2017 PSLE Discussions and Strategies

[zakashi]

Champion:

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Hi! Just want to check has your child's school teach them the new PSLE Oral format?

:thankyou:

New format. Can explain briefly from the news. Thanks.

[shopping mum]

Just came back from Teachers-Parents meeting.

His Chinese teacher said that they just taught the kids this new format, hence for SA1 oral, it will still be old format. New format to be tested in SA2.
Do they have time to learn? My Dc said the school doesn’t teach oral that much for the past few years.
Is the new format difficult?

[alng]

raisintan:

For past years PSLE papers, any recommendation on which publisher's answer sheet is better?

raisintan, i bought the psle books recently...did not compare the answers...just go for the cheaper ones. haha!

[alng]

On the new Chinese oral format, my son’s school gave them a lecture 2 days ago and showed them a sample video. Other than that, there is no practice of such oral format.


O levels Chinese oral is also introducing videos from this year and my elder girl is in Sec 4. She already has the video format of oral last year.

I see the following challenges:

1. In the past, PSLE students memorised the model oral picture conversation. During my girl’s PSLE time 4 years ago, we had 30 such pictures (past PSLE oral pictures) and written answers from the school teachers. Now, the students cannot do such memorisation for videos.

2. The video is to be viewed during the 5-10 mins preparation time. During the preparation time, the student has to read the reading passage too. Time management is important.

3. I understand that the video will not be shown again when the student goes to the examiner’s table. This means that the students have to remember the content of the video. This is not easy under exam condition.

4. The students need to think on their feet and respond to the oral examiners. This is not easy for students too.

Schools do not have the time to prepare the students for oral as 1-1 preparation is very time consuming.

I have no solutions. Sigh!

[scotia]

Yes…read that this new video format is much tougher.

[kiasumummy12]

Following this… I’m so LATE!! stressed

[janet88]

kiasumummy12:

Following this.... I'm so LATE!! *stressed*

your child is taking PSLE next year...still have time to get used to new format.

off topic...my son in sec 4 told me his oral is also in video format. so any reference books at home can be dumped aside :moneyflies:

[Happy75]

Hi,


I just saw the Chinese new format oral practice on MC online but you need to ask your child to login.

[Happy75]

Parents who have seen the video practice on MC online, kindly check with your child’s teacher, how many questions they are supposed to answer and let me know. My child can’t get answer from his teacher. Thanks.

[Hope21]

Just to share:

Schools like acsj already start training/ preparing last year p4 students on the new Chinese oral.
If one think your child is one year or more than one year behind, then start practicing now and it's not too late. PSLE is a national exam.

Page 60-62.
https://acsj.moe.edu.sg/docs/2015/annou ... TP2015.pdf
All the best.