2018 PSLE Discussions & Strategies (Born in 2006)

[Estéema]

With Sherman of Academia, I’m very certain DC’s work was always marked except maybe MCQs (most were diligently marked). I’m on long trip now. Hopefully can still find DC’s work to ascertain. Update when back in Spore.

[love1001]

lee_yl:

My girls had been with TLL English since K2. So far, majority of the teachers are good except 1 or 2. Nonetheless, I am quite satisfied. For DD2, she is lucky to have the same Eng teacher who taught her through P4/P5/P6. The teacher last taught at a GEP centre before joining TLL.

Hi lee_yl, how would you rate the teaching of compo and compre at TLL? For compo, do students complete in class or bring back as homework? According to my DD1, those few students from her class who always score high in compo and whose essays are frequently shared, are having tuition with TLL. This makes me think actually if we get the right teacher, TLL EL is worth a try. She had science tuition there in P3 but due to frequent changes in teachers, we withdrawn after term 4.

[laughingcat]

love1001:

lee_yl:

My girls had been with TLL English since K2. So far, majority of the teachers are good except 1 or 2. Nonetheless, I am quite satisfied. For DD2, she is lucky to have the same Eng teacher who taught her through P4/P5/P6. The teacher last taught at a GEP centre before joining TLL.

Hi lee_yl, how would you rate the teaching of compo and compre at TLL? For compo, do students complete in class or bring back as homework? According to my DD1, those few students from her class who always score high in compo and whose essays are frequently shared, are having tuition with TLL. This makes me think actually if we get the right teacher, TLL EL is worth a try. She had science tuition there in P3 but due to frequent changes in teachers, we withdrawn after term 4.

I am also keen to know whether TLL practise final correction as in asking the kids to write the whole compo as in correction after marking. lee_yl can share.

[Estéema]

DC said all draft as well as final essays marked. Strange thing is he didn’t improve much or make any breakthro until I change him over to specialized in W@W for compo. So, no personal pointers to help kids ustand how to write better & context. To me, correction & marking are just process of writing & u’stand’g what & how is more impt for the child to improve.


I’m just thankful Agnes did a wonderful job to keep DC interested & motivated & guided well how to improve & what literary devices to apply. We’re just probably fortunate to make discovery of Agnes.

Also, for Sherman, I’ll put my confidence in him more than TLL teachers bcoz these days most TLL teachers are either fresh grads or young teachers with less experience & cheaper to hire. Not many of the more experienced TLL teachers left with TLL that’s why the stds & quality ard nog consistent. To me why pay for the more expensive enrichment with no assurance. Tikam & hope for good teachers? Sherman is very dedicated based on DC experience & many of our frds we recommended & had gained results. Most imptly, not only was he ex-HOD of one of top schools, he coached & guide each child personally even tho at one time his class grew to abt 12 towards P6 year. I wld be most worried tt DC’s frds & neighbors got in same class & DC get less attention right? But I didn’t feel ST neglected my DC at all & happy to share such a wonderful educator with a heart. Just sharing fr our personal experiences.

[laughingcat]

Estee, most likely depend on teacher and also the child plus many other factors. I have also heard from some parents lamenting that W@W does not improve their kids’ writings. Some of my friends’ kiddos teacher are the same as your DC then… but nothing spectacular on their result. Perhaps it is different strokes different kids.


There are simply too many factors in reaping good results…inclusive of parental support as well.

[Estéema]

laughingcat:

Estee, most likely depend on teacher and also the child plus many other factors. I have also heard from some parents lamenting that W@W does not improve their kids’ writings. Some of my friends’ kiddos teacher are the same as your DC then.... but nothing spectacular on their result. Perhaps it is different strokes different kids.


There are simply too many factors in reaping good results.....inclusive of parental support as well.

For every tuition centre, i think it's always moving targets if u don't identify right teacher. On one recent visit (happen to be at Coronation & pop by), I met so many fresh new teachers I've never seen b4. Heard many KSP mum's cldnt get a class with Ms Agnes too. So, guess things may hv changed.

DC with 4 other peers did very well under Ms Agnes except for one boy who was alr showing slot of disinterest & dropped fr HA to MA & still complain to parents that 汪 is not good, incl even school supplementary lessons as useless waste of time. He kept asking for everything else to be dropped. Eventually, he didn't even make it for Express class as T-score didn't meet the mark.

[laughingcat]

Estee, totally agree with you on the right match. Especially on languages, it takes time to see consistent result. Best if can stick to the same teacher as years went by to keep close tap on the kids" weakness. Provided that the teacher is the right fit.

[Estéema]

laughingcat:

Estee, totally agree with you on the right match. Especially on languages, it takes time to see consistent result. Best if can stick to the same teacher as years went by to keep close tap on the kids\" weakness. Provided that the teacher is the right fit.

Yup.

Parents' jobs not easy like walk in the park. We've gotta exercise wisdom when to wuicklybpull kid out or adv kids to persevere. Always monitoring work output & child's grasp of concepts & ability to apply themselves.

加油！

[lee_yl]

love1001:

lee_yl:

My girls had been with TLL English since K2. So far, majority of the teachers are good except 1 or 2. Nonetheless, I am quite satisfied. For DD2, she is lucky to have the same Eng teacher who taught her through P4/P5/P6. The teacher last taught at a GEP centre before joining TLL.

Hi lee_yl, how would you rate the teaching of compo and compre at TLL? For compo, do students complete in class or bring back as homework? According to my DD1, those few students from her class who always score high in compo and whose essays are frequently shared, are having tuition with TLL. This makes me think actually if we get the right teacher, TLL EL is worth a try. She had science tuition there in P3 but due to frequent changes in teachers, we withdrawn after term 4.

I would think that for those who joined TLL Eng for some years, their English standard should be good enough to write a decent piece of essay. TLL Eng also boosted my DD1’s vocab, cloze passage and S&T.

Regarding compo, not all school teachers like TLL style of writing. Even though my girls are TLL students, they will tell you, “Err.. don’t write too flowery a style, teachers don’t like!” Nowadays, teachers like an element of creativity with less flowery/bombastic words and most importantly, originality

Edit to add:
Actually DD1 would rate TLL Eng compo only 5/10 in terms of value-adding as she felt it didn’t help her much in this area. Ok, my DD1 doesn’t read as much as DD2 so maybe that’s the main cause. As for DD2, I think she benefited and her average compo score went from 30 to 36/40. Her classmate who topped compo in the recent SA1 is also from TLL.

[lee_yl]

Estéema:

DC said all draft as well as final essays marked. Strange thing is he didn't improve much or make any breakthro until I change him over to specialized in W@W for compo. So, no personal pointers to help kids ustand how to write better & context. To me, correction & marking are just process of writing & u'stand'g what & how is more impt for the child to improve.

Likewise for Tien Hisa which my girl joined since K2. When DD1 entered upper primary, we realised DD1’s zuowen and oral were not able to keep up to standard, whereas her main paper was alright. So we signed her up for 作文口试班 and she has since performed better in these areas.

So I guess it’s the same for TLL Eng. If one wants to see a breakthrough in compo, maybe joining specialized creative writing class helps. But TLL is still useful for other components of the English paper.