A great way to revise for the upcoming English Paper 1 Preliminary is by planning out previous questions. We do this every year right before the Prelim composition. Thanks to my P6 students every year, we always have a list Read more…
As we come to the end of the first month of the second semester, students begin to focus on the end-of-the-year examinations. With many schools phasing out the mid-year examinations or just testing certain components, the end-of-the-year exams are a Read more…
The preliminary Oral testing has begun for the P6 students. One of the themes that were tested so far was water conservation. Every year, I work on the themes of both water conservation and recycling with my students, and fortunately, Read more…
In the previous post on Comprehension question types, we covered the “3 details language effect” question, one of the more challenging types. Language effect type of questions also come in other forms, but which generally requires you to explain the Read more…
In our previous post on Oral Spoken Interaction, we covered the use of Circle of Viewpoints (CoV) to help us see an issue from multiple perspectives. This enables us tohave a more holistic, well-developed discussion. In this post, we will Read more…
As the June holidays are drawing to an end, we have been preparing for the upcoming Preliminary Oral examinations. This will take place any time from mid-July to a week before PSLE oral. The preliminary oral examination is the last Read more…
This year the majority of our P4 students were tested for the oral component in their SA1 Examinations. This was a good opportunity for us to introduce and practice the TREES approach. This is the approach that we use for Read more…
Every year Thinking Factory Education Centre holds our PSLE workshops for P6 students. These workshops cater for students who want to practice, perfect or learn how to improve in their oral component. Using our TREES approach, Tr Evelyn will guide Read more…
This post is overdue. I was planning to post this list at the start of the school holidays but it has been a very busy 3 weeks. With the move to solely online classes, it has been a hectic time Read more…
All of us have had points of disagreement with others, and these are part and parcel of daily life. Sometimes we argue our way out and try to convince the other party to our point of view, at other times Read more…