[PSLE MT] PSLE less weightage in Chinese / Mother Tongue
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verykiasu2010:
Factual ![/quote]that is why the task of preserving chinese culture falls upon our singpaorean chinese (joking). :lol:
is this factual or hear-say?tankee:
[quote=\"HyperKiasu\"]
heard in china, chinese curriculum are very political....exposures to tradition/value/culture are not so early as in P1....their priority is to let kids love the coutry love the communist party... :love:
thus, MT weightage can't be cut lo..... -
ruyu:
:? :? huh? :? :? :? :? :?[/quote]HyperKiasu:
[quote=\"ruyu\"]:offtopic:
Ruyu, you love PRC, love communist party ah??? (joking)....
i mean u love them so much that u dun want to hear anything nasty about them, thus OT us.... :lol: -
sleepy:
I cannot find it in youtube.
I missed that telecast. Is it available on youtube?tamarind:
I just saw the video of him apologize in Mandarin at the Channel 8 news. It must have been painful for him.
Anyone found the video anywhere ? -
tamarind:
I cannot find it in youtube.
I missed that telecast. Is it available on youtube?sleepy:
[quote=\"tamarind\"]
I just saw the video of him apologize in Mandarin at the Channel 8 news. It must have been painful for him.
Anyone found the video anywhere ?[/quote]Go to channelnews asia website.
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tamarind:
I cannot find it in youtube.
I missed that telecast. Is it available on youtube?sleepy:
[quote=\"tamarind\"]
I just saw the video of him apologize in Mandarin at the Channel 8 news. It must have been painful for him.
Anyone found the video anywhere ?[/quote]I can't either.
can watch tonight channel 8's Focus 焦点 (母语保底不封顶)
but not sure the apology part will be cut or not... -
[quote]that is why the task of preserving chinese culture falls upon our singpaorean chinese (joking).
thus, MT weightage can't be cut lo.....[/quote]agree!
But 中国现在也很重视传统文化了。 -
ruolei:
agree![quote]that is why the task of preserving chinese culture falls upon our singpaorean chinese (joking).
thus, MT weightage can't be cut lo.....
But 中国现在也很重视传统文化了。[/quote]perhaps, under new leader....
重视is not enough leh.... -
Kindergartens may tweak teaching methods to raise students’ language proficiency
By Sharon See | Posted: 13 May 2010 2032 hrs
SINGAPORE : The teaching of Chinese language in pre-schools and kindergartens may soon change to better prepare students for Primary 1.
The move comes as the Ministry of Education (MOE) reviews Chinese teaching methods in schools.
By 2012, learning to speak Mandarin may become even more important for Chinese pre-schoolers.
Students entering Primary 1 will undergo a review of their Mandarin-speaking abilities at the start of the school term.
The MOE said this will "enable teachers to better customise their teaching to meet the different learning needs of students."
NTUC First Campus, which operates 53 childcare centres, said this means learning Chinese at pre-school may eventually take a different approach.
"We’ll introduce more fun ways of teaching strategies. Through drama, we’ll try to stimulate children’s interest in learning. For the change of the Chinese teaching approach, the emphasis (is now) on the communication. I think parents will demand for more oral proficiency (courses)," said Dr Connie Lum, curriculum specialist at My First Skool, NTUC First Campus.
"It’s all about teaching them. Children at a young age are very adaptable, and they pick up very fast. I think language should be taught when they are at a very young age," said Eleen Boey, a mother of two.
Mrs Boey’s children attend Chinese enrichment classes at Pat’s Schoolhouse, a childcare centre that aims to immerse pre-schoolers in a bilingual environment.
"If we create this environment for the children where the language is heard… and they can hear it, speak it, sing it and talk about it, then they will be able to have more confidence using the language, rather than be taught the language as a subject," said Patricia Koh, founder-director of Pat’s Schoolhouse.
The next step, educators said, is to train pre-school teachers to meet these changing demands.
"We will enhance teachers’ teaching in the oral proficiency, or … maybe for the Chinese teachers, to have better pronunciation. (We will) enhance their teaching skills to enrich the children’s vocabulary," said Dr Lum.
NTUC First Campus added it may use the differentiated learning approach even at pre-school level. - CNA /ls -
it will be better if government can sponsor some chinese course for parents who rarely speak chinese…
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HyperKiasu:
it will be better if government can sponsor some chinese course for parents who rarely speak chinese...
why need government to sponsor? :?
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