Comparing English Enrichment Programmes

[mr_ding]

Hi ccgoh, thanks for sharing. Seems like a glowing review of TAS! I like to read about feedbacks and break them into chunks. Here's my take on your feedback of TAS in Bold text below... Please correct me if I am wrong.

ccgoh:

My kids are at TAS, I like them for the following reasons:

TEACHER QUALITY
1) Teachers know how to engage them, they come back from lessons motivated to read the storybook the teacher recommends or to learn something the teacher asks them to

MATERIAL QUALITY
2) good teaching methods, my kids start to like writing and compre because they are taught the tools to tackle these components

MATERIAL QUALITY
3) Clear grammar rules taught, my kids write down the grammar rules in white index cards and from what i have seen, they are very clear, it helps me to understand grammar better as well

CENTRE SERVICE
4) Teachers and admin staff like children, they always greet the children very happily and are interested to know more about our children

CENTRE SERVICE
5) They take our feedback seriously, I told them about the tables being too small for the new place for one class- the children sit on chairs with little tables attached. This week, when I went down, they had gotten long tables to replace them. They said they changed them because they agreed that it was too difficult for children to handles the small confined space. So while they may not change everything to suit a parent, if your feedback is valid, I think they will look into it.

Furthermore, is the place conveniently located? And most importantly, is it value-for-money?

Thanks for sharing again!

[mr_ding]

Beestar? Where is it located? Is it really good?

[Happy Mama]

British Council is a definite NO NO.

[mr_ding]

Happy Mama:

British Council is a definite NO NO.

Is it really that bad?

[Yong HL]

My daughter attended ICR from N2 to K1 and she was in the I Can Read Level Book 4 when we decided to drop. Reason for drop : We both found it a struggle just to read the passages. So no point i thought.


Then we signed her up British Council from K2 until now (P1). British Council is more of enrichment. So if you are looking for tuition, maybe BC is not that suitable. I am coaching my daughter english at home using assessment books via the structured approach while i let her attend BC just for general enrichment.

[Happy Mama]

mr_ding:

Happy Mama:

British Council is a definite NO NO.

Is it really that bad?

IMHO, the class size is too large; between 22 to 25 students in a class and the syllabus is totally not related to MOE.

[MMM]

Can’t comment for ICR. My kids did J&E for phonics. Solid program.


They were with BC for 2 years (P2 and P3). Just find that it’s not academic enough. This year, I swopped them to Lcentral and so far it appears to be alot more academic, grammar exercises, compre and compo,etc… can’t tell for exam results yet as they are only sitting for CA1 this wekk. But it’s definitely alot more academic as compared to BC.

I’ve another K2 with LW creative english. Helps with reading and her word recognition. But I intend to switch her to Lcentral in the near future.

[mummy_linda]

Hi Joe, thanks for sharing the tutor's number here. Called her on Monday night n spoke to her for an hr where she patiently answered all my questions. I am very lucky that she happen to have one free slot for p6 so my girl will start with her this week. She's got a website too http://www.littleinkpot.com

averagejoe:

E100:

Hi Joe, it's great! Are u remaining MIA? Appreciate your Effort of describing that capable tutor of yours but u don seems to share w all the eager parents.

Hi, so sorry for not replying earlier. Been a while since I last came here Her number is 94767770, nice lady to talk to. You can call her to find out more.

[Laughing]

Talking about ICR, I had very bad experience with them about 2 years ago. At the very 1st lesson for my 5 yrs old boy, the centre staff & teacher just insisted I leave him in their care but my boy was so frightened that he vomited! And you know what, the angmo immediately wanted me to bring him home and said that he was not ready. But she was the one who did the assessment and said that he was ready… :x


Anyway, I went back home and talked to my kid and accompanied him for the 1st 10 mins in the 2nd lesson. After that, he reluctantly joined the class for 2 years till last year Dec…

[Monster Mummy]

Laughing:

Talking about ICR, I had very bad experience with them about 2 years ago. At the very 1st lesson for my 5 yrs old boy, the centre staff & teacher just insisted I leave him in their care but my boy was so frightened that he vomited! And you know what, the angmo immediately wanted me to bring him home and said that he was not ready. But she was the one who did the assessment and said that he was ready... :x


Anyway, I went back home and talked to my kid and accompanied him for the 1st 10 mins in the 2nd lesson. After that, he reluctantly joined the class for 2 years till last year Dec...

So currently where did your son enrol?