Learning from Experience #1
#1 English Spelling/Orthography My working area has a lot of SJKC students from English native speaker. However, the kids are fluent in speaking. They can be really bad at spelling , even though they've learnt phonetic in their kindergarten time. Through speaking and using it, they understand the meaning of the word. Being able to pronounce the word doesn't mean they are able to make connection to the spelling of the word until they've explicitly practised it. I am just feeling curios, because I don't have spelling problem back then when I am at their age. #2 Tackling stubborn defiant young learner Normally International school students tend to shun away from Mandarin, demonstrate low confident level. My this student is unwilling to try to answer too. And he is stubborn and not listening to teacher , for instance when I asked her to write, she would only do it 5 mins later, which really drive me mad. I think he is testing my limit, and know that I wou
