All About Getting Help for Students Weak in English
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Anna Ng:
Dear Anna,Dear hquek and ChiefKiasu:
Really appreciated your advice. My DS only scored 24/40 for his CA1 paper 2... as we are non English speaking family, i am quite worry his marks will keep on dropping ---
Do you think keep on doing those past year questions papers will help?
If I recall, your DS is probably in P2 or P3 now? Doing past year questions is useful for comprehension. For grammar, it can help somewhat, but it may also turn off your kid as the whole thing becomes a chore.
It is better to think of the past year papers as diagnostic tools rather than for learning new knowledge. They are helpful to test if your DS already knows certain facts, and less useful for building up this knowledge. Keep in mind also that the answers provided by some of these past year exams can be notoriously inaccurate. It is better you introduce your DS to sample compositions if you want to have a \"quick fix\". -
dear Chiefkiasu:
My boy in P4 now ---- thanks for your advice. I may need to see his English teacher to find out some solution also — cheer ! -
clap clap…Chief’s advice is really sound. Actually DS1’s chinese teacher ever told me to do that with him (his chinese not that powerful)- ie after reading a story, discuss with him to get him to think about it, think about the characters - are they right/wrong, why? keep asking questions about what was read etc. Doing so will help ensure the child understands what was read, and also develop critical thinking and if he can start thinking creatively, I’m sure that will help.
All the best for your child Anna! -
thanks thanks thanks
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Dear all, My DS is in P1 now. He could not express himself very clearly. For example: when teacher asked him, how was your March school holidays, he said "don’t know". What can i do?
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Green-apple:
Dear all, My DS is in P1 now. He could not express himself very clearly. For example: when teacher asked him, how was your March school holidays, he said \"don't know\". What can i do?
Dear Green-apple,
\"I don't know\" could mean many things:
1) I forgot what happened during the March holidays
2) I remember what happened, but don't know how to put it in words
3) I can't be bothered to tell you what happened.
If it is (1), you can improve this by asking him to keep a diary, or simply asking him how is his day regularly, to get him into the habit of recalling and internalising his experiences.
If it is (2), it is a language issue, and you can encourage him to read more, and speak with him regularly with proper English.
If it is (3), it is an attitude problem. You will need to apply your parenting skills here. -
Green apple,
Yours is a year end kid?
My year end p1 also usually say I forget, every time I ask him what he did in school today. I had to ask specific stuff like, what you eat, did you play catching, what you play during pe, etc.
Teachers should not ask too generic questions and expect him to answer. My boy teacher asked what activity they do during holiday. My boy said he didn't know how to answer in chinese, so he gave sound effects.
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jedamum:
My DD also year-end jedababe...Green apple,
Yours is a year end kid?
My year end p1 also usually say I forget, every time I ask him what he did in school today. I had to ask specific stuff like, what you eat, did you play catching, what you play during pe, etc.
Teachers should not ask too generic questions and expect him to answer. My boy teacher asked what activity they do during holiday. My boy said he didn't know how to answer in chinese, so he gave sound effects.
Chubs is too. Furthest end some more.
I'd like to think that this should not be a main factor for any shortcomings, if any. :grphug:
DD never gave me any trouble in school or her school work especially in lower primary. Of course having fabulous teachers helped. A bonus in fact. But being a year-end kid didn't see her losing out in any area cept that she's on the small size, physically. Apart from that, her performance was noticeably better than her elder sister. -
Buds,
Yours is dd.
Mine is ds.
I stand to believe most, not all, dds are maturing faster than boys.
Not all year end kids are disadvantaged, but they did indeed lose out when others already 7year old, they just celebrated their 6yo birthday not long ago.
You sort of home school yours too la. Cannot compare to us common folks.
Mine year end one, vocabulary and math and chinese word recognition is more powerful than ds1 at the same age. But can't converse well. Still baby baby. -
my dd2 had this problem in kindy.then i always asked and told her if she told teacher i would buy a present for her.then she started to tell teacher even t didn’t ask.i think the reason was she can’t recall that means she didn’t involved in the activity.thanks her kindy mt teacher.she only worried for this matter.i didn’t take this seriously.i thought she was shy.actually i annoyed by the teacher,but later i realised how much important skill this one.finally i thanked her for insisted her.
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