Q&A - P3 English

[optimistforum]

Hi Janet_lees88


I need your help, please.

If I cannot get my son to read, enoy the task and absorh what he has learned, is there any value in letting him carry on with teh EPH Complete Practice in Vocab, Comprehension, Grammar and Cloze. He learns words and reading this way. Is this some form of adequate fall-back? Please advise?

[optimistforum]

optimistforum:

Hi Janet_lees88


I need your help, please.

If I cannot get my son to read, enoy the task and absorh what he has learned, is there any value in letting him carry on with teh EPH Complete Practice in Vocab, Comprehension, Grammar and Cloze. He learns words and reading this way. Is this some form of adequate fall-back? Please advise?

If Janet_lees88 cannot reply, can anyone else answer my post, please? Anyone!!!!

[Zack7]

optimistforum:

optimistforum:

Hi Janet_lees88


I need your help, please.

If I cannot get my son to read, enoy the task and absorh what he has learned, is there any value in letting him carry on with teh EPH Complete Practice in Vocab, Comprehension, Grammar and Cloze. He learns words and reading this way. Is this some form of adequate fall-back? Please advise?

If Janet_lees88 cannot reply, can anyone else answer my post, please? Anyone!!!!

there is no such thing as a one method fit all in learning... especially in languages

language is best learnt from speaking more, listening more and reading more.

most importantly it is listening more.

and i think normally what the school teaches is enough.

i don't know what is the complete practice blah blah, but if you find that it is not working, then it is advisable to try another method

[laughingcat]

Hi Optimisforum,


Janet is always at the English Assessment Section http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=20447

I am sure you can reach her over there. My advise to your query......is difficult. If your child still can't read and comprehend what he has read, it is really pointless for him to continue the \"EPH Complete Practice in Vocab, Comprehension, Grammar and Cloze\" or any other book. The best forward is to read alot of story books.

Have you verified with him why he didn't like to read?

[optimistforum]

laughingcat:

Hi Optimisforum,


Janet is always at the English Assessment Section http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=20447

I am sure you can reach her over there. My advise to your query......is difficult. If your child still can't read and comprehend what he has read, it is really pointless for him to continue the \"EPH Complete Practice in Vocab, Comprehension, Grammar and Cloze\" or any other book. The best forward is to read alot of story books.

Have you verified with him why he didn't like to read?

Good morning LaughingCat

I hope you are well. It is a long time since we have spoken on here.

DS1 sneers at reading but loves comprehension (MCQ and OE), as well cloze, but comprehension is my covert way of getting him to read. He struggles with wordy maths problems, which I put down to a lack of reading. I therefore play to his strengths as he enjoys the assessment books - as this bilds up vocab and comprehension.

As for reading material, I have bought him wrestling magazines as children like him, are into that. Oh well! I shall keep trying...... :xedfingers:

[CMF]

Hi Optimistforum


How I got my kids into the habit of reading, was to initially introduce them to books that featured their areas of interest, eg. ballet, dancing, animals, dinosaurs, magical creatures, myths & legends etc.

So if your child is interested in wrestling, you can try looking for books that has a wrestling theme, eg. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_n_feature_five_bro_mrr_2?rh=n%3A283155%2Cn%3A%211000%2Cn%3A4%2Ck%3AWrestling%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A2579000011&bbn=4&keywords=Wrestling&ie=UTF8&qid=1333866678&rnid=2245026011

Also, if a book has a movie / cartoon, you can watch the movie first and then encourage reading the book thereafter, eg. Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter, Spiderwick Chronicles, Charlotte's Web, Babe etc.

All kids are different, as to what will work for them, have to keep trying until something clicks. Good luck!

[laughingcat]

Hello optimistforum,


Yes. It's been quite awhile since we last spoke.

My boys loves to read and it is all about mysteries and fantasy. Sometimes the story books carry some riddles. I guess he likes to read is because initially i read with him.

I guess this kind of story books are better as they encourage you to think further and solving the riddles. In a way, it encourage you to comprehend the books. Perhaps both yourself and the child read the same books so that both of you can have a common topic and hence encourage reading. That is my humble opinion.

Anyway, keep trying. :rahrah:

[shurley197323]

Pls help.


The plate is empty. She __________ my cake.

(1) has eaten (2) had eaten

The sentence is in present tense, should use (1) but still already eaten,my DS said should be past tense ??

[Always21]

I believe it is had eaten as the food is gone, eaten up.

[tianzhu]

shurley197323:

Pls help.


The plate is empty. She __________ my cake.

(1) has eaten (2) had eaten

The sentence is in present tense, should use (1) but still already eaten,my DS said should be past tense ??

Hi

Good Morning.

I am more inclined to use the Present Perfect Tense.

My choice is (1) has eaten.

We use the Present Tense to show a connection to the present.The action was done in an unspecified time.

Please have a look at this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoKaCxPxXhw&feature=related

Best wishes