Parents, not enrichment centres, are key to result

[kiddo]

Edureach:

If parents are unable to provide a conductive enviroment to the learning of CL, is best to avoid \"certain type\" of schools. That's my advice when parents asked me.


Enviroment is the single most important factor.

Yah lor Edureach-- the predominantly bery \"ang moh\" type of school
speak Englishe kuat kuat de.......read tonne of Lit .....but SG chinese kid doono why need to learn CL ..i dont blame them ...no environment
and encouragement to learn CL .

DH dont read CL, me CL given back to school after so many year
but was pleasantly surprised DS manage a A2 in CL in sec sch .... :?
so he now need to scrap HCL .....yap in a Chinese
environment school which definitely help a lot ...encourage
the child to appreciate the language and the reason to learn it because
fellow student are good in CL ...
A2 in CL according to DS is only 10% of class , most got A1 in CL

[wonderm]

Chenonceau:

ksi:

Chenon, Chinese standard is low to SAP schools learners and high to non-SAP school learners so I suppose HCL is supposed to make that differentiation of a higher competency student in Chinese and that one allows one to upgrade to a SAP school in sec or remain in a non-SAP school in sec.

Not quite getting you.

The same CL paper at PSLE is of low standard when done by SAP learners, but high when done by non-SAP learners? So, if DS is in a non-SAP school and doing badly in Chinese, he will do even worse in PSLE? If DS is in an SAP school and doing badly in Chinese, I needn't worry?

Something like that?

Cheon,
If I get your question correctly, my suggestion to you: take a look at your DS school's past PSLE performance in CL. The national % of A/A* for CL is around 80%. You can see if you should expect a more difficult or easier PSLE CL paper compared to what he is getting in school.

[Edureach]

kiddo:

Edureach:

If parents are unable to provide a conductive enviroment to the learning of CL, is best to avoid \"certain type\" of schools. That's my advice when parents asked me.


Enviroment is the single most important factor.

Yah lor Edureach-- the predominantly bery \"ang moh\" type of school
speak Englishe kuat kuat de.......read tonne of Lit .....but SG chinese kid doono why need to learn CL ..i dont blame them ...no environment
and encouragement to learn CL .

DH dont read CL, me CL given back to school after so many year
but was pleasantly surprised DS manage a A2 in CL in sec sch .... :?
so he now need to scrap HCL .....yap in a Chinese
environment school which definitely help a lot ...encourage
the child to appreciate the language and the reason to learn it because
fellow student are good in CL ...
A2 in CL according to DS is only 10% of class , most got A1 in CL

Good for your ds! If all ang mo pai parents were to think like you, the issue of CL being too difficult to handle shall disappear. Actually, i had picked up this advice from a chinese businessman years ago.

Vice versa, those from predominantly chinese speaking families must aim to get their kids to potatoes' schools. That's the way to go!

[Chenonceau]

wonderm:

Chenon,
If I get your question correctly, my suggestion to you: take a look at your DS school's past PSLE performance in CL. The national % of A/A* for CL is around 80%. You can see if you should expect a more difficult or easier PSLE CL paper compared to what he is getting in school.

The school won't tell. I emailed twice during the holidays to know how many students achieved above 250. Nothing. I insisted. Someone replied saying that the info will be shared with parents in January. Only 2 types of pass rates were shared. My guess is that the school did very badly in 2011 and didn't wanna invite comparisons (i.e., minimal information just to be able to say they've shared).

Unfortunately, I was too blur to keep track in previous years. Now, I am REALLY worried. But it's ok. We will try our best and whatever will be will be. However easy the school papers are... at the end of the day, it is still my son's competence alone that counts. So, I shall stop comparing and just focus on what he can and wants to do. We've been doing that for the past 12 months and it has worked fine because it keeps discouragement at bay. We do have SAP school papers to work on, and we will work on those.

Whatever will be will be. Thanks for your tip though...

[kiddo]

Edureach:

kiddo:

[quote=\"Edureach\"]If parents are unable to provide a conductive enviroment to the learning of CL, is best to avoid \"certain type\" of schools. That's my advice when parents asked me.


Enviroment is the single most important factor.

Yah lor Edureach-- the predominantly bery \"ang moh\" type of school
speak Englishe kuat kuat de.......read tonne of Lit .....but SG chinese kid doono why need to learn CL ..i dont blame them ...no environment
and encouragement to learn CL .

DH dont read CL, me CL given back to school after so many year
but was pleasantly surprised DS manage a A2 in CL in sec sch .... :?
so he now need to scrap HCL .....yap in a Chinese
environment school which definitely help a lot ...encourage
the child to appreciate the language and the reason to learn it because
fellow student are good in CL ...
A2 in CL according to DS is only 10% of class , most got A1 in CL

Good for your ds! If all ang mo pai parents were to think like you, the issue of CL being too difficult to handle shall disappear. Actually, i had picked up this advice from a chinese businessman years ago.

Vice versa, those from predominantly chinese speaking families must aim to get their kids to potatoes' schools. That's the way to go![/quote] :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
'Chee Na\" kid vs \"Kang Tang \" children

ds is a chee na kid that love to eat kang tang
so he is a 'chee na kan tang' then :hi5:

[Mychildren]

limlim,


(but for those families which both parents need to struggle to make ends meet.. teaching their kids may not be a viable option for them..)

Quoting what you had said above, it reminded me that there was one parent who told me that she cannot be SAHM because she needs to upkeep a car. One other parent's reason was she feels bore at home so need to work. Some can't stand their in laws so come out and work. It doesn't means that both parents work are due to making ends meet.

I'm also not against mother going out to work. As I would also like to join back the work society when my smallest one grows up.

[Chenonceau]

Mychildren:

Quoting what you had said above, it reminded me that there was one parent who told me that she cannot be SAHM because she needs to upkeep a car. One other parent reason was she feels bore at home so need to work. Some can't stand their in laws so come out and work. It doesn't means that both parents work are due to making ends meet.

I'm also not against mother going out to work. As I would also like to join back the work society when my smallest one grows up.

I guess the notion of \"enough money\" is a highly subjective one.

[limlim]

Mychildren:

limlim,


(but for those families which both parents need to struggle to make ends meet.. teaching their kids may not be a viable option for them..)

Quoting what you had said above, it reminded me that there was one parent who told me that she cannot be SAHM because she needs to upkeep a car. One other parent's reason was she feels bore at home so need to work. Some can't stand their in laws so come out and work. It doesn't means that both parents work are due to making ends meet.

I'm also not against mother going out to work. As I would also like to join back the work society when my smallest one grows up.

Just an example lah....

btw, you can actually use the quote button at the btm RHS of the post.. more convenient......

[jedamum]

kiddo:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:
'Chee Na\" kid vs \"Kang Tang \" children

ds is a chee na kid that love to eat kang tang
so he is a 'chee na kan tang' then :hi5:

kiddo,
my dss, chinese also half pail, english also half pail; both also need external help. because both parents also half pail for both languages. how ah? half and half make one whole also ma.

[Mychildren]

limlim,


Thanks. Never know that I can quote like that till now. I'm not observant. I actually used copy and paste that is Ctrl C and Ctrl V.
Laughing at myself.