2022 PSLE Discussions & Strategies (born in 2010)

[strawberryking]

Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2078753\" time=\"1660708636\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2078753 time=1660708636 user_id=195250]
Everyone may have their own strategy to cope with their exam but try not to group kids into different levels of ability or at least don't let them think others are having higher ability than themselves. When I was small, my parents always claimed I was a poor ability and stupid girl and I just let myself failed all exam because I was labelled as stupid.

Actually, no one claimed I am stupid except my parents. [/quote]

Not just your parents.
Consider about this, our past: our 80s~90s streaming system prematurely grouped us into different category. Very damaging for young minds. :mad:

[Anotherday]

For the 2nd day CL oral topic, the question was 假期里你想去新加坡的什么地方？This question sounds like a question asking for a holiday destination / place of interest in Singapore (not visiting grandparents, going for tuition), that’s why it is difficult, because the students may find it challenging to express the Chinese names of the places and activities. Many kids at 12 years old would think of Sentosa, Universal Studios and rollercoaster, rather than zoo and animals or gardens and flowers, but how many actually know the Chinese terms well to do a good elaboration?

[mystique_j]

Anotherday\" post_id=\"2078763\" time=\"1660712106\" user_id=\"194606:

For the 2nd day CL oral topic, the question was 假期里你想去新加坡的什么地方？This question sounds like a question asking for a holiday destination / place of interest in Singapore (not visiting grandparents, going for tuition), that's why it is difficult, because the students may find it challenging to express the Chinese names of the places and activities. Many kids at 12 years old would think of Sentosa, Universal Studios and rollercoaster, rather than zoo and animals or gardens and flowers, but how many actually know the Chinese terms well to do a good elaboration?

My son’s command of Chinese not very good, in terms of oral. So for him, he will likely say Zoo coz that’s the easiest that he can think of. Maybe for the stronger students they will crack their brains for Sentosa or USS etc. His classmate who is usually very strong in oral didn't think about zoo and could only say Singapore beach, she didn’t know the Chinese word for the other places like Sentosa.

True enough, I asked him if he got that qn, what would he have talked about? He said 动物园。
He did his chinese on Day 1 though, different topic.


I guess it’s one of the benefits of being weaker at spoken Chinese.

[floppy]

假期我想去新加坡的。。。

乌敏岛。
那里有美丽的仄爪哇，一个多元野生生态的自然栖息地。

Err… 老师等一下，I forget to use 好词好句。

[manorway]

Imp75\" post_id=\"2078630\" time=\"1660630854\" user_id=\"2358:

No idea but generally when examiners laugh heartily means it’s a good sign for higher marks. One of my kid experienced that and naturally she did well for the national exams

Agree. One of my kids used to make all his oral examiners laugh. He always reported that they would laugh in the middle of the exam or after that and each time he would score very well. Some of his examiners even said they enjoyed his answer/story/reply very much and thank my son for sharing.

So we worked out that the more relaxed our kids are, and more humorous the replies, the higher the score.

[chenlaoshi]

Anotherday\" post_id=\"2078763\" time=\"1660712106\" user_id=\"194606:

For the 2nd day CL oral topic, the question was 假期里你想去新加坡的什么地方？This question sounds like a question asking for a holiday destination / place of interest in Singapore (not visiting grandparents, going for tuition), that's why it is difficult, because the students may find it challenging to express the Chinese names of the places and activities. Many kids at 12 years old would think of Sentosa, Universal Studios and rollercoaster, rather than zoo and animals or gardens and flowers, but how many actually know the Chinese terms well to do a good elaboration?

I believe most schools provide oral notes in terms of 口试配套. Some places of interest would have been covered in the notes.

For example, in the glossary of my oral notes, I cover them and I told my students to pick and choose a few to remember according to their preference or familiarity. Another reason I gave them the list is to let them know the ethnic quarters (Chinatown, Kampong Glam etc.) so as to be prepared for questions related to racial harmony or outdoor learning (learning journey).

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Chapter 11 in Pri 5B text book《新加坡，我为你骄傲》mentioned places like 樟宜机场、老巴刹、夜间野生动物园、滨海艺术中心、 龙头游乐场

Chapter 7 in Pri 6B text book 《新加坡的过去和现在》 also covered places like 新加坡河、牛车水、小印度、福康宁中心、MRT stations with beautiful art pieces & the different bridges and parks in Singapore (亨德申波浪桥、花柏山公园、直落布兰雅公园、牛车水花园天桥、麦里芝蓄水池吊桥) etc.

Of course, examiners don't expect candidates to list the exact names - it's just a bonus. If candidate mentioned about going to the different parks (without mentioning specific names) in Singapore to sight see (having been \"trapped\" at home due to C-19 and busy preparing for PSLE), he/she will still be able to score.

mystique_j\" post_id=\"2078765\" time=\"1660713695\" user_id=\"39431:

My son’s command of Chinese not very good, in terms of oral. So for him, he will likely say Zoo coz that’s the easiest that he can think of. Maybe for the stronger students they will crack their brains for Sentosa or USS etc. His classmate who is usually very strong in oral didn't think about zoo and could only say Singapore beach, she didn’t know the Chinese word for the other places like Sentosa.

True enough, I asked him if he got that qn, what would he have talked about? He said 动物园。
He did his chinese on Day 1 though, different topic.

I guess it’s one of the benefits of being weaker at spoken Chinese.

Yeah, in fact there's lots to elaborate for going to zoo - know more about the different animals, usually only get to see them in pictures etc.

Chapter 3 in Pri 6A textbook 《美食小侦探》covered on different types of culinary style and food - can talk about wanting to go try different types of food at various hawker centre too - during elaboration can highlight other points like do it with family members and take time out to exercise together too (family bonding).

For those who want to talk about going overseas, Chapter 15 in Pri 5A textbook 《世界那么大》 introduced them to the different countries around the world.

Anyway, oral examination for this year is over, just hope these sharing will benefit future batches. Just try your best to do consistent preparation - text book and school notes are good sources. Day to day communication will be a great bonus too.

For current Pri 6 students, other than revising on syllabus words/phrases, don't forget the descriptive phrases for compo writing too.

[Rockmelon]

Anotherday\" post_id=\"2078763\" time=\"1660712106\" user_id=\"194606:

For the 2nd day CL oral topic, the question was 假期里你想去新加坡的什么地方？This question sounds like a question asking for a holiday destination / place of interest in Singapore (not visiting grandparents, going for tuition), that's why it is difficult, because the students may find it challenging to express the Chinese names of the places and activities. Many kids at 12 years old would think of Sentosa, Universal Studios and rollercoaster, rather than zoo and animals or gardens and flowers, but how many actually know the Chinese terms well to do a good elaboration?

My son can only think of Sentosa at that time. But when being asked what he did in Sentosa, he was stuck, did not know how to express USS in Chinese and simply forgot about the beach. So he said he went there to take different bus services.

[cowiepig]

mystique_j\" post_id=\"2078765\" time=\"1660713695\" user_id=\"39431:

My son’s command of Chinese not very good, in terms of oral. So for him, he will likely say Zoo coz that’s the easiest that he can think of. Maybe for the stronger students they will crack their brains for Sentosa or USS etc. His classmate who is usually very strong in oral didn't think about zoo and could only say Singapore beach, she didn’t know the Chinese word for the other places like Sentosa.

True enough, I asked him if he got that qn, what would he have talked about? He said 动物园。
He did his chinese on Day 1 though, different topic.


I guess it’s one of the benefits of being weaker at spoken Chinese.

This is so true. My son is very weak in chinese oral. He scored 34/50 for Chinese prelim oral only. He came home from Day 2 chinese oral and commented it was difficult. He mentioned something about hols in Singapore and I said you should used Sentosa as an example. He said he doesn’t know what is Sentosa in Chinese so he used what he remembered from P4/5 textbooks. East coast park, play sand & made sand castle. 😂😂😂
I told him that’s definitely a very good example. I didn’t expect him to remember those vocabs. Lol

[TryNotKiasu]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"2078757\" time=\"1660709761\" user_id=\"162894:

Hi TryNotKiasu,

As long as the child's response after the repeated question is correct, nope, that incident alone will not cause mark deduction.

It is only when the child failed to respond appropriately after the repeated question and/or further prompts that content component of the grading will be affected.

Ah.. Thank you Chenlaoshi! Glad to know it wont affect marks.. 😊

[SG_KP1]

Anotherday\" post_id=\"2078763\" time=\"1660712106\" user_id=\"194606:

For the 2nd day CL oral topic, the question was 假期里你想去新加坡的什么地方？This question sounds like a question asking for a holiday destination / place of interest in Singapore (not visiting grandparents, going for tuition), that's why it is difficult, because the students may find it challenging to express the Chinese names of the places and activities. Many kids at 12 years old would think of Sentosa, Universal Studios and rollercoaster, rather than zoo and animals or gardens and flowers, but how many actually know the Chinese terms well to do a good elaboration?

Hope your child did well and is ready to take on the prelims.

The above is why I say I have no idea if the topic was easy or hard. It all depends. The truth is, hard papers will still be easy for some. At the same time, easy questions will trip up very capable kids under these conditions. It's all easy if one could do it, quite difficult if one could not.

One can say it's life if our child should have done this or that. Or, we can use the advice for the future (take it as a learning opportunity). Yet, at the specific moment in time it's not so productive when others say \"it was so simple\" when the reality is unless you were a student you did not take the test. As others have said, I guess everyone is free to share as they please. However, one could also say a bit of empathy for those who found it difficult would be more useful than anything else. Be thankful if your child found it easy; no one knows what lies ahead...

Anyways, best of luck for the remaining papers.