We are an English speaking household (I'm an Australian with only extremely basic Chinese skills) and so we were very concerned when our son was struggling with his Chinese MT classes. It was a real challenge then to support the Mother Tongue learning our son had at school. Dominic's marks were always borderline, and even though we’d tried some group-styled tuition classes, his results remained low and he was assigned to Foundation in P6. Dominic was not confident in class and was very discouraged about being able to perform well for his exams. With patience and very thorough revision techniques, Mr Kok helped to rekindle Dominic's interest in Chinese and encouraged our son to feel that he could do well in his exams. Dominic's performance has improved, particularly his reading. And he is actually enjoying it! With Mr Kok’s consistent guidance and support we believe Dominic will study regular Chinese once he is in Secondary school. And importantly, now Dominic also believes that this is possible...and this has encouraged us to embrace the Chinese language more as a family.
- Donna Yew
Mother of Dominic Yew
