Experience
Taught in Primary Schools for 25 years. Yumin View Primary, Yumin Primary school and Tanjong Katong Primary school.
Has pupils with improved results in English. Has a pupil who scored AL1 for Mathematics. Knows the syllabus and examination format. Has 7 years of experience in tutoring.
For English, teaches pupils to look for clues and ways to write e.g. show, not tell and the technique of zoom in and zoom out. Uses different texts to teach English e.g. songs, poems, news reports, articles, videos etc. Sometimes uses English games. Trained to teach phonics. Is patient, clear and delivers structured lessons.
For Math, teaches model drawing and heuristics. Is patient, clear and delivers structured lessons. Relates to real life experiences like estimating the costs of things, deciding which is a bargain buy, planning the budget for a family outing etc. Sometimes uses Maths games when needed. Maintains child's strengths, celebrates small successes and helps the child on the learning gaps he/ she is struggling with. Breaks down problems into small manageable parts. Builds understanding than rote memorisation. Uses real life objects when needed. Believes each child can get better at Maths with practice.
For Science, teaches concepts with practical experiences, i.e. relate to day-to-day incidents for concepts such as evaporation, condensation, heat energy, life cycle etc. Teaches answering techniques that are skill- based eg. classification, observation, comparison etc Sometimes uses experiments.
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