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1. How
does email learning actively encourage school learning?
Students
learn in many ways. Reading, listening and doing are some of the ways
students (as well as all of us) learn.
The
primary and most important way students learn in school is by reading.
That is why reading is actively encouraged by the Ministry of
Education, even before Kindergarten, so that children can gain the
knowledge they need in Kindergarten and Primary school, as soon as
possible.
This is also why the love of reading is encouraged by schools and the
Ministry of Education throughout Primary school. (Acquiring knowledge
by reading is expected from all students in Primary, Secondary, Junior College,
Polytechnic and University.)
In fact, teachers usually ask
students to read their lessons first, before coming to school
and/or read the lessons with them in class.
Teachers then clarify when students are not sure of in schools.
(No student of ours, has ever asked to clarify what they have read in
the lessons, as all explanations are written in a clear and
straightforward manner, that even our P1 students can easily
understand.)
In
schools, students learn and complete their assignments and exams by:
a) reading
what the teacher writes on the board
b) listening to the teacher
c) taking down notes and reading their
notes
d) reading instructions for their
homework
e) reading their completed assignments
for corrections
f) reading their lessons and textbooks
and
g) reading
their exam papers
Our
students do the same. They learn by reading, listening and doing their
assignments, together with the experienced
guidance and motivation by our expert teacher, K Rajamanikam (Raja).
Students
just read the lessons containing clear and straight-forward
explanations and examples, that even our P2 students can follow. Then
they complete
the assignments and send the assignments in for marking. All guidance
is given in the lessons, and by the teacher. No parent input is
required.
Students can email the teacher if they have any questions, but so far
no student has done so; because as mentioned earlier, the lessons are
written in a very clear and simple manner that even our Primary 2
students find them easy to understand.
We have
taught hundreds of students from Primary 2 to 'A' Level to score
higher marks (with most of them scoring 'As' or 'A*s') in this way, so
are confident your child will benefit in the same way.
2. How
can our courses be on a personal, one-to-one basis, since they are
conducted by email?
In a
classroom of 30 and 40 students, it is impossible for teachers to
focus full attention on each individual child because of the sheer
numbers and the limited time each teacher has in the classroom. This
is one reason for the need of remedial classes.
The beauty
of email teaching is that the teacher can lavish as much personal and
one-to-one teaching as the student needs in order to improve from a
weak or average level to an above average or top level.
This is
also done at the fraction of the fee it would cost with classroom or
traditional tuition.
3. Are there Composition Writing and
Comprehension Courses for every level?
Yes, we have Composition Writing and
Comprehension Courses for every level, from P2 to Junior College
level. We even register P1 students if they have the language ability
- we just need a sample composition from the student to see if he or
she has the language ability to benefit from our courses. For full
details of these courses, please refer to our website:
http://www.myschoolsuccess.com.
4. What kind of grammar courses do you
have?
We have grammar courses for Primary,
Secondary and Junior College grammar courses. They each consists of
30-lessons. There are basic and intermediate grammar for Primary
students and advanced grammar for Secondary and Junior College
students. For full details of these courses, please refer to our
website:
http://www.myschoolsuccess.com.
We have
5. Who is the teacher?
The
teacher is K Rajamanikam (Raja).
He is a qualified teacher (Teachers’
Training College – now NIE – 1968) with over 40 years of experience as
an educationist. He has developed all our courses and
has also written over 60 English Supplementary Books for Primary 1 to
'A' Level, including our three Composition Writing Books, published by TriLife
Communications.
Click here to read more about him.
6. How do students complete their
assignments?
Students
can choose to either:
a) type
the assignments in the word document booklets we email them on the
computer; or they can
b) print
out the lessons and/or assignments and hand write them.
7. How do students send in their
assignments?
Students
can send them in either by:
a)
email (either in the word document booklets we provide or
by scanning the completed handwritten assignments in the word document booklets
we provide into the computer and converting them into pdf, tiff, bmp
or jpg files); or by
b)
fax
8. How often should students complete a
lesson?
Students
can complete as many lessons and assignments they wish in a week, but
we suggest that students complete at least a lesson a week, in order that they
can
remember what they have learnt.
Parents
can assist students in setting up a regular day and time each week to
complete their lessons.
9. How much time would it take for
students to complete a lesson?
It would take about 45 minutes to an
hour to read the lesson and complete the assignments, depending on the
lesson and the student.
10. What is the duration of the
Composition/Essay Writing and Comprehension Courses?
There are shorter as well as longer
courses. Based on completing a lesson a week, students are given 6
months to complete the shorter courses and one year to complete the
longer courses. Of course, when students complete two or more lessons
a week, the courses can be completed in two/three/four months or
five/six months respectively.
11. What is the duration of the
30-lesson Grammar Courses?
Based on completing a lesson a week, it
would take about seven months to complete the course. However, when
two more more lessons are completed a week, the course can be
completed within three to four months.
12. How are students’ assignments marked?
The teacher’s goal is for students to continually improve; he does
this by motivating them
with encouraging and positive feedback and giving suggestions for
improvement.
He does not give the correct answers immediately when
students get the answers wrong; rather, he provides guidance and hints
for them to correct themselves and send their work for remarking.
In this way, the students learn to find answers for themselves
and
become confident
in
answering questions
in the
exams.
13. After the courses, how do students
continue to improve?
There are
follow-up Practice Packages at a nominal fee, for every
Composition/Essay Writing and Comprehension Course from P2 to 'A'
Level, so that students continue to improve.
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