A few days ago, my child suddenly began to speak a bunch of coherent English to me, and he could have a basic conversation with me, and his pronunciation was very standard, even correcting my pronunciation of fish. To tell the truth, I didn't know the official pronunciation of fiah until two years ago, and I kept mispronouncing the pronunciation of I. I think these efforts were not in vain, and he walked out of the stage of English 0- 1. I believe that he will surpass my English level in two years. Of course, I have been catching up recently.
A friend told me that I can't go to an international school at home? Have to go abroad? The answer is definitely not. Because domestic and international schools are basically Korean and Korean-Japanese who speak Chinese, students who speak little English have no or little language environment, even if the teachers are foreigners, they can't learn standard English well. Besides, don't go to public schools in Singapore. Singapore English accent is mixed with the pronunciation of Fujian Minnan and Malay. Every word is carefully swallowed and stressed, which makes foreigners understand 1/5 or so. For example, when I went to buy coffee, my little sister asked me about Younai. It took me four times to realize that he said your name.
Some friends also asked me why I didn't go to school in America. Actually, I'm glad I didn't go. Who knew there was an epidemic at that time? However, Singapore's national security is actually more important. Its citizens are of high quality, and younger children are better here. It was rated as the most suitable country for children's growth and education in the world. Besides, Chinese is widely used here, and the food is more in line with China's stomach.
For the future, I won't ask my children to learn too much before the age of 8, but my task in these two years is to learn English well, and I must be able to listen, speak, read and write, so that my vocabulary can basically catch up with the English level of the first grade in Singapore. English education in Singapore is very advanced, completely surpassing that in Britain and America. There are 6000 words after basic primary school, and even 4000 words in the first grade of some primary schools. There is a training course, and you need to pass the exam to enter. My child took the exam once every three months and finally broke in, but it was allowed the next day after consulting with the director of the training point. The reason is that many words can't be written yet, so I need to strengthen myself quickly. This is just a kindergarten class. In addition, Spanish is a second foreign language, not reading and writing, but basic listening and speaking (his school now has a second foreign language class every day, and foreigners generally choose Chinese). His bitter days will not officially begin [peace] until he is eight years old.
I like critical education very much since I was a child, and I am obsessed with it among my classmates. For example, I often hate rote learning, for example, the questions I often say are meaningless or wrong. I am not a regular person, but I think I am a person who loves learning. So far, I have maintained a learning attitude and like learning new things very much. It's not that China education taught me and formed my study habits, but that I was exposed to a lot of western education when I was a child. The most essential difference between western education and western education is that one is to teach knowledge, the other is to teach methods, and to develop the habit of self-study; One is short-term exam-oriented education, and the other is lifelong education. Just like marriage, marriage in China is for family and friends, while marriage in the West is for yourself or God. When we spend all our youth working hard for the college entrance examination, we basically think that this life's study is over; But after 30 years old, I found that we actually have a lot of time to study and do it all our lives. Why waste the time we played as children to study hard? Teaching children to study now makes parents very angry. What's the problem?
This leads to the second biggest problem of education, advanced education! In fact, for children, before the age of 8, even before 10, they should basically be able to play. Don't put so much pressure on him to study. As long as we learn Chinese well before this time period, mathematics can be enlightened. After the age of 8, his brain will gradually mature, so that he can understand many math problems that were difficult to understand at the age of 6. Is it necessary for a 6-year-old child to spend a month mastering what an 8-year-old child can master in a week? ! Some people mistakenly think that the west is a happy education and basically learn nothing, but that is wrong. Don't treat American public education as western education. Public education in the United States is to train American workers and waiters who can't even do basic arithmetic (nor can many artists in China). Private schools in Germany, Britain, and even Europe and the United States began to teach a lot of knowledge after the fourth grade of primary school. Various gifted classes and competitions also make children need to work overtime to attend many remedial classes or tutors, but it is very important to let them know that school-age children can learn school-age knowledge. Recently, I discovered the third serious problem of education in China, that is, there is no moral education. Virtue, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor, the most important moral education, are almost gone. When we were young, good deeds and good thoughts and morals accounted for a large proportion in our education. Now, as long as the school scores are high, everything else is bullshit. For example, in recent years, those who sell fake goods and play financial p2p have basically got high marks from prestigious schools, but they have no so-called moral talent. This phenomenon is becoming more and more serious. For children, our ancestors gave us such a good moral education, such as Disciples Rules. How many children have learned it?
Many people say that I think western education is good, but I really don't understand it. I suggest studying more. Western education does have its advanced nature, including Japanese education, which is worth learning. However, due to its large population and educational system, China has been unable to realize the landing of western educational ideas. In the process of educational reform, China has learned and introduced Japanese education from the United States and Britain, which are particularly close to Japan. Everyone knows it's good, but we found such a problem as soon as we landed. There are too many people and too few educational resources, especially high-quality educational resources, and even fewer good teachers. Those who study well go to make money, leaving the bad ones as teachers. How many educational reforms have failed? In fact, I welcome the recent regulations of the Ministry of Education that primary schools can't leave homework, especially before the third grade, but many parents are against it! The voice is very high! They are all experienced in the ongoing educational reform. They think that this single-plank bridge can only be built through higher education and sea inquiry. What they see and receive is to study hard before the college entrance examination. After the college entrance examination, you don't know what learning is and why.
Learning is a lifelong thing, and the cultivation of good habits should start with the concept of dolls and parents. Therefore, our education reform needs to be all-round, including internal education reform, as well as education reform for parents and the whole society.