[PSLE MT] PSLE less weightage in Chinese / Mother Tongue

[vlim]

Blobbi:

Way2GO:

Agree with ur points Blobbi.

Instead of lowering d bar further
we should teach our young to strive
harder to achieve. Absolutely.

I don't mean work harder. Sometimes cannot. What I mean is work around it, hv different approaches. It's a lot of work on the part of parents and teachers, but we can afford to give up.

My two cents.

I agreed with u blobbi...as some pple simply no good in languages..and by the way I believe not all angmo can write good angmo and Singapore is not a place where chinese culture is very strong unlike China and Taiwan... :lol:

[ihavethingtosay]

vlim:

I agreed with u blobbi...as some pple simply no good in languages..

yar there are people inept in English. reduce weightage for English too! I am sure we can converse well in Chinese with the angmohs who are studying Chinese. hehehe!

[Way2GO]

daisyt:

Admissions criteria to top secondary schools may be adjusted

I recalled when my kid was in P2 or P3
his class was asked to take conversational Malay
as enrichment in school.
This was conducted after school hours n is non-examinable.

u know wat happened?
He told me he didn't want to attend anymore
after a while cos' many of his classmates stopped attending.

Dat is going to be the mentality when MOE
lowers d MT weightage.
Students n schools will shift their time n emphasis.
In d long run, d standard of MT will deteriorate further.

[tankee]

daisyt:

\"...... As for the others, if they don't reach these high (levels) in their higher mother tongue, they can also enter because they are good in the other subjects,\" said Dr Ng. - CNA /ls

is he saying he wants top secondary schools to reserve some places for those who are weak in MT? :?

[Way2GO]

Blobbi:

I don't mean work harder. Sometimes cannot. What I mean is work around it, hv different approaches.

Ah Blobbi, we seemed to be talking past each other today.
My first sentence was to say I'm in agreement with ur points.
Follow up part is to say we should inculcate in d young to
strive to achieve despite difficulties, n not whine abt
setbacks and/or inadequancies.

[Blobbi]

ks2me:

Blobbi:

I don't mean work harder. Sometimes cannot. What I mean is work around it, hv different approaches. It's a lot of work on the part of parents and teachers, but we can afford to give up.

My two cents.

You mean \"cannot afford\" right?

Faint, yes!

[HyperKiasu]

tamarind:

watmekiasu:

As a parent, it doesn't make any difference to me the weightage of Chinese in an exam. My daughter is learning Chinese for the language itself. No doubt with less weightage, there will be less stress on her as she spends an inordinate amount of time (70%) on that one subject alone. With less weightage, she can learn it at a more leisurely and enjoyable pace. I believe in the long run, because Chinese was not such a torture, it will bear fruits.


The PRC do well in English here because there is a total English immersion here. Try sending your child to China and you will see their Mandarin improve heaps.

I totally agree with you too. I want my kids to enjoy learning Chinese, because of the wonderful language and culture. I don't understand why parents say that learning Chinese is a torture. Both my kids are very happy reading our wonderful Chinese picture books every night. Parents only have to make an effort to expose their kids to Chinese books from as young as possible. The best age to learn Chinese is from 3 to 6 years old. It is sad that because parents have prejudice towards the Chinese language, they influence their kids in a negative way.

One billion people in China are able to learn Chinese. It is totally not logical to say that there are kids who are excellent in English and Maths, but do not have the ability to do well in Chinese. The only problem is that the parents started to let them learn Chinese too late.

For example, if parents only read English books to kids before the age of 5, and only teach them ABCs and phonics, then kids will certainly be more comfortable with English and refuse to learn any other languages that is different from English.

In the case of my kids, I teach them to read English, while my mother reads many Chinese story books to them every night, since they were babies. That is why my kids enjoy reading both English and Chinese books, so long as the books are good.

I agree with the view that early exposure for language is very important. My two kids' childcare centre teaches Chinese since Nursery. And they enjoy the 唐诗宋词 since 4 yrs old. Now my DS P1 copes very well with CL... My DD (K1) also shows interest in CL. Whenever she sees chinese characters, she will ask me to explain the word to her.....

[Blobbi]

Way2GO:

Blobbi:

I don't mean work harder. Sometimes cannot. What I mean is work around it, hv different approaches.

Ah Blobbi, we seemed to be talking past each other today.
My first sentence was to say I'm in agreement with ur points.
Follow up part is to say we should inculcate in d young to
strive to achieve despite difficulties, n not whine abt
setbacks and/or inadequancies.

I think in this case, we agree that we agree !!

[Blobbi]

Way2GO:

Blobbi:

I don't mean work harder. Sometimes cannot. What I mean is work around it, hv different approaches.

Ah Blobbi, we seemed to be talking past each other today.
My first sentence was to say I'm in agreement with ur points.
Follow up part is to say we should inculcate in d young to
strive to achieve despite difficulties, n not whine abt
setbacks and/or inadequancies.

I think in this case, we agree that we agree !!

[Blobbi]

Way2GO:

I recalled when my kid was in P2 or P3
his class was asked to take conversational Malay
as enrichment in school.
This was conducted after school hours n is non-examinable.

u know wat happened?
He told me he didn't want to attend anymore
after a while cos' many of his classmates stopped attending.

Dat is going to be the mentality when MOE
lowers d MT weightage.
Students n schools will shift their time n emphasis.
In d long run, d standard of MT will deteriorate further.

This is what I worry about ..