I did my bit today. We went quite early in the morning. My brother and I went together but my Mum went to another location. Frankly, I didn't see the point. I just want to stay at home to prep for my Monday lesson.
When I was a student, I used to worry that I didn't come home with good grades. Now that I am a teacher, I am worried that the little munchkins do not score well in their test. I am already pretty sure that 75% of the 64 kids will not score well in the test set by the teacher from the UK. I think that I will receive complaints soon. There's little I could do when 64 kids can't hear sounds like /f/ or /h/ because they are voiceless. I don't want to tell them that the sound for f is fur or the sound for h is huh. The kids' English vocab is also sooo low that I think it is pointless for them to start learning phonics or learning to read but no one is listening. Oh well.
Do you give physical directions for how to shape the mouth and where to put lips/teeth/tongue? That might help the little ones to know how to make the sound. Or turn it into a game like chinese whispers - you show the first one how to make the shape and the sound and they pass it on to the child next to them. Perhaps with a few teams of children? Dont know if this will help. I so admire you taking on so many children!! 6 is more than enough for me!
ReplyDeleteHi Jess,
ReplyDeleteI can't really give them instructions because their English is sooooooo LIMITED. May be I could give the instructions in Mandarin & Malay. The Chinese Whispers you suggested might do the trick but they are sooooooo many of them. It really is mind boggling to expect little 4 year olds to learn like this.