P1 Chinese - General Discussion

[Tinkerbelle]

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jemlth:

I don't think the changes will be rolled out so quickly. Hanyu pinyin must be accompanied with recognition of characters. Hanyu Pinyin should become less foreign when they are familiar with the 'sounds' of Chinese characters. besides, children at a young age are more adept at pictorial memory.

I read that the change will take place for PSLE 2017... so meaning those from Pri1 2012 will be the 1st batch of students taking the new exams... shucks!
Hate to be guinea pigs....

Are your kids affected and will be sitting for PSLE in 2017?

[Tinkerbelle]

janet_lee88:

Read about it too. Sickening to be guinea pig...all the new stuff like interactive etc etc. Just to prove Singapore education system is always improving ?

All these new initiatives by MOE are harder to keep up with and I'm sure they are also confusing many parents , especially the ones who have kids over 2 different systems :?

[janet88]

Tinkerbelle:

janet_lee88:

Read about it too. Sickening to be guinea pig...all the new stuff like interactive etc etc. Just to prove Singapore education system is always improving ?

All these new initiatives by MOE are harder to keep up with and I'm sure they are also confusing many parents , especially the ones who have kids over 2 different systems :?

Singapore education system changes very fast. Now 52% of young Singaporeans are speaking English at home...so it's harder for them to accept Chinese and speak this at home. Also, there are few babies esp Chinese. Thus there is a need to import more Chinese (young immigrants) here. Offtopic now, but how can Singaporeans possibly have more kids when education system is so demanding and costs of living so high.
If both parents working, who looks after the kids ? Not everyone has the luxury of grandparents...then ok hire a maid. But maid salary now increased to $450 a month. No guarantee they can work either. Back to square 1.

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Tinkerbelle:

janet_lee88:

Read about it too. Sickening to be guinea pig...all the new stuff like interactive etc etc. Just to prove Singapore education system is always improving ?

All these new initiatives by MOE are harder to keep up with and I'm sure they are also confusing many parents , especially the ones who have kids over 2 different systems :?

how are the teachers are goin to manage?

[plum-cake]

janet_lee88:

Tinkerbelle:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]Read about it too. Sickening to be guinea pig...all the new stuff like interactive etc etc. Just to prove Singapore education system is always improving ?

All these new initiatives by MOE are harder to keep up with and I'm sure they are also confusing many parents , especially the ones who have kids over 2 different systems :?

Singapore education system changes very fast. Now 52% of young Singaporeans are speaking English at home...so it's harder for them to accept Chinese and speak this at home. Also, there are few babies esp Chinese. Thus there is a need to import more Chinese (young immigrants) here. Offtopic now, but how can Singaporeans possibly have more kids when education system is so demanding and costs of living so high.
If both parents working, who looks after the kids ? Not everyone has the luxury of grandparents...then ok hire a maid. But maid salary now increased to $450 a month. No guarantee they can work either. Back to square 1.[/quote] :salute:

[plum-cake]

Tinkerbelle:

Are your kids affected and will be sitting for PSLE in 2017?

I just did my math..... mine is in 2016. narrow esc.

[janet88]

It’s so damn scary and dumb to introduce this and that at P1…I’m still not used to the idea of ‘formative assessments’ instead of SA at P1/2. Govt wants more babies, so need to justify why more immigrants are required. Just look at the number of people on the road now…already so packed with 5 million people. Maybe election coming soon, so govt needs to ‘answer’ to Singaporeans…otherwise no need to give any reason.

[Tinkerbelle]

janet_lee88:

Singapore education system changes very fast. Now 52% of young Singaporeans are speaking English at home...so it's harder for them to accept Chinese and speak this at home. Also, there are few babies esp Chinese. Thus there is a need to import more Chinese (young immigrants) here. Offtopic now, but how can Singaporeans possibly have more kids when education system is so demanding and costs of living so high. If both parents working, who looks after the kids ? Not everyone has the luxury of grandparents...then ok hire a maid. But maid salary now increased to $450 a month. No guarantee they can work either. Back to square 1.

Yes, it seems like a trend among the younger generation to converse in English now. This seems to be the case for DD's sch anyway. When DD speaks Chinese, she sounds like a foreigner and her Chinese is a direct translation from English. :slapshead:

Definitely a challenge to have more kids in Singapore....with the rigorous academic workload, parents need to be very involved and can be physically draining if both parents work. If you outsouced, that equates to loads of $$$.

[Tinkerbelle]

plum-cake:

Tinkerbelle:

Are your kids affected and will be sitting for PSLE in 2017?

I just did my math..... mine is in 2016. narrow esc.

Lucky you.... :celebrate:

[janet88]

Tinkerbelle:

janet_lee88:

Singapore education system changes very fast. Now 52% of young Singaporeans are speaking English at home...so it's harder for them to accept Chinese and speak this at home. Also, there are few babies esp Chinese. Thus there is a need to import more Chinese (young immigrants) here. Offtopic now, but how can Singaporeans possibly have more kids when education system is so demanding and costs of living so high. If both parents working, who looks after the kids ? Not everyone has the luxury of grandparents...then ok hire a maid. But maid salary now increased to $450 a month. No guarantee they can work either. Back to square 1.

Yes, it seems like a trend among the younger generation to converse in English now. This seems to be the case for DD's sch anyway. When DD speaks Chinese, she sounds like a foreigner and her Chinese is a direct translation from English. :slapshead:

Definitely a challenge to have more kids in Singapore....with the rigorous academic workload, parents need to be very involved and can be physically draining if both parents work. If you outsouced, that equates to loads of $$$.

Mine simply keeps quiet when we speak to her in Mandarin. Can be very tiring conversing with my P1 gal.
Academic workload is no joke now. Parents have to be very involved. Even if outsource to tutors, they can play you out like maids.