private tuition
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Herbie:
Herbie, is the tuition for your elder or younger kid? No lesson plan is just like consultancy to me :roll: Anyway, you know who to approach for Math/Physics (or special Math assignment) :evil:Everyone thanks for yr response.
at least i know it is not weird to ask for lesson plan.
I told my kid is just like u intend to fly to LA, the tutor ought to have to plan other how to fly to LA.
Btw, I just said bye bye to the tutor.
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Hi violin_lover
this tutoring is for the elder kid.
this tuition started cos we were asking for help for my kid on certain subjects from this girl who were knew very well.
And we tot she was merely helping for free and after 2 lessons she dropped us a bomb saying is chargeable. Anyway we re-negotiated the fees cos we think $40 per hr is very expensive
It does not have to be a lesson plan but at least an outline or tell me her plan on how she is guiding my kid. But she has no plan...
Ya, you are right on the maths project thingy.
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Herbie:
oh! keep this discussion going! i just engaged a Chinese tutor and it seems like she has no lesson plan too. It is more of a consultative tuition session because we want the tutor to focus on Q&A, inculcating interest in CL, compre, oral conversation and mainly compo. For parents with kids having chinese tutor, what sort of lesson plan should we look out for?I asked for lesson plan from a private tutor tutoring my kid and i was told there is no lesson plan. No worksheet nor notes. My kid just hv to ask questions.
Private tuition ought to hv lesson plan right? -
I do not expect a lesson plan from the private tutor and I dont think it is necessary. Tutors, especially those experience ones will find it a chore to write out the lesson plan. As long as my child understands the teaching and shows improvement, it is good enough. Tuition centres also do not give out the termly lesson plan when collecting our termly tuition fee.
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I think $40/hr is too expensive for an A level grad.
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Even though I have no experience with tutors, I would not expect my child’s tutor (in future if I engage one) to have any lesson plans. However, if he simply sits there and expects the student to come to him with the questions, I think there is also something very wrong. for the child may not even know what he does and doesn’t know. For a start, the teacher will need to find out the standard of the child, his weaknesses and his strength, then be able to zoom in to the areas that need most help to start off with. Perhaps asking for school work and past work with teachers’ markings would help identify the child standard. JMHO.
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Do we expect feedback or debrief every lesson, every month or wait to see results? How about homework?
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jedamum:
actually there is quite a bit of resources which can be purchased from Popular. having a good tutor will point to which book is good for which section of the syllabus
oh! keep this discussion going! i just engaged a Chinese tutor and it seems like she has no lesson plan too. It is more of a consultative tuition session because we want the tutor to focus on Q&A, inculcating interest in CL, compre, oral conversation and mainly compo. For parents with kids having chinese tutor, what sort of lesson plan should we look out for?Herbie:
I asked for lesson plan from a private tutor tutoring my kid and i was told there is no lesson plan. No worksheet nor notes. My kid just hv to ask questions.
Private tuition ought to hv lesson plan right?
some of the publishers are Xin Ya, Victoria, etc
good to read and add ideas and widen vocab and application of phrases ..... -
If I engage a one-to-one private tutor and he/she has pre-determined lesson plan, I will be worried. Super tutor who can manage wayward kids change their teaching method, tone, … after assessing and understanding the behaviour, attitude and weakness of his charge.
Super tutors are very rare endangered species. Do not confuse them with Super tuition centres, they are nothing special. They just get the top students and therefore can have good results. Tuition centres and school teachers also have lesson plans. Such plans cater to the general mass. Therefore, how can a good tutor has lesson plan without knowing the problem of the kid first??? -
jedamum:
Do we expect feedback or debrief every lesson, every month or wait to see results? How about homework?
not every week. good tutors / responsible tutors should debrief you at least once a month
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