How were you taught English?
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the only way to really improve is by reading and speaking as much as one can.
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I grew up speaking the language at home. Believe me when I say that my favourite reading material when I was 7 was the weekly Dinosaurs magazine.
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my younger sister could 'read' at the age of one.
i used to read this certain book out loud soooo often that my sister could memorize the first 5 sentences... -
icicOriginally posted by elindra:Oh but Heng Heng, I saw that thread that was why I posted that. -
im not debating at this point. im raping him like the allies raped berlinOriginally posted by laurence82:i dont know, but debating with someone in sgforums is akin to banging your head at the wall
you can beg the other guy to present his points, but he rather go into personal attacks and utter some other random gibberish
and i dont like people to use analogies, not because analogies are bad, but because they couldnt handle it -
Hmm I was from a Chinese speaking family but went to a missionary primary school with an angmo principal and foreign nuns and all that
So the whole environment was conducive to learning the language. But yeah, reading a lot and enjoying it helps.
Currently with my school kids (nursery level), I teach sight reading more than phonics cos phonics confuses them, especially when they don't know their alphabet very well yet!! -
For my GP paper, all I wrote about was how I'd decorate my future house. For that I got an A1.Originally posted by HENG@:simple. whatever it is that singapore gp tutors teach.
personally i think all that crap about having to examine both sides of the argument is wrong. if u have a stand, make it clear, give your reasons, refute whatever counter arguments are in existance. above all, argue with passion, and write about a cause or a stand u truely believe in.
doesn't hurt to develop a slightly personalised style of writing. imagine the marker having to read thru a few thousand singaporean students all writing in the same bland asian way. if im them i also make sure u all dun do well enuf to ever come near UK. -
Like my salesman uncle once told me: If you can't convince, you confuse. If you can't confuse, you con. And my own addition: If you't can't con, you cuss.Originally posted by elindra:
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Re: Phonics. I tend to agree with you. To this day, my son's spelling skills aren't so good.Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:Hmm I was from a Chinese speaking family but went to a missionary primary school with an angmo principal and foreign nuns and all that
So the whole environment was conducive to learning the language. But yeah, reading a lot and enjoying it helps.
Currently with my school kids (nursery level), I teach sight reading more than phonics cos phonics confuses them, especially when they don't know their alphabet very well yet!!
I used to teach preschool too!
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Originally posted by jetta:For my GP paper, all I wrote about was how I'd decorate my future house. For that I got an A1.
i think i wrote about Ayrton Senna -
Originally posted by jetta:For my GP paper, all I wrote about was how I'd decorate my future house. For that I got an A1.
I wrote about computer games and their impact on society. v -
I think I condemned Lee Kuan Yew's policies
Teacher wasnt too happy with my writing style -
Originally posted by laurence82:I think I condemned Lee Kuan Yew's policies
Teacher wasnt too happy with my writing style
probably an ISD agent, u neber know -
i probably screwed up my comprehension.. i have difficulty getting more than 20 out of 50 for that bit
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If the topic had been about Cowboy Bebop, you'd have been top of the class.Originally posted by the Bear:i probably screwed up my comprehension.. i have difficulty getting more than 20 out of 50 for that bit -
i doubt it
i suffered from a thing called "not writing down what is obvious"
i'd write all kinds of stuff which will get you the extra 15 marks but i'd forget to write the obvious stuff which will get me 35 marksOriginally posted by jetta:If the topic had been about Cowboy Bebop, you'd have been top of the class. -
Enid Blyton, Joe Dever, Roald Dahl and so much more books..
And phonics in primary school! With spelling and oral tests regularly.
I loved reading since I was very young.. and I started reading reader's digest at primary 4.
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I wrote about something quite inflammatory, about politics or society related .. for my As.. got an A1 too.Originally posted by jetta:For my GP paper, all I wrote about was how I'd decorate my future house. For that I got an A1.
similar works got failed many times by those crap GP tutors in Jurong Inst...
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Roald Dahl's ''WITCHES''.. Scared the little soul outta meOriginally posted by LazerLordz:Enid Blyton, Joe Dever, Roald Dahl and so much more books..
And phonics in primary school! With spelling and oral tests regularly.
I loved reading since I was very young.. and I started reading reader's digest at primary 4. -
kindergarten in Southampton.
I can't exactly remember HOW i was taught though
but in Hong Kong that time the English they taught me sucked -
I loved BFG.Originally posted by snobbish:Roald Dahl's ''WITCHES''.. Scared the little soul outta me
and Enid Blyton's Famous Five. -
Love Reader's Digest. I've introduced it to my daughter and she's a bookworm too.Originally posted by LazerLordz:Enid Blyton, Joe Dever, Roald Dahl and so much more books..
And phonics in primary school! With spelling and oral tests regularly.
I loved reading since I was very young.. and I started reading reader's digest at primary 4. -
Last trip to Sg, I hauled back with me, my collection of Famous Fives, Secret Sevens, Magic Faraway Tree... I had to leave some behindOriginally posted by LazerLordz:I loved BFG.
and Enid Blyton's Famous Five.
. My kids ask me how come the language is so stilted. -
It's good to start them young.. I dare say, if not for RD, I would never have dared to read Newsweek in Sec School..Originally posted by jetta:Love Reader's Digest. I've introduced it to my daughter and she's a bookworm too. -
hehe, stilted language.. when I was young, I had dreams of living in a castle.Originally posted by jetta:Last trip to Sg, I hauled back with me, my collection of Famous Fives, Secret Sevens, Magic Faraway Tree... I had to leave some behind. My kids ask me how come the language is so stilted.