Yes. we all know that PSLE 2020 is still using the average graded T-score so your subject results will be compared to the whole batch of students taking PSLE 2020 and your T-score will be moderated against the overall result of the whole batch of students. so if your one subject fail, your T score will drop a lot.
Since I do not have the overall scores for each subjects of all the students in 2020, i will use an estimated T-score formula to calculate your children's T-score to show my point.
Estimated T-score without knowing every subjects mean result = sum of subjects result x 0.75
If you have all subjects 90 marks, your estimated T-score is 270. What if your Chinese just pass by 50 marks,you will get estimated 240 and you could still apply for good schools but if you score 270 you could go any schools you want. This happens with any decrease in scores for any subjects involved.
Estimated T-score without knowing every subjects mean result = sum of subjects result x 0.75
If you have all subjects 90 marks, your estimated T-score is 270. What if your Chinese just pass by 50 marks,you will get estimated 240 and you could still apply for good schools but if you score 270 you could go any schools you want. This happens with any decrease in scores for any subjects involved.
Therefore we can conclude that Chinese is very important in your PSLE result so every subject is important in PSLE.
Why Chinese and not other subjects?
Because Chinese is a second language and its only used in school for 6-7 hours out of 60 hours in a normal week. That's about 10% of the school week teaching time. The environment for studying Chinese in School as experienced by my students are quite negative, either the teachers have a lot to say but none of it is on study methods, or schools may prescribe study material yet nothing is said about what are the most important skills to master from those material. So most of the time, you can imagine every student is essentially going a up hill battle to master Chinese.
Because Chinese is a second language and its only used in school for 6-7 hours out of 60 hours in a normal week. That's about 10% of the school week teaching time. The environment for studying Chinese in School as experienced by my students are quite negative, either the teachers have a lot to say but none of it is on study methods, or schools may prescribe study material yet nothing is said about what are the most important skills to master from those material. So most of the time, you can imagine every student is essentially going a up hill battle to master Chinese.
However, Chinese is not hard to master at all (You need to know that the level of knowledge of Chinese has been altered to match that of the present day students) and one need to study it using strategies to maximize learning effectiveness. However you would see a lot of students study Chinese with pure determination or just plain give up. Not many students could figure out a way to study Chinese easily.
Why the 3 milestone plan worked?
The 3 milestone plan are very easy to monitor, very easy to follow and very easy to practice. The method build 2 things in the character of a student: Habits and progression. This is like a game where students know their status and results everyday. So if one student lacks progress. It could be easily caused by 2 things, either the student broke their good habits and develop bad ones, or the student is not effective in their study method or in other words the study method may not suit the students learning method.
How to tackle the PSLE Chinese Paper?
The 3 milestone plan are very easy to monitor, very easy to follow and very easy to practice. The method build 2 things in the character of a student: Habits and progression. This is like a game where students know their status and results everyday. So if one student lacks progress. It could be easily caused by 2 things, either the student broke their good habits and develop bad ones, or the student is not effective in their study method or in other words the study method may not suit the students learning method.
How to tackle the PSLE Chinese Paper?
PSLE Chinese has 4 papers namely
Paper 1: Composition (picture composition or topic composition)
Paper 2: written paper which are divided into 2 sections, section A is to focus on words and sentences. Section B is to focus on comprehension.
Paper 3 is Listening Comprehension which your suppose to focus on listening and note some basic understanding.
Paper 1: Composition (picture composition or topic composition)
Paper 2: written paper which are divided into 2 sections, section A is to focus on words and sentences. Section B is to focus on comprehension.
Paper 3 is Listening Comprehension which your suppose to focus on listening and note some basic understanding.
Paper 4 is the oral paper which your suppose to focus on reading with emotion and speaking with confidence. Of course you would need to familiarize the students with words, phrases and sentences that are commonly used in certain topics.
Every paper requires some knowledge and some tactics to study them. This part could be up to the school teachers or parents.
There is 3 things to know in this method:
1) Score 50/50 for paper 2 section A.
Every paper requires some knowledge and some tactics to study them. This part could be up to the school teachers or parents.
There is 3 things to know in this method:
1) Score 50/50 for paper 2 section A.
2) Score 22/40 for paper 2 section B comprehension.
3) Score 32/40 for composition.
When you achieved the 3 milestones, you got 104 out of the 200 marks.
3) Score 32/40 for composition.
When you achieved the 3 milestones, you got 104 out of the 200 marks.
This excludes how well you score for oral and listening comprehension.
How long will results show?
How long will results show?
Well, results only show when students do there tasks everyday for a certain duration.
I have a student who almost passed till primary 6 SA1 and he studied diligently for 1 year, then he passed his preliminary examination!
Will my child be suited for this method?
Maybe you should ask yourself 3 questions?
1) Will my child do his assigned task everyday without fail?
2) Will my child think that they deserved better results if they worked for it?
3) Will your child be motivated to do more everyday?
Maybe you should ask yourself 3 questions?
1) Will my child do his assigned task everyday without fail?
2) Will my child think that they deserved better results if they worked for it?
3) Will your child be motivated to do more everyday?
If your child says no to more than 1 questions then you need to motivate your child in the correct direction. I can show your child the way, but I cannot walk the path for him!
Lastly, every book on the shelves teach some sort of method to study, what I teach is very personal and its custom made for your child as I believe every child is different, so it is impossible to have one method that fits every child.
SMS or Whatsapp 9479 zero 187 with your name and your child's level for a free chat.
(Do Not Call as I do not answer unfamiliar calls. Thank You.)
Thank you for reading!
Lastly, every book on the shelves teach some sort of method to study, what I teach is very personal and its custom made for your child as I believe every child is different, so it is impossible to have one method that fits every child.
SMS or Whatsapp 9479 zero 187 with your name and your child's level for a free chat.
(Do Not Call as I do not answer unfamiliar calls. Thank You.)
Thank you for reading!
