2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[Chenonceau]

Pen88n:

DS as usual came back with unsatisfactory EL and CL results. A handful of mistakes due to carelessness, but mostly overall can see language foundation not exactly there.


Anyone has any effective way to try to improve languages from now till PSLE? I know time is short and it is not easy to see results for languages in a short time, but I am hoping for some tips on how to improve certain sections of the EL or CL paper to assist to pull up the overall marks. Thanks in advance for the sharing.

Is your son in P5? If so, maybe can try memorizing compo using digital audio tracks+ glossary list+ printed text? My son's compo grades went from 8/20 to 16/20 from November 2010 till now. His teacher can't believe it. He has memorized 19 compos and writes an average of 1 compo in 2 weeks.

I also get grandma to read 3 newspaper articles with him everyday.

[Leanne]

Hi Pen88n,


Go through the paper and find out which section he is weaker and zoom in from there.

For mcq kind of questions, practise more.As it it , practise make perfect.

Cheers
Leanne

Pen88n:

DS as usual came back with unsatisfactory EL and CL results. A handful of mistakes due to carelessness, but mostly overall can see language foundation not exactly there.

Anyone has any effective way to try to improve languages from now till PSLE? I know time is short and it is not easy to see results for languages in a short time, but I am hoping for some tips on how to improve certain sections of the EL or CL paper to assist to pull up the overall marks. Thanks in advance for the sharing.

[wkong]

Hi Pen88n,


Yes, I agreed with Leanne. This is how I have been working on my DS and DD.

If you are unsure where and how to start with, what I normally do is have a discussion with the teachers and see how he/she going to work on those area he is weak on. Then you can also do your part as a parent to re-enforce it. I always believe it takes 2 hands to clap. (teachers and parents)

Hopes that helps.

-wkong

Leanne:

Hi Pen88n,

Go through the paper and find out which section he is weaker and zoom in from there.

For mcq kind of questions, practise more.As it it , practise make perfect.

Cheers
Leanne

Pen88n:

DS as usual came back with unsatisfactory EL and CL results. A handful of mistakes due to carelessness, but mostly overall can see language foundation not exactly there.

Anyone has any effective way to try to improve languages from now till PSLE? I know time is short and it is not easy to see results for languages in a short time, but I am hoping for some tips on how to improve certain sections of the EL or CL paper to assist to pull up the overall marks. Thanks in advance for the sharing.

[Leanne]

Hello KS parents,


How do you"handle"mistakes that are being make in math past year papers?

Do u go through it and "cold storage "it?How do you ensure your child already how to do it?

Cheers
Leanne

[Mum1113]

Leanne:

Hi Brenda and mum1113,


Thanks for all the encouragement.

Yes, will work on mcq.DS stronger area is compre, compo and oral.I dont know why.


Regards,
Leanne

Hi Leanne
You are very Fortunate !
MCQ is only 20m compared to the rest of the components. To improve on mcq, at times ds will practise 'common sense' when face with tricky options. Of course NOT the best prove, BUT it works for ds cos his CL just 'not there' to fully understand the full meaning of the sentence structure, however once I start reading to him, straight away he can answer the qn. So it's a question of foundation.

Curious how does your ds perform well on compre, compo and oral part ?

[Leanne]

Hi Mum1113,


We did lotsa practise on the heavy components.

Write compo , do compre, oral very regularly.As it is practise make perfect....we forgot to focus on close passage this time.

rgds
Leanne

Mum1113:

Leanne:

Hi Brenda and mum1113,

Thanks for all the encouragement.

Yes, will work on mcq.DS stronger area is compre, compo and oral.I dont know why.


Regards,
Leanne

Hi Leanne
You are very Fortunate !
MCQ is only 20m compared to the rest of the components. To improve on mcq, at times ds will practise 'common sense' when face with tricky options. Of course NOT the best prove, BUT it works for ds cos his CL just 'not there' to fully understand the full meaning of the sentence structure, however once I start reading to him, straight away he can answer the qn. So it's a question of foundation.

Curious how does your ds perform well on compre, compo and oral part ?

[Mum1113]

Leanne:

Hi Mum1113,


We did lotsa practise on the heavy components.

Write compo , do compre, oral very regularly.As it is practise make perfect....we forgot to focus on close passage this time.

rgds
Leanne

Correct, practise makes perfect...

[phankao]

Chenonceau:

Pen88n:

DS as usual came back with unsatisfactory EL and CL results. A handful of mistakes due to carelessness, but mostly overall can see language foundation not exactly there.


Anyone has any effective way to try to improve languages from now till PSLE? I know time is short and it is not easy to see results for languages in a short time, but I am hoping for some tips on how to improve certain sections of the EL or CL paper to assist to pull up the overall marks. Thanks in advance for the sharing.

Is your son in P5? If so, maybe can try memorizing compo using digital audio tracks+ glossary list+ printed text? My son's compo grades went from 8/20 to 16/20 from November 2010 till now. His teacher can't believe it. He has memorized 19 compos and writes an average of 1 compo in 2 weeks.

I also get grandma to read 3 newspaper articles with him everyday.

Where do you get digital audio tracks?

[Mum1113]

Pen88n:

DS as usual came back with unsatisfactory EL and CL results. A handful of mistakes due to carelessness, but mostly overall can see language foundation not exactly there.


Anyone has any effective way to try to improve languages from now till PSLE? I know time is short and it is not easy to see results for languages in a short time, but I am hoping for some tips on how to improve certain sections of the EL or CL paper to assist to pull up the overall marks. Thanks in advance for the sharing.

To remove careless mistakes is always something what we parents HOPE the kids will ultimately learn and reduce to the minimum.

[janet88]

Mum1113:

Leanne:

Hi Mum1113,


We did lotsa practise on the heavy components.

Write compo , do compre, oral very regularly.As it is practise make perfect....we forgot to focus on close passage this time.

rgds
Leanne

Correct, practise makes perfect...

I have a problem with son too.
Need to do intensive work with him.
You mentioned writing compo and doing oral regularly...what reference book do you use ? I'm planning to get my son to write a compo every week and also work on his oral from now till SA1. If I squeeze in compo and oral, something has to give but I don't know which area
Comprehension, cloze, synthesis are all crucial