2017 PSLE Discussions and Strategies

[lee_yl]

DD1 Just finished her school SA2 CL 作文 today. 命题作文: 一件令我感到委屈的事。I was like, huh, so tough. Luckily, she chose the pic one, classical question of theft of purse. Asked DD1 how was it, she said half the class couldn’t finish their composition in time. So scary, told her we need to practice more 作文 before PSLE.

[sky minecrafter]

8228:

Hi, where can I buy this '看录像说话' by '大拇指'?

Hi 8228, I myself intend to buy materials for 看录像说话 & am in e midst of collating info for products available in e market. After ur post, I googled & discovered tt e company has posted detailed info on their Facebook page. You may wanna check it out on ur own. Here, I quote some snippets (verbatim).

Thumbs Up 拇指家族
《小学看录像说话》终于出炉啦！
《大拇指》配合2017年小学华文口试新增的看录像说话环节，推出《看录像说话》手册，
帮助小学生应对新的会考口试形式。看录像口试指导手册订价S$15元（非订户学校）。
手册不在市面上销售。公众如果要少量购买（50本以下），
可直接拨电《大拇指》编辑室63191548 询问。 学校一年若订阅40期《大拇指》，
学生只须付6元就能买到一本手册（加录像CD）。

Hope this helps.

[laughingcat]

8228:

Hi, where can I buy this '看录像说话' by '大拇指'? Could not find it at Popular. TIA.

if school helps to collate the orders from parents/students, that will be best. In that case, it will cost $6 for both CD and book.

However my boys' school will not do that. So I have to personally go down to buy it. And that will be $15.

So there are 2 options:-

1. For Primary School Oral Guide Book 看录像说话, you may purchase from the Thumbs Up office during working hours at 1000 Toa Payoh North News Centre Singapore 318994. Please contact Thumbs Up office at 6319 1548 before going down the office.

2. Please come to 82 Genting Lane, S'pore 349567, level 2 circulation in order to purchase the books. Office hours - Mondays-Fridays, 9am-5pm. Upon arriving, please exchange for a security pass and proceed to level 2. Once you are in the office, turn right all the way. Please call before arriving. Tel 6319 3082

My hubby accidentally bought an extra copy. So anybody wants, pls PM me.

[8228]

Thanks all for the reply.

[TheAnswer]

lee_yl:

TA, nowadays I too try to cut down on my time spent on KSP.

Your DS taking PSLE in 2017, right? I think he should be in good hands with your years of experience as a tutor

Yup. PSLE 2017. Like u say, we got to start working on it this holidays.

[leekien]

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[janet88]

TheAnswer:

yup. PSLE 2017. Like u say, we got to start working on it this holidays.

yes...after p5 sa2, there is really no year end holiday to enjoy. but your son is in very good hands.

[cynthia ang]

Hi, I m new and would like to join this forum to share and learn more from other parents. My daughter will be taking psle 2017. This is my first experience as Psle parent so i really do not know what to expect when 2017 comes. my daughter used to score very badly for her chinese but after months of intensive lessons by the tuition teacher, she improves tremendously in terms of her score. She also learns her chinese by watching the 9 pm channel 8 drama. i think this is quite a good way to expose her to spoken mandarin since we do not speak mandarin at home…

[kylene]

lee_yl:

DD1 Just finished her school SA2 CL 作文 today. 命题作文: 一件令我感到委屈的事。I was like, huh, so tough. Luckily, she chose the pic one, classical question of theft of purse. Asked DD1 how was it, she said half the class couldn't finish their composition in time. So scary, told her we need to practice more 作文 before PSLE.

Are the kids heavily penalized for not completing the compo? Mine couldn't finish his today , last paragraph only one sentence and no proper ending .

[lee_yl]

kylene:

lee_yl:

DD1 Just finished her school SA2 CL 作文 today. 命题作文: 一件令我感到委屈的事。I was like, huh, so tough. Luckily, she chose the pic one, classical question of theft of purse. Asked DD1 how was it, she said half the class couldn't finish their composition in time. So scary, told her we need to practice more 作文 before PSLE.

Are the kids heavily penalized for not completing the compo? Mine couldn't finish his today , last paragraph only one sentence and no proper ending .

Compo without a conclusion I suppose the score will be affected. As to the degree of impact will also depend on the overall story and language used.