Exam Preparation

[vinegar]

yeomaylin:

My DS is the opposite of your son. She is ok with Eng Compo (but still have to work hard on the sequence and flow), she is totally 'gone case' in Chinese Compo. Simply can't understand what she is writing. She just merely translate the Eng phrases into Chinese phrases directly! Eg mother's advice fell on deaf ears can be written to 妈妈的劝告掉进耳聋。 :slapshead: so I told her to just memorise Chinese phrases. I know it's not an effective way of learning but I'm left with no choice. have sent her for Chinese tuition but not much improvement. She doesn't listen much when I teach, maybe I nag her too much and she become Bo-chap :boogie: anybody can help to introduce a passionate Chinese tutor to help her. She is in P5 this yr and I'm so worry her Chinese will pull her overall score down.

My ds wasn't doing very well in his chinese till P2,coz his tuition teacher was good.She constantly gave me comments n guidance,so we worked hand in hand to spot n improve his weakness.

However,his current tuition teacher(p3) is so-so only.....luckily,his school teacher is good .So all abt luck.

[Thetrees123]

yeomaylin:

vinegar:

:thankyou: thanks for all ur advices


i included the examples for the phrases. Both the tutor n me went thru the phrases with him.

Perhaps he nid more practise.He dislikes writing english compo.It was a struggle to get him to start writing.Even he is willing,he wanna see the \"answer\" for compo 1st.

He is ok with chinese compo writing,coz he attends the chinese writing tuition.

My DS is the opposite of your son. She is ok with Eng Compo (but still have to work hard on the sequence and flow), she is totally 'gone case' in Chinese Compo. Simply can't understand what she is writing. She just merely translate the Eng phrases into Chinese phrases directly! Eg mother's advice fell on deaf ears can be written to 妈妈的劝告掉进耳聋。 :slapshead: so I told her to just memorise Chinese phrases. I know it's not an effective way of learning but I'm left with no choice. have sent her for Chinese tuition but not much improvement. She doesn't listen much when I teach, maybe I nag her too much and she become Bo-chap :boogie: anybody can help to introduce a passionate Chinese tutor to help her. She is in P5 this yr and I'm so worry her Chinese will pull her overall score down.

写作时，孩子可以先从简单的句子着手，不必无时无刻都动用好词好句。比如mother's advice fell on deaf ears 可以写成不听妈妈的劝告。
过一段时间，孩子信心大增后，再学好词好句，比如妈妈苦口婆心地劝我远离电脑游戏，我却把她的话当耳边风。
写作必须循序渐进，一步一步来，急不得。

[vinegar]

写作时，孩子可以先从简单的句子着手，不必无时无刻都动用好词好句。比如mother's advice fell on deaf ears 可以写成不听妈妈的劝告。

过一段时间，孩子信心大增后，再学好词好句，比如妈妈苦口婆心地劝我远离电脑游戏，我却把她的话当耳边风。
写作必须循序渐进，一步一步来，急不得。[/quote]

:thankyou:

[Giggler1]

vinegar, I just give up and engage a tutor recently. I really can’t teach my dd, I don’t know how to explain in a way that she understands and most impt I don’t have the impatient with her. Sigh…

[ngl2010]

My son is stubborn and does not want to use my methods when solving Maths problem sums. So, I usually race with him. If he is faster than me in solving a problem sum, he can use his method. If he is slower than me in solving a problem sum then he must use my method. Fair.

[Funz]

ngl2010:

My son is stubborn and does not want to use my methods when solving Maths problem sums. So, I usually race with him. If he is faster than me in solving a problem sum, he can use his method. If he is slower than me in solving a problem sum then he must use my method. Fair.

My kids will cry foul.

You son's math capability must be pretty high for it to be anywhere near a fair fight.

[ngl2010]

Funz:

ngl2010:

My son is stubborn and does not want to use my methods when solving Maths problem sums. So, I usually race with him. If he is faster than me in solving a problem sum, he can use his method. If he is slower than me in solving a problem sum then he must use my method. Fair.

My kids will cry foul.

You son's math capability must be pretty high for it to be anywhere near a fair fight.

I think his Maths teacher is a very good teacher. My son told me that he is only average in his class. Some kids are really fast.

I am still thinking how to motivate my son on daily basis like what you did :?

[TheAnswer]

vinegar:

i feel getting the right tutor is crucial. I am amazed with TheAnswer suggestions.My ds's english tutor keeps feeding him creative phrases yet he couldn't even able to write a good flow of compo with proper grammar n sentence structure.


My suggestions are simple and effective (on long term basis). It can be done by any parent. There is no point if I share something that can only be done by teachers or tutors. Like it or not, all parents must develop basic skills to help their kids.

I'm not sure why but I have an influx of PMs (from early this year until today) asking to reserve slots for next year or if I still have time for new students :faint: I have rejected all kind offers by parents. If I have time, I will share on the forum the techniques which I find effective.

while i highlighted to her several times that a good foundation of grammar n sentence structure r impt,she seems to disagree n comment these could be taught along the way.

Hence,she keeps teaching him compo without building his foundation.My DH said this doesn't look the right way to teach.

I've to tidy up the big mess(files,papers,books)that she left on the desk.I've to re-organize the teaching materials she gave to my DH n put it in a proper order n file.

Don't know how many times I hv shown her on exam schedule n syllabus.Perhaps she has too many students so she couldn't remember,or she simply doesn't hv commitment.

She should have a notebook to record all the exam dates for all her students, all the topics for each student, what she has covered during the lesson and what she plans to do during the next lesson.

Yet,i've to put up on her until i find a proper tuition centre,after SA1..

[TheAnswer]

ngl2010:

My son is stubborn and does not want to use my methods when solving Maths problem sums. So, I usually race with him. If he is faster than me in solving a problem sum, he can use his method. If he is slower than me in solving a problem sum then he must use my method. Fair.

My boy will not dare to challenge/race with me
He will claim that it isn't a fair game

[vinegar]

TheAnswer,

thanks for the tips. Personally,i find her very disorganized.Drinks n food i offered her,drink on the left side,plate on top of the shelf.Of course,i don’t mind to tidy up if she is able to assist my ds to improve his english writing skill.

I don’t even think abt "Creative" writing,so long he could produce compo with good sentence structure n flow,i am contented.