Experience
Qualification: NIE FlexiMasters in Curriculum Development & Design (NIE-Trained), A levels (highest relevant qualification)
University Degree: Bachelors of Business (SMU)
Relevant Schools Attended: Nanyang junior college, a Swiss cottage secondary.
University: Singapore Management University
Relevant Grades: O level: English A2, A level: Gp B
Current occupation:
-NIE-Trained - Curriculum Development & Design
-Adjunct Teacher cum Lecturer (SISH) - Singapore International School of Hospitality - IELT - O Level Equivalent
-Full Time Performance Educator (Tuition Centre - Principal of Centre is an ex-Curriculum Planning Division Officer of MOE)
-10 years of teaching experience (I currently conduct classes at an established centre, having undergone training in Curriculum Development & Design Training at NIE to develop a deeper level of understanding of how SEAB develop exam curriculums for the O and N levels along with how examiners set the standards for students to score distinctions)
-I currently also teach at a Private Education Institute for the Diploma and Bachelors Degree courses recognised by the Committee for Private Education under the Ministry of Education, Singapore
-I have been helping willing students try and proceed from a fail to a pass grade and then to a B and above in the fastest time possible with unique strategies to prepare for tackling the paper which are further augmented by the learnings under NIE.
Should there be sufficient runway to the exam, I would dive into the Grammar Fundamentals along with the skills of Language Arts (English applications and its Literary devices) for the students and ensure they are aware of what to look out for to allow them to have an incremental boost to their language marks as per SEAB’s expectations and requirements for students. Language arts are usually taught in the top schools in Singapore (ie. RGS, MGS, RI, HCI), and usually missed out by the neighbourhood schools. Yet in the O level English exams, language arts applications are critical to tackling the higher level comprehension questions that differentiate the As and high Bs from the low Bs and Cs. This is one of the reasons students from the “rainbow” schools do better than the national average for the final exams than the rest of the cohort. My classes hence give your child a glimpse into the inner workings of what students from these top schools are learning to broaden their mind on the subject of English for the O and N levels to score and do better than their peers. To be the best, you have to do what the best in Singapore does.
Track Record:
Student Names: Jason & Michelle
-Taught 2 students English in September 2014, 1 in P6, the other in sec 2. After 5 months of teaching, both of them have improved from failing the subject to passing it with a C and B grade respectively. They had attained a B and an A2 in the final SA2. Both were in the 30 marks range before they began English tuition.
Student Name: Jessica
-Ex Sec 4 student improved on her oral from 19m-22m in a span of less than 1 month of coaching, and had achieved a B3 for her prelims and A2 for O levels from a borderline D7 before tuition began in March 2016.
Student Name: Zainal
-Another ex Sec 3 student of mine (2016) is scoring an avg of B3 in his common tests and mid year, obtaining an A2 for the final SA2, and A2 for the O levels (2017)
Name of Student: Zhi Yang
In the 2016 Mid years, one of my student whom I have taught for approximately 8 months , have improved his English results from a D7 in his SA2 2015 to a B4 in his SA1 2016. (He had scored a B3 for the recent N-level exam)
Name of Student: XI Lin (Foreign student)
-A Sec 4 student of mine in 2017 has scored a B4 for her English mid terms from a failing grade as she had a weak foundation in English given that she is from china. She has improved in the span of less than 7 months. She attained a B3 for the O levels 2017.
Name of Student: Chen Guo Dong (Foreign student)
-Another Sec 4 student from China has improved from a fail grade (E8) in the prelims to a C5 for the O levels after less than 2 months of tuition nearing the O levels. He is currently in Hwa Chong Institution, but would not be able to get in if he had continued to fail his English.
Name of Student: Ryan
-Sec 3 student had scored an A2 for his English in the Final Year exams. (2017)
In the Sec 4 N level (2018), he got an A1 for his N level examinations for 2018.
Name of Student: Wei Hao
- Sec 4 O level (2018) He got a C5 for his English Prelims and a B3 for the Sec 4 O levels, having been getting an F9 before he came under my tutelage for 4 months.
Name of student: Adabell
-Sec 4 N level (2019) She got a B3 for her English N Levels after 6 months of lessons for improvement from a C6
Name of Student: Anthony
-Sec 4 N level (2019) He obtained a B4 for his English N level from a fail after 7 months of tuition
Name of Student: Arivndran (2019)
-Private candidate re-taking the O level English exams as he had failed his English from the previous year with an E8. Within 7 months, he obtained a B4 for his O levels to allow him to progress to Polytechnic
Name of Student: Bervyn (2021)
-English improved by 3 grade jumps from CA1 to SA1 (C6 to B3) within the span of 3.5 months of tuition and A2 for N level 2021.
Name of Student: Winston (2021)
-Sec 3 Express English improved from C6 to B3 in a few months of teaching based on the different school tests.
Name of Student: Brandon (2021)
-English improved by 2 grades jump from SA1 (C5 to B3) to Prelims within the span of 2.5 months of tuition. He maintained a B3 for N level 2021.
Name of Student: Jayden (2021)
-English improved to B4 from C6 for prelims after 1.5 months of classes and a B3 for O levels 2021
Name of Student: Smriti (2022)
-O level English improved to B3 from C6 after 6 months of English Tuition classes for Mid Years 2022 and Prelims 2022. She got an A2 for her O levels 2022.
Name of Student: Zi Le (2022)
-O level English improved to B3 from C6 after 4 months of English Tuition classes for Mid Years 2022 and Prelims. He maintained a B3 for the O levels 2022.
Name of Student: Qi Jun (2022)
-Sec 4 English whose English foundation is extremely weak had improved from a below F9 grade to a C6 for his English prelims after 3-4 months of tuition. He obtained a B4 for the O levels 2022.
Name of Student: Suthish (2023)
-Mock O Level Oral improved from 16/30 to 24/30 within a span of 3 months of English classes. His composition also saw a jump from a C grade to a B grade average within the same span of time. His English grade improved from a borderline pass in EOY 2022 to a 74% for WA1, a 72% for the WA2 and 70% for the prelims 2023.
Name of Student: Isabelle (2023)
-Marks improved from a fail in her end of year for Composition to a 20/30 within a span of 3 months of classes for her WA1. She had gotten a C5 from a constant fail for her O levels despite failing her Listening comprehension component
Name of Student: Kingsley (2023)
-Student finally broke into the B3 range after being stuck in the B4 range in school since secondary 3. Student is now aiming for a distinction in the O level examinations.
Name of Student: Annabel (2023)
-Student passed English for the first time with a B4 since her secondary school life for WA3 as she goes thru the foundational training of my English curriculum. She had gotten a C5 overall for the English O levels 2023 despite missing one component of the paper.
Name of Student: Clara (2023)
-Student from NYGH got an A2 for her English after 3.5months of classes for her prelims 2023 to fine tune her understanding and strategies to ensure she knows the tips and techniques how to score for her papers. She has seen a grade jump from her usual standard of a B grade.
Name of Student: Megan (2023)
-Student from MGS got a B3 for her English O levels 2023 paper with limited practice and revision. She only followed the exam techniques taught and seek to minimise her careless errors.
Name of Student: Alynna (2023)
-Student from MGS got an A2 for her English O levels 2023 paper with limited practice and revision. She only focused on the exam techniques taught and ensured she hit the right type of content delivery to get her distinction.
Name of Student: Siddarth (2023)
-Student managed to push up his English to a B4 from a C6 after a short 3.5 months class to understand what are the examination tips needed that markers are looking out for to ensure that he can exam hack in the last few months to push his grade up accordingly.
Name of Student: Kang Hong (2023)
-Student managed to pull his englsh up from a D7 to a B4 for his O levels English 2023 after taking my English classes for a period of 6 months as we worked on pushing him up on his O level fundamentals and also some foundational aspects
Name of Student: Amanda (2023)
-Student improved to a B4 from a borderline fail for O levels English 2023 after attending my classes for 4 months before the start of the end of year examinations. She was able to grasp the key aspects that were necessary to make the jump from a borderline fail to a B4 in a short period of time.
Name of Student: Ronson (2024)
-Sec 4 English student from China. He improve from a D7 to a B4 after 4 months of English Tuition Classes when he was in Sec 2. Student is from China had a very weak English foundation before I took him. Thru my performance coaching and intensive practices on the techniques and English fundamentals, he has seen a leap in his grades for English. He obtained a B3 for his End of Years 2022. For Sec 3 - 2023, under my consistent performance training curriculum, he maintained his grade of B3 for WA1 and an A2 for WA2. His overall 2023 Semester 1 grade for English is an A2. He maintained an A2 for his WA1 for 2024.
Name of Student: James (2024)
-Sec 3 student was borderline passing his exams in secondary 2 for English. He recently improved to a B4 for his WA1 after 3 months of classes with me. He was known to be temperamental and rebellious as shared by the parent from his previous tutor, but after taking my classes and amidst the interactions, he is now enjoying and getting more motivated to do English.
Name of Student: Darius (2024)
-Sec 1 Student scored an A2 for his English WA1 after 2 over months of classes. Its his first assessment since the PSLE.
Name of Student: Truman (2024)
-Sec 4 student scored an A2 from the recent WA1, improving from a B4 standard from the previous WAs. Student is now seeking to improve to an A1 for the next WA.
Name of Student: Dilwyn (2024)
-Sec 4 student scored a B3 for the recent WA2, improving from a C6 grade after a span of 2.5 months of classes. Student is now seeking to maintain the grade till the O levels.
Name of Student: Jonelle (2024)
-Sec 1 student from BPGHS improve her grade to a B3 for her WA2 from her WA1 of a just failed grade. She is now starting to gain back the motivation for the subject
Name of Student: Randy (2024)
-Sec 1 student (from China) from Assumption English had gotten an A2 for his WA2 from a C6 for his WA1. He is now working to further his foundations to strengthen his language.
Teaching Philosophy:
As a Performance Educator, the aim for me is to teach my students on how to improve in the fastest way possible, hence I have helped many students who are failing English to pass it and then improve to a B and more if the student had sufficient runway to do it. (Foreign China students I took who had an extremely poor grasp of English have gotten a pass in the O level within a few months)
This is done by teaching them different strategies and key points to take note of to tackle the paper. Not only that, I will also teach and emphasise on building their understanding on the marker’s psychology so that by consistently putting themselves in the shoes of the paper setter and the grader, they will know their “enemy” intimately and do what is needed to give them what they want to score. The rest of the lesson plan towards the exam is to practice these strategies to tackle the different papers and to also refine those strategies to the needs of the students to allow them to better improve their capabilities in the subject taught. The lesson plan is set out to cycle between the different components of the English papers every week, from Oral to Essay to Comprehension and Summary. More focus will then be provided to the student on the components that the child is weaker on while ensuring that he / she does not lag behind in the other components using such a cycling method. Moreover, if there is a substantial runway, I will help students work and drill on their English fundamentals (Grammar Foundation & Language Arts - Comprehension) This is to ensure that they know what are the different grammar laws that they have to be sensitive and aware of to greatly improve their English standards.
I too strongly believe in the notion that "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." I emphasize heavily on the importance of planning to my students so that they would be clear on the steps and strategies to apply for the examinations in each component of the paper, and hence be in “the zone” the minute the invigilator says "You may begin”.
~Tuition Centre materials (where I teach), curated worksheets and homework of the latest syllabus done by MOE- Curriculum Planning Division are all provided. Students do not need to buy any assessment books. Tuition Fees already includes printed notes and material costs (ie. Curated questions, prelim papers and the necessary notes). Students do not need to purchase their own materials.
~A student Feedback Report is provided to the parent every month to ensure the parent is kept in the loop on the progress of the student.
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