janet_lee88:

Hi jumpety,

English is getting more difficult...when I compare between this year and last year's PSLE. Wonder if it has anything to do with dragon batch of kids.

If your daughter needs help, get tutor before they are unavailable. Once term starts, tutors will have tight schedule. March, June and Sep holidays are usually confirmed way in advance. After June, tutors do not take anymore students.

Hi, Janet_lee88!
In fact, we are trying to get one experienced English tutor for her but not able to get any good recommendation. Can anyone recommend a good English tutor? I'm staying in the east.Tks!

mummy so kiasu:

jumpety:

My P5 daughter failed badly for her English SA1 and SA2, esp her vocabulary sections. Is there a list of words that the students must knows? There are so many vocabulary assessment books and i don't know where to start from as there is not much time left. Can anyone help?tks!

Agree with happy heart, vocabulary can't be build over night. She needs to read more to expand her vocab. Since English paper consists of many components, she needs to depend on her compo, compre & oral to pull up her score. Make good use of the school holidays to pick up. All the best to your DD. :rahrah:

My daughter is not good in English generally and she did not do well for othere components too. I have asked her to read more storybooks these few days. Hopefully it helps. Tks!

Jennifer:

Happy Mama:

[quote=\"jumpety\"]My P5 daughter failed badly for her English SA1 and SA2, esp her vocabulary sections. Is there a list of words that the students must knows? There are so many vocabulary assessment books and i don't know where to start from as there is not much time left. Can anyone help?tks!

My only advice to you is to get her to read more books. It really helps.

I used to doubt when people keep telling me that reading is the only way to improve English. Now, I've seen the actual proof in its benefits. DD used to score 80s for her Eng but since she started reading intensively this year, her Eng has improved to 95 marks for this SA2. It is no overnight miracle. It took her 9 months to see the results.

By the way, DD is Pri 4 this year and going on to Pri 5 in 2013.

Other than reading books, it will be good to start on reading newspaper.[/quote]Tks all for the advice! My daughter seldom reads...sigh......

My P5 daughter failed badly for her English SA1 and SA2, esp her vocabulary sections. Is there a list of words that the students must knows? There are so many vocabulary assessment books and i don’t know where to start from as there is not much time left. Can anyone help?tks!

Hi, can PM me too! Tks so much!

Hi, can PM me too! Tks so much!