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Illuminating a leap in the dark
We believe you have done your fair share of research, comparing various tutors and tuition centres before arriving here. We are here to provide you with respite from your long search:
Why are you here?
“I’m worried that my child’s English will not improve in time for PSLE”
“I’m concerned that my child will not get into the secondary school of choice”
“I don’t know how to help further my child’s English language skills”
Let us first break it down for you:
- School teachers are under time constraintsWith a class of 40 students, teachers are hard pressed for time to teach reading, comprehension and writing skills, if they even get to it in the first place.
- Little to no feedback from teachers and private tutorsWhen you child is piled on with stacks of practice papers, these usually go unmarked or unexplained. Excessive drills kill interest and dull the mind. Without motivation, no child can learn well.
- Outdated and ineffective methodsGetting students to memorise descriptive phrases or copy plots of model compositions yield limited results and do not help them to express their thoughts and ideas confidently, effectively and appropriately.
- Teachers not keeping up with new syllabusThe new syllabus requires inventive teaching methods to impart the ability to infer the intent of words used, its meaning and effects, that many mainstream teachers are struggling to implement.
- PSLE English is a high-stakes examFailing the English paper means failing the entire PSLE. Scoring a grade lower than ‘B’ is an indication that the student would likely struggle when they progress to the secondary level due to the widening gap in syllabus.
Your child benefits by:
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Achieving greater clarity when reading comprehension passages and answering comprehension questions
- Inferring more accurately
- Planning and writing high-scoring compositions
- Confidently understanding comprehension passage and writing composition topics
- Avoiding 97% of all careless mistakes
- Being more perceptive to the world around them
- Becoming an interested and motivated English learner
- Easily qualifying for the best secondary schools
As parents, we want you to enjoy a good night’s rest without worrying about your child not passing with flying colours; we are here to light the way to a brilliant future for your child.
Knowledge Trail is committed to the success of your child. Join us on our journey together towards academic excellence in English.
We think to ourselves, “Gosh! Were we so stressed during our own school days? How did we ever manage to keep up?” Worse, the syllabus has changed so much that we cannot help our children, even if we had the time to. The questions have just changed so much!
Yet, being in this highly competitive society, where excellent grades matter so much, our children face so much pressure trying their best to do well in their school’s examinations. There are some children who really do very well under such situations, but most other children don’t.
These children, after numerous attempts to do well and who still cannot get the marks they deserve, get discouraged and can become indifferent. As teachers and parents, we know that such children are the hardest ones to reach out to. My wish for such children is that they had obtained help earlier. With early intervention, these children can be turned around and do better in their studies. Subsequently, more opportunities will be opened up to them when seeking university studies and looking for their ideal jobs. ...
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