YW - English and homework

thomasha

As so many parents are interested in this topic, I have opened a new thread instead of letting the posts be buried in an irrelevant thread.

English - please give me some idea on how you assess a school's English level so that I can address to this issue more accurately.  Each person has different ways of assessment so I would like to be to the point in answering questions.

Homework - about 4-8 items per day (quite little in the first month), usually a little more on weekend, small projects are assigned to be done during long holidays (CNY, for example).  Christmas is mostly for revision (exam in early Jan), so there are revision worksheets to do, but not too intensive.

madamewong

regarding the HW, may I have an idea of the "time consuming" (knowing every kid is different)

thomasha

madamewong 發表於 12-3-13 17:10
regarding the HW, may I have an idea of the "time consuming" (knowing every kid is different)

Half an hour to more than 2 hours.  The range is very wide, depending on the boy and the type of homework.

fatbei

Thomasha, in terms of speaking, listening, writing skills.  Can u advise about the English level?

thomasha

Speaking - students are required to interact in English in English lessons.  They seem to be quite confident to speak in English.  2 NET lessons per week.  

Listening - Periodic training (worksheets for classwork).  There are online assignments which have a native English speaker reading passages and have reading comprehension and listening exercises.  

Writing - progressive development, such as sentence --> letter or short story (several lines).  Basic skills are taught too.  1 dictation per week.

The school also provides optional channels for subscription to web sites which we find quite helpful in developing different skills.  One site we subscribed has exercises in grammar, comprehension, speaking and writing every week.

Wenjo

thanks thomasha. it's very useful. do u think student will speak fluently in english?

thomasha

Wenjo 發表於 12-3-13 21:51
thanks thomasha. it's very useful. do u think student will speak fluently in english?

Why not? :)

Wenjo

just curious whether they could speak like native.

thomasha

YW is a predominantly Chinese school.  Even the top elite schools' students may not speak like a native English speaker in terms of accent and use of words and expressions.  However, fluency can be trained.

bb@wonderland

Hi Thomas,

Thanks for sharing.

English Dictation: once a week
Chinese Dictation: ?

Maths level of P1:?

Test and Exam content? only those taught in the class?

Sorry for so many questions?

hoihoima

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Hi thomasha, can you please share what are the months for tests and exams? (e.g. Test in November, March, etc).  Thank you so much.

thomasha

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English Dictation: once a week
Chinese Dictation: ?  Also once a week

Maths level of P1:? YW is famous for its maths.  It progresses quite quickly.

Test and Exam content? only those taught in the class? Yes

For GS, questions on current affairs (news) will also be given.  Online quizzes are given once a month.

In fact, answers to these questions will be explained in detail in the parents' orientation in Aug, so please be patient and wait for that occasion to ask teachers directly.

thomasha

hoihoima 發表於 12-3-14 18:45
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Hi thomasha, can you please share what are the months for tests and exams? (e. ...

Tests - first week of Nov and 2nd half of Mar
Exams - early Jan and 1st half of June

bb@wonderland

thomasha 發表於 12-3-15 01:51
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English Dictation: once a week

Thanks for your info.

Since we are less busy than previous days, see if we could have anything prepare for his coming P1.