All About Finding & Evaluating Tutors
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Hi AdonciaTang,
A TEACHER with passion, inspires students and stimulates interest...that is a tough job for those who teach for as a job.
Honestly, if some of the admin work and non-core stuff like CCA activities are lessened, I believe our poor teachers will have more stamina.
MOE should ban moonlighting. -
SarChar:
does anyone have a good english tutor to recommend for my pri5? i prefer 1 to 1. we are in hougang area.
Dear SarChar,
You have a PM in your inbox.
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If I may offer some observations and suggestions.......creative English writing is not just about the language. Even teachers who are creative writers will find it hard to impart such a quality to students based on a several hours-a-week type of instruction. I have seen lesson materials for \"creative writing\" classes which are really passage after cliche-filled passage meant to be memorised and regurgitated come exam time. English is after all a tool we use to communicate, and to take in information with. It would be better in the long run for your child (who is still young enough) if he were to build up the habit of reading more, on his own. The key to that would be to surround him with English reading materials on matters and stories that are of interest to him (this may take some research and observation on your part) and, if distractions (the TV, computer games, etc) are a problem, to limit the availability of these distractions. If he takes to reading at least part of the time, in a year or two you should see marked improvement in most aspects of his English, and it would have been painless, and the critical life-skill of obtaining information from written material will have been learnt.
Oral English is a big problem for us: we just don't have the ideal environment for it. We adults speak adulterated English (even in parliament!!), and children pick it up. English teachers in school do their best, and then the science teachers undo it all (lol). Perhaps as a priority, you should get your child to first learn to speak grammatically, and worry about the enunciation later (opinions might differ on this). A tutor with strong verbal ability in this would be helpful.
Cheers -
agree…nowadays with the temptation fr. ipad,iphone,etc…i got the hard times to get my kid to pick up the books n read.
even his teacher encourages them to learn thru playing games.They were given few websites on learning multiplication table thru games.I don’t really like the idea,coz at the end,he was holding the multiplication table booklet n typed in the answers.Tried to get him to memorize but he was very reluctant.
where to find a tutor who could help to foster his interests in reading?i myself hv the prob to get him to sit still n read an interesting comic. Recently just fired his english tutor who made him copy the compo all the times. -
vinegar:
technology may not always be a good thing...when there was no such thing as ipad, iphone or PC (there was, but usage of it was not so dependent), we kids would pick up a book to read. now parents have to monitor kids' free time.agree....nowadays with the temptation fr. ipad,iphone,etc....i got the hard times to get my kid to pick up the books n read.
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vinegar,
i just pm u -
vinegar:
Copy the compo all the time? What a waste of your money :nunchuk:agree....nowadays with the temptation fr. ipad,iphone,etc....i got the hard times to get my kid to pick up the books n read.
even his teacher encourages them to learn thru playing games.They were given few websites on learning multiplication table thru games.I don't really like the idea,coz at the end,he was holding the multiplication table booklet n typed in the answers.Tried to get him to memorize but he was very reluctant.
where to find a tutor who could help to foster his interests in reading?i myself hv the prob to get him to sit still n read an interesting comic. Recently just fired his english tutor who made him copy the compo all the times.
I usually provide creative writing for my students (either from books or my own). The tutor should train their train of thought ie. do mindmaps and use relevant phrases. Encourage appropriately so that the kid will try to use the new phrases in their own piece of work. Cross reference when we come across similar topics to enhance learning, to consolidate and store in their memory. If you are interested to get a new tutor, do private message me. :celebrate: -
TheAnswer:
I have pm you. Tks.
Copy the compo all the time? What a waste of your money :nunchuk:vinegar:
agree....nowadays with the temptation fr. ipad,iphone,etc....i got the hard times to get my kid to pick up the books n read.
even his teacher encourages them to learn thru playing games.They were given few websites on learning multiplication table thru games.I don't really like the idea,coz at the end,he was holding the multiplication table booklet n typed in the answers.Tried to get him to memorize but he was very reluctant.
where to find a tutor who could help to foster his interests in reading?i myself hv the prob to get him to sit still n read an interesting comic. Recently just fired his english tutor who made him copy the compo all the times.
I usually provide creative writing for my students (either from books or my own). The tutor should train their train of thought ie. do mindmaps and use relevant phrases. Encourage appropriately so that the kid will try to use the new phrases in their own piece of work. Cross reference when we come across similar topics to enhance learning, to consolidate and store in their memory. If you are interested to get a new tutor, do private message me. :celebrate: -
Hi timtim,
I replied your pm. -
Maybe you could read to your child, or with your child. Pick up an article in the newspaper or magazine that contains issues that a child might be able to understand at least superficially, such as a piece of reporting on train breakdowns, or an article on the benefits of a particular food. Do it in small blocks of say, 30 minutes at the start. Read for a couple of minutes, then break up the monotony by stopping to discuss the text. Why did this happen? What do you think are the consequences? Do you agree with what the writer is saying? Why did the writer use this word, and not another? What is the other way you can spell this word? Where else have you seen this word? Can this particular idea be better expressed with a different sentence construction? Is that comma there really necessary?
Reading with your child can be fun, and it is a positive example for children of an age where imitating is a big part of learning.
cheers..:)
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