English Learning Tips &

Exam Strategies

Getting kids to learn good English early on sets the foundation for further linguistic development in future. Find out how you can make it fun for them.

To avoid boring your readers (as well as your examiners), your sentences in your composition should always start strong and finish stronger.

Many students find it difficult to score beyond 10 marks in this section and it is often the one section that prevents students from getting full marks in Paper 2.

The comprehension component isn't as straightforward as the one in our days where it consisted mainly of factual questions. It is now a lot more complex and requires students to be equipped with a varied set of techniques to answer the various types of questions.

If you jump into writing the story by simply spending 1 minute on the topic given and a glimpse of the three pictures shown, there’s a high chance that you will end up writing off-topic or simply won’t have adequate depth in the composition to get the A or A* that you want.

English is the most widely spoken language in the world, both as a domestic language and a business language.

Running out of ideas of games to play with your child either at home or in the car? Try these 5 simple yet fun word association games wherever you may be!

Guilt - one of the most common but least understood emotions. In the overall scheme of emotions, guilt is in the general category of negative feeling states. It’s one of the “sad” emotions, which also include agony, grief, and loneliness. Often neglected when it comes to writing at the primary level, teach your child some useful descriptions for guilt to help add some complexity to his writing, and trust me, his teacher will reward him generously for that.

English is a tough subject to master, more so in a country like Singapore where books aren’t as widely read as they should be and Singlish continues to impede us in our attempts to pick up better English habits.