PSLE Oral Examination ----- 20/21 August 2009

[leow3333]

Hi, We seek parents whose child attended the PSLE Oral test to share any concern on the topic of the oral, "huan song wang lao shi".


This oral standard is higher than the first day’s. Besides, the picture is not clear, and the word, "Huan song" is higher standard of chinese, and not many students are aware of that.

This second day chinese oral test will affect the student PSLE result badly as compared with the first day’s.

Kindly share your thought and we do hope that MOE can look into that.

Thanks.

[lwm99]

"huan song" you mean 欢送? I thought that is P1/P2 Chinese?

[schellen]

lwm99:

\"huan song\" you mean 欢送? I thought that is P1/P2 Chinese?

I think P1/P2 can read the words but most students (even at higher levels) probably don't know what it means. I can't blame them since as an adult, I've hardly come across it in use too.

[turquoise]

Should we consider writing in to MOE to express our concern over the discrepancy in standards between the first and second day’s Chinese oral?

[Merlion]

I do agree that there is a different in standard for the first and second day’s Chinese oral exam. BUT I still think that a P6 student should know the meaning of 欢送.

I believed the MOE already knew about the matter. It was reported on Monday chinese evening newspaper.

[turquoise]

Merlion:

I do agree that there is a different in standard for the first and second day's Chinese oral exam. BUT I still think that a P6 student should know the meaning of 欢送.

I believed the MOE already knew about the matter. It was reported on Monday chinese evening newspaper.

Do you have a link to the newspaper? What did the report say?

[Merlion]

Sorry, I do not have the link. It is a simple report that parents are concerned about the chinese oral exam. The reporter already called up MOE to let them know about the issue. Of course, MOE has no reply on this matter yet. But they are aware of this by now.

[.011810 me]

yes , my daughter forgot and said it was teacher’s birthday ! may i know if anyone knows how many marks will be minused for that ? aiyo , its a waste eh …

[mathsparks]

My son also said it was a teacher's birthday celebration. In his 6 years of primary school, they've never had a teacher farewell party. So it's not a fair oral. Kids were told that only common, everyday scenarios would be tested..MRT, taxi stand, bus stop, void deck, food court, parks, shopping malls, schools, birthday parties...But teacher's farewell party???


Haiz. I even brought him to the wet market..just in case.

[JiakRoTi]

[quote]yes , my daughter forgot and said it was teacher's birthday ! may i know if anyone knows how many marks will be minused for that ? aiyo , its a waste eh ..[/quote]
I took my PSLE Chinese oral on the second day too. I said Teacher's Day :stupid: , not having a clue what ''huan song'' was, I actually thought it was something like welcome. If your examiner was lenient should have minused about 5 marks. (Chinese teacher told)But, if the examiner was strict, then try to score well for written paper and composition.

Anyways, in my opinion, the score for chinese should be pulled down as many students have misinterpreted the picture. As for the pupils that took oral on the 1st day, they should be scoring slightly higher. 70% of hard work and 30% of luck is needed to score well, apparently lady luck was not on our side.

Life is unfair. Face it. :lol:(Still hope MOE will do something about this, though.)