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 FAQs

 

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.

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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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