All About Getting Help for Students Weak in English

[Funz]

With the way parents are guiding and teaching children and the way schools are accelerating academic skills, it is not surprising to find kids who are able to read and recognise words at an early age. However being able to read and understand the words does not necessarily mean the child can truly process the information that they are getting. Their emotional maturity may not be quite there yet to cope especially with heavy topics like war, famine, abuse, etc.


My 2 fellas were not early readers. They started only in late K1 but picked up very quickly from there. For me, I tend to want to preserve their rose tinted outlook and steer them away from heavy topics. DD is hyper emotional and will be very much affected by news of people hurt or dying, etc. Her anxiety shows up in the form of moodiness and nightmares and she will keep asking questions like will war come to singapore, etc. We had to take special care to explain the Japan quake to her when it happened. Now at 9yrs old, she is better able to process such information. DS who is 2 yrs younger is better able to cope with such information. He is able to detach facts from emotion and rationalise the information he is reading.

So it is very important to match the child’s emotional maturity as well as cognitive development when introducing reading materials. Especially when they are reading independantly.

[theconstellation]

Can anybody give me an example of the kind of books that a 6 year old should be reading?


For example, ORT Stage 7? Or some other book titles for me to have a general gauge of the level of difficulty that my daughter should be attempting now.

Thank you!

[lovinglife]

theconstellation:

Can anybody give me an example of the kind of books that a 6 year old should be reading?


For example, ORT Stage 7? Or some other book titles for me to have a general gauge of the level of difficulty that my daughter should be attempting now.

Thank you!

You might want to try Usborne Young Reading Series. It has Series 1, 2, and 3. Short chapter books with colourful illustration. Some shorter children classic written by Roald Dahl - Enormous Crocodile & The Minpins. Magic Tree House series is highly recommended too.

Btw, what is ORT? :oops:

[Imami]

ORT should be Oxford Reading Tree.

[zhang lao shi]

There are some workshop for teachers/ parents for compre, compo strategy, some named ‘compre strategy for weaker students’. Before you go, please take note that compre 阅读理解 is for pupils who can read阅读. If your child can read a passage, then I do have some effective techniques to recommend to you. If your child is very weak, P1P2 word also cannot recognize, then you should focus on the foundation, which is oral and listening, plus some reading of basic word ‘P1P2生字表’.

Please leave your questions here, I will try to answer.

[laughingcat]

May i know when will be the workshop?

[phtthp]

include me in the workshop

[Wishace]

Hi I am keen to know the workshop details too. My ds is taking his PSLE next year. Thks !

[HAPPYH]

zhang lao shi:

There are some workshop for teachers/ parents for compre, compo strategy, some named 'compre strategy for weaker students'. Before you go, please take note that compre 阅读理解 is for pupils who can read阅读. If your child can read a passage, then I do have some effective techniques to recommend to you. If your child is very weak, P1P2 word also cannot recognize, then you should focus on the foundation, which is oral and listening, plus some reading of basic word 'P1P2生字表'.

Please leave your questions here, I will try to answer.

Is this the Chinese compre workshop?

[coolbaby]

can provide more details about the workshop? when? where?

my son will be P2 next year.

Thanks!