P1 Chinese - General Discussion

[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.

[KoalaMummy]

Daddy

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......

I wonder if it mean that textbooks would be different too? can't use pass-it down :?

[Tinkerbelle]

KoalaMummy:

Daddy

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......

I wonder if it mean that textbooks would be different too? can't use pass-it down :?

Ya, not sure if textbooks will also change. Will have to wait and see. But somehow, I've a nagging suspicion that they will change the textbooks to tie in with the changes.

[janet88]

My daughter in P1 will be the last batch to use the existing textbooks until P6…she is a 04 child.

[KoalaMummy]

janet_lee88:

My daughter in P1 will be the last batch to use the existing textbooks until P6...she is a 04 child.

u so lucky. now i have to buy all brand new books for my ds3 next year...

[Vevey]

KoalaMummy:

janet_lee88:

My daughter in P1 will be the last batch to use the existing textbooks until P6...she is a 04 child.

u so lucky. now i have to buy all brand new books for my ds3 next year...

At least he gets to study the new syllabus! :celebrate:

I hope DS1 who is in P2 now will not hv a problem when taking the new sec sch syllabus.

[janet88]

KoalaMummy:

janet_lee88:

My daughter in P1 will be the last batch to use the existing textbooks until P6...she is a 04 child.

u so lucky. now i have to buy all brand new books for my ds3 next year...

I have to buy new books for her anyway....studying in diff school from older boy, and so using different textbooks. Next year also no textbook for English. I'm an advocate of textbooks, even if it sucks.

[plum-cake]

janet_lee88:

KoalaMummy:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]My daughter in P1 will be the last batch to use the existing textbooks until P6...she is a 04 child.

u so lucky. now i have to buy all brand new books for my ds3 next year...

I have to buy new books for her anyway....studying in diff school from older boy, and so using different textbooks. Next year also no textbook for English. I'm an advocate of textbooks, even if it sucks .[/quote] :salute:

[janet88]

My son used 'My Pals Are Here' English since P1...vocab and grammar to be tested is not obviously shown...worse for Vocab, for eg animals and their young. But at least I know what is taught in Chap 1, 2, 3 etc. For P1s now, I have no idea what she is doing in school, other than waiting for her worksheets to be returned when she is done.

[plum-cake]

janet_lee88:

My son used 'My Pals Are Here' English since P1...vocab and grammar to be tested is not obviously shown...worse for Vocab, for eg animals and their young. But at least I know what is taught in Chap 1, 2, 3 etc. For P1s now, I have no idea what she is doing in school, other than waiting for her worksheets to be returned when she is done.

How often they return the worksheets? ask her to write a note in her diary every day.... I am still training her to write. :stupid: For all the subjects which have books she have to write the page number in her diary. and for english she has to tell me soon after she step in the house. other wise she will forget and will tell me next day morning while waiting for the school van. it happens to me all the time.