[PSLE MT] PSLE less weightage in Chinese / Mother Tongue
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as it is now the chn standard is already so low : compo only require 100 words! what kind of compo is this ? short message only, or just a long sms !!
pupils at P6 level should be able to write up to 500 to 1000 words -
I really think this is bad for the development of Chinese. Already a lot of people do not see the importance of learning the language, now it will be worse. Why spend so much time on a lower weightage subject? Singaporeans are pragmatic people, all of us will know how to maximise our returns for every hour spent.
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verykiasu2010:
need to combine some effort to present our views to the MOE on Chn ? I know some will shoot me down now .....lol
Please use this feedback form and send your comments to MOE.
http://www.moe.gov.sg/feedback/
I have written to them a few times on other matters, they do get the relevant officer to send a proper reply. We need thousands of parents to send in their comments in order for something to be done.
This is the best way to get our views heard. The gahmen do not care about comments in the internet forums. They want to hear comments from real people. -
BusyB:
The Indians in India consider themselves Indians. Many people (whose parents come from China) who grow up in Singapore, no longer consider themselves \"Chinese\". They consider themselves \"Singaporeans\", Chinese is a language that they can do without.
My friend from India was commenting that he didn't quite understand the fuss of learning Chinese. In India, they have the national Indian language of Hindi. In addition, they also have other languages used at other parts of India (just like our Chinese dialects) and most of them are fluent in 1 or more of these as well. No one objected to learning both English and Hindi and .....So, what is the issue of learning 2 languages?
I have many cousins who grew up in Malaysia, they cannot even read a word of Chinese. Although our grandparents come from China, many people have already forgotten their roots. -
As a parent, it doesn’t make any difference to me the weightage of Chinese in an exam. My daughter is learning Chinese for the language itself. No doubt with less weightage, there will be less stress on her as she spends an inordinate amount of time (70%) on that one subject alone. With less weightage, she can learn it at a more leisurely and enjoyable pace. I believe in the long run, because Chinese was not such a torture, it will bear fruits.
The PRC do well in English here because there is a total English immersion here. Try sending your child to China and you will see their Mandarin improve heaps. -
tamarind:
Totally agree. In effect, it is truly chhosing the best school for the child.
I think that one way is to stop using the combined aggregate score as a cut off point for entering the top schools. Students will be given their exact scores in each subject. Schools can pick the type of students that they want, for example, some schools may take those who are very good in English and Maths, and ignore Chinese. Other schools may take those who are very good in languages, and ignore Maths. Something like the admission to the different courses in polytechnics. Chinese is not required for most courses, and maths is not important for some courses. -
What is the best weighting for Maths and Science in the PSLE?
Mother tongue weighting in PSLE could be cut - SPH News ST Headlines 21/04/2010
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20100421-211509.html
Mother tongue weighting in PSLE could be cut - SPH News ST Headlines 21/04/2010
THE high weighting given to mother tongue languages in the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is now under review and could be reduced.
Education Minister Ng Eng Hen says his ministry is studying whether it is educationally sound for mother tongue language performance to count for so much at the Primary 6 level.
'The worry is whether it could exclude someone from progressing in his educational pathway even if he did well in other subjects,' said Dr Ng in an interview with The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao. -
James Ang:
This makes sense to students who are weak in MT but strong in math/sci. However, it would be unfair to students who are strong in MT and not math/sci-inclined. They will be greatly disadvantaged when it comes to sec 1 posting.Education Minister Ng Eng Hen says his ministry is studying whether it is educationally sound for mother tongue language performance to count for so much at the Primary 6 level.
'The worry is whether it could exclude someone from progressing in his educational pathway even if he did well in other subjects,' said Dr Ng in an interview with The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao.
Wouldn't it be fairer to have a system like L1R5 ? That is, student can choose to place the lower weightage on either mother tongue or math/sci, depending on his weak area. -
Is there a avenue that we can get our feedback to the MOE/ the Minister in charge on this issue ?
We are already losing our dialect speaking ability in our kiddos… Are we going to lose Chinese too? :!: -
Will this affect only Chinese or other MT as well? As I’ve seen many new initiatives taken to help the Chinese ppls with their Chinese lang in sch but not much being done to other MT.
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