Anyone has kid that are p5 in 2010?

[janet88]

phankao:

janet_lee88:

Hi phankao,

My son was also taught to memorize openings, conclusions, 好词好句, throw in 成语...but during the exams, doubt he can remember to use any.

I guess - practise? My elder son who didn't do HCL also was just about made to practically memorise his whole textbook and more, bc they had \"mo xie\" several times a week. Until when he went for his Oral exam, I think he sounded much like an oral handbook!!!!!!!!! I think one of the examiners was laughing at him(how rude - but then again, they can't mark him down). My elder boy is generally poor in Chinese so we didn't allow him to take HCL. To this day (he's in sec 1), the moment he opens his mouth, he speaks chinese like an \"ang mo\" although his reading/comprehension is quite ok.

I bought reference books for 成语，好词好句...but they are not touched. As for weekly 默写, it is actually part of a compo with all the fanciful phrases. At least your son can still sound like an oral handbook, mine won't be.

[phankao]

janet_lee88:

phankao:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]Hi phankao,

My son was also taught to memorize openings, conclusions, 好词好句, throw in 成语...but during the exams, doubt he can remember to use any.

I guess - practise? My elder son who didn't do HCL also was just about made to practically memorise his whole textbook and more, bc they had \"mo xie\" several times a week. Until when he went for his Oral exam, I think he sounded much like an oral handbook!!!!!!!!! I think one of the examiners was laughing at him(how rude - but then again, they can't mark him down). My elder boy is generally poor in Chinese so we didn't allow him to take HCL. To this day (he's in sec 1), the moment he opens his mouth, he speaks chinese like an \"ang mo\" although his reading/comprehension is quite ok.

I bought reference books for 成语，好词好句...but they are not touched. As for weekly 默写, it is actually part of a compo with all the fanciful phrases. At least your son can still sound like an oral handbook, mine won't be.[/quote]Mine also won't touch. They have time only for requirements given by school. My elder son was in a class that is for those poor in Chinese in p5 & p6. In p6, they were given a teacher that simply drilled & drilled & drilled and kept them back as punishment to drill some more if they didn't complete their work or performed poorly in their tests/assignments. Hence the drilling set in.

No other way to make them improve but the \"old school\" way is this teacher's method. It worked for my elder boy, but I doubt my younger one can tolerate this type of \"practice\". But then again, for my younger boy, chinese is one of his better subjects. Not sure how the genes split in that way. We are an English-speaking family!

[janet88]

Hi phankao,

Your son’s teacher is so cruel !!!
If this method is used for my young daughter, she will hate the subject and the teacher. My son will complain but this ‘old school way’ may help him improve. We are also speaking English all the time.
Son’s teachers always tell me to speak to him in Mandarin during Parent-Teacher meetings but I can’t do it.

[phankao]

janet_lee88:

Hi phankao,

Your son's teacher is so cruel !!!
If this method is used for my young daughter, she will hate the subject and the teacher. My son will complain but this 'old school way' may help him improve. We are also speaking English all the time.
Son's teachers always tell me to speak to him in Mandarin during Parent-Teacher meetings but I can't do it.

Eh, this particular \"old-school\" teacher was specially assigned by the school to that class . Retired teacher, so really \"old-school\". But must admire her dedication. She would spend time to stay back with the students that she \"punishes with retention\", and she has extra supplementary classes 2x/week plus SATURDAYS!!!!! She takes the time to come back on saturdays just to teach for 4 hours.

Yeah, I couldn't speak chinese with my kids since dh doesn't know Chinese.

[janet88]

Hi phankao,

If I have to speak to my kids in Mandarin, it would be a torture for me...bcos subconsciously I have to tell myself to do so. Hubby speaks Chinese to daughter, but she will reply him in English. She does the same thing to the CL tutor.

[Leanne]

Hi Benda10,


Your daughter sure has great interest in chinese now.Congrats.

She will not have any paper till wed?That is great.

DS will be sitting for sci tomolo.

Cheers
Leanne

Brenda10:

Hi mummies

For Science, I have randomly selected some open-end questions in Upper-Block Science 3-in 1 Revision Papers and let dd see the answers keys as a reference on how to answer in short with the key words.

Now she is doing maths and same time enjoy the CL songs by 刀郎,
优客李林, 文章 etc after 1 hour game.

Tomorrow will touch on CL.

Looking forward to Wednesday.

[Brenda10]

Leanne:

Hi Benda10,


Your daughter sure has great interest in chinese now.Congrats.

She will not have any paper till wed?That is great.

DS will be sitting for sci tomolo.

Cheers
Leanne

Hi Leanne

She has developed strong interest since last year and hopefully all these CL songs will help her write better in her Compo.

EL done, left Maths, CL and last paper Science for the next 3 days.

Your ds must be very happy as tomorrow is the last paper.

Cheers

[Leanne]

Hi Brenda10,


Yes, he is happy.But, I guess mixed feelings cos all results will be out tomolo, except for science.

Science is not his forte, so he is abit worried tho its his last paper.
I reckon next week will be the actual paper war for your dd?

Cheers,
Leanne

Brenda10:

Leanne:

Hi Benda10,

Your daughter sure has great interest in chinese now.Congrats.

She will not have any paper till wed?That is great.

DS will be sitting for sci tomolo.

Cheers
Leanne

Hi Leanne

She has developed strong interest since last year and hopefully all these CL songs will help her write better in her Compo.

EL done, left Maths, CL and last paper Science for the next 3 days.

Your ds must be very happy as tomorrow is the last paper.

Cheers

[Brenda10]

Leanne:

Hi Brenda10,


Yes, he is happy.But, I guess mixed feelings cos all results will be out tomolo, except for science.

Science is not his forte, so he is abit worried tho its his last paper.
I reckon next week will be the actual paper war for your dd?

Cheers,
Leanne
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HI Leanne


Science topics are so wide and no sure what type of out of box question will come out.

I told dd if don't understand what the question ask just write the property that related to the question.

War next week but the fighter is still in the bed now.

[janet88]

Brenda10:

Leanne:

Hi Brenda10,


Yes, he is happy.But, I guess mixed feelings cos all results will be out tomolo, except for science.

Science is not his forte, so he is abit worried tho its his last paper.
I reckon next week will be the actual paper war for your dd?

Cheers,
Leanne
[

HI Leanne

Science topics are so wide and no sure what type of out of box question will come out.

I told dd if don't understand what the question ask just write the property that related to the question.

War next week but the fighter is still in the bed now.

Fighter needs stamina and energy to fight the battle. It's going to be a tough week.