Many students find this part of the paper tough. As with all components of the paper, you have to read, speak and write often to grasp the language.Still, lots of practices help too. The following questions are a tad tricky. Can you tell me the right answers? 1. Beauty couldn’t return home. She had to[…]
Chinese is a very interesting language. There are different pronunciations to the same word when used in different settings. For instance, 恐吓 is pronounced kong he. When 吓 is used to mean frightening someone, it’s read xia. Here are a list of words that are read differently when used as surnames. Remember them else it[…]
A little trivia- all the enquiries we received about classes and school work were from mothers except for one! This shows how mothers care for their children! (Of course, dads play a very important role too- afterthe mother’s enquiries, it is usually the fathers who send their kids to our classes!) We will like to[…]
Children, especially the Primary 1 and 2 kids, are very creative and may not have organised thoughts. A parent recently asked me how she can help her son because he tends to write whatever is in his mind for his composition and the story may go out of point. Our P1 and P2 students write[…]
Children, especially the Primary 1 and 2 kids, are very creative and may not have organised thoughts. A parent recently asked me how she can help her son because he tends to write whatever is in his mind for his composition and the story may go out of point. Our P1 and P2 students write[…]
Have you ever wondered this- why are we IN a car but ON a bus?To help you remember this in a more logical manner, try this: -We usually step up the bus, so we are ON it, right? -We don’t step up a car or a taxi, we get into them. So we are IN[…]
Thanks to my mother- for buying books for me when I was young and keeping them till today. I am going to read this book to my P1-2 kids this Saturday. Hope they like it as much as I did in 1988.
Was a couch potato when I was a kid. Now it’s starting to reap its rewards. I try to play games with my kids in class to get them interested in learning, especially for the P1-2s who may have a shorter concentration span. We’ve played games such as “wheel of fortune” and spelling bee. To[…]
This was from MOE’s Facebook, advising parents to speak good English in front of their kids. I have a point to add. Some parents pride themselves in speaking to their children in English. Little do they realize they are really teaching their kids Singlish. Speak the language you are good at. It can be English[…]
We are excited to announce the opening of our new English classes! From May 23, we will have English classes every Friday at Goldhill Plaza, next to United Square at Novena. Our class schedule is as below: 6:30-8pm P1-2 8pm-9:30pm P3-4 If you are interested in our classes, do register here http://studyroom.sg/registration/ and we will get[…]