, please share your finding assuming you are allowing your daughter to sit for the assessment.
I think my son will thrive on creative writing class which I think he is currently at the level where he should be & not higher. -
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Ahh.. how did you get to know they have such program :shock: ? I heard from my son that his classmate is in MASC too but does not attend P1 level but P2. I thot my son classmate is pulling his leg. But since you say there is an accelerated class, assuming his classmate is not pulling my son's leg, attending a class higher than the kid is supposed to be placed.
Incidently, the classmate (teacher confirms is a clever boy) is not in the top three classes either. He is currrently reading what my son is reading. Geronimo Stilton, Roald Dahl (which a lot of other kids the same level reads too) but am not sure if the kid reads non-fiction.
In case no parent's reply, Tamarind, please share your finding assuming you are allowing your daughter to sit for the assessment.
I think my son will thrive on creative writing class which I think he is currently at the level where he should be & not higher.
EN,
I called Morris Allen and asked the staff about their program. I told the staff that I am not worried about my girl's reading, and told her what books my girl is reading. But I told her that there is a huge gap between what my girl can read, and what she can write. I am more interested in a course that will teach her to write compositions. The staff suggested that my girl take the assessment for the accelerated class.
I still have not decided whether to let my girl take the assessment. My girl told me that she will not speak a word in front of a stranger :oops: That will be very embarassing to me.
Sure I will let you know if I find out more about the accelerated program.
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