when u thought things were getting better..
personally by experience when i taught form 4 science to an arts streamed class drg my temporary teaching stint, the students reli didnt hav the command of english that would enable them to study sci n maths effectively in english.
i had to translate every sentence in the text book to malay, then explain the concept in mixed malay n english.
next lesson, when i review the previous class, in english *blank stares*, in malay, *some response*.
n this was in a national sch in the city centre whr medium was english n malay.
however, isit reli necessary to revert back to teaching sci n maths in malay?
the point here should be on catering to every student's level.
- good students want to study those subjects in english.
- average students are okay with english or malay but eventually they can adapt to english.
- students w poor command of english need bilangual books, exam pprs and more english classes from Day 1 of kindergarten / primary sch.
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i have a free day today (PHEW)
so many lectures to catch up on! super super a lot.....
counted 3 lectures, 2 mind maps, 2 slps.
need 2 hav full focus today! n get out of narcolepsy / sleepy mode.
5 comments:
Well, i think it doesn't matter, but national school don't cultivate learning only studying. Ahhahah u r up so early today ar ?
vin, i agree.
really, is it neccessary?
jeez.
at tertiary level, mostly everything will be in english!!
i don think adding extra english class hours will really help much. APPLICATION is needed. english cant be studied, really.it has to be applied.
I was also shock to know the news, after all the effort the teachers had put in - some of them work their way out to improve their own English in order to teach the student leh! Talk about teaching spirit, what can be a bigger blow to it than terminating this project?
very disappointed...
Better solution is to learn in mother tongue, be it english, mandarin, malay. It's impossible to use math&sci to learn a language. If not I can teach u mandarin using math. =p
The best part is the poll on Dr. M's blog. It's just biased, look at its targeted readers and language used. It just cant represent whole nation.
ek - well first thing i did was go online that's y it seemed early. ahaha.
it doesnt matter anymore to us bcz we've left sch n it doesnt affect us i guess.
drey ang - haha words of a future teacher ey? :P
cher - no doubt a lot of resources used up.
sz - u hav a point. we cant cater to every part of society who hav diff needs. but we can work towards a more globalised society. grassroots grassroots. i'm just glad my f6 was in english. PHEW.
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