British Council - Discussion

[en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg]

Hi


Try reading the Learning Lab thread. The start of the thread someone describe BC classes. BC class is a lot of play justl like MASC. The only difference is, in MASC the teacher do mark the kids work & BC do not.

I’m keen to hear if there are different feedback on BC from the ones I received in the Learning Lab thread.

[VooVoo]

EN:

Hi


Try reading the Learning Lab thread. The start of the thread someone describe BC classes. BC class is a lot of play justl like MASC. The only difference is, in MASC the teacher do mark the kids work & BC do not.

I'm keen to hear if there are different feedback on BC from the ones I received in the Learning Lab thread.

What's MASC? :oops:

[MMM]

EN:

Hi


I'm keen to hear if there are different feedback on BC from the ones I received in the Learning Lab thread.

Hi, yes sure hope to hear more about BC as that thread doesn't tell much except it is learn thru play? Which I personally think it is good if it is effective. It's boring if everything is done in a serious manner it will kill the interest.

[ChiefKiasu]

MMM:

EN:

Hi


I'm keen to hear if there are different feedback on BC from the ones I received in the Learning Lab thread.

Hi, yes sure hope to hear more about BC as that thread doesn't tell much except it is learn thru play? Which I personally think it is good if it is effective. It's boring if everything is done in a serious manner it will kill the interest.

Just like we want Beijing teachers to teach our children Chinese, do you know if BC provides real British teachers to teach English? That would be a real plus for me. Other than me having a fetish for the British accent, I guess there's nothing better than having a native teacher for teaching a language.

[en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg]

Hi VooVoo


MASC stands for Morris Allen Study Centre. The teachers are either Aussie, NZlander, Brit or American.

[VooVoo]

EN:

Hi VooVoo


MASC stands for Morris Allen Study Centre. The teachers are either Aussie, NZlander, Brit or American.

Thanks! From my reading of this thread...it seems that MASC is a little better than BC coz at least, your child's work is assessed? :roll:

[ashley]

ChiefKiasu:

MMM:

[quote=\"EN\"]Hi




Just like we want Beijing teachers to teach our children Chinese, do you know if BC provides real British teachers to teach English? That would be a real plus for me. Other than me having a fetish for the British accent, I guess there's nothing better than having a native teacher for teaching a language.

[/quote]I send my daughter to BC for a year and all the teachers there are foreign talents from british/ australia/ new zealand, etc. So far my girl enjoys herself tremendously. They also have spelling and creative writing. Overall I am a satisfy customers of BC. Highly recommend.

[MMM]

Hi Ashley,


Thanks for your response.

Just wanted to check if it is fun for the kids but yet does not neglect the academic aspect so they really learn english the fun way? I am looking for a english program that helps build on all aspect of english eg. grammatical rules, etc… as I believe that once that is done then can the creative writing be good. No point having ideas but unable to write properly to bring out the thots when it is plagued by wrong spelling or grammar errors.

Also, my son K2 currently is required to do a reading test for P1 prog next year. Any slightest idea what is required?

[MMM]

Wanted to share that I managed to catch up with a friend who is English HOD in a pri school about BC. She mentioned that some of her students from china attended BC and she saw significant improvement in them.

[Poonie]

TLL, BC, MASC etc. Wow! So tempted to send my kids to all these as they sound like very good classes for them but as I am a working mum I prefer to reserve weekends for bonding. On the other hand I would like to help my kids to up their grades but find it so difficult to find good home tutors (come and teach when I am at work). My kids started ballet when they were very young and lately I have been thinking of taking them out so that the same time slot can be used for academic stuff since their school work is more demanding now. After all the years of training I find it so difficult to ask them to quit. All the years of hardwork (on their part and mine; ferrying them around etc). I’m in such a dilemma! I think kids with SAHM are really lucky as they can have more exposure to more enrichment classes yet have lots of time left for bonding with mummy.