English Archives - iMatter Learning Centre. Tuition Centre in Yishun. Small class size

31Mar 2021 by Principal

A Checklist of Reasons Why Students Perform Poorly – Are you looking at the right ones?

Cognitive skills, English, Non-cognitive skills, Opinion, Tuition

Over here in iMatter, we make use of this simple checklist to evaluate our students against their performance in school. Through discussions with our students about their learning, It enables us to at least have a grasp of the possible issues they are grappling with. Though this post is aimed at students performing poorly, it can very well be used as a checklist to explain why students excel in school by reversing the viewpoints below. (We have a longer and more descriptive version of this checklist guest posted at Singapore's Finest website. It includes several suggestions on how some of these reasons can be managed.) A Caveat Many factors/reasons tend to overlap one another and determining the underlying cause(s) may not be easy as the obvious reason may not be…

06May 2020 by Principal

Join our Crash Courses during the May 2020 School Holidays!

Biology, Chemistry, Chinese, COVID-19, Crash Course, English, Math, Online Teaching & Learning, Revision, Science

Prepare your child for PSLE and 'O' Levels with our online Crash Courses Does your child need an intense revision of what he has learned previously? Our online Crash Courses reinforce the knowledge and understanding critical to preparing for the coming examinations. Crash Courses are available for the following subjects. Check our schedule here. They are open to both our centre’s regular students and any other students of the right academic level. PSLE ‘O’ LevelsEnglishMathMathChemistryScienceBiologyChineseChinese Call or WhatsApp us at 8768 6497 or email us at info@imatter.com.sg to find out more and register. Hope to see your child in our Crash Courses!

03Mar 2020 by Principal

Join our Crash Courses during the March School Holidays!

Biology, Chemistry, Chinese, English, Math, Revision

Prepare your child for PSLE and 'O' Levels with our Crash Courses Does your child need an intense revision of what he has learned previously? Our Crash Courses reinforce the knowledge and understanding critical to preparing for the coming examinations. Crash Courses are available for the following subjects. Check our schedule here. They are open to both our centre’s regular students and any other students of the right academic level. PSLE ‘O’ Levels P5-6 English Creative WritingMathMathChemistryScienceBiologyChineseChinese Call or WhatsApp us at 8768 6497 or email us at info@imatter.com.sg to find out more and register. Hope to see your child in our Crash Courses!

08Nov 2019 by Principal

Join our Enrichment Programmes in Nov/Dec School Holidays!

Cognitive skills, English, Enrichment, Math, News, Non-cognitive skills, Revision, Science

Our Enrichment Programmes are designed for students to be away from their studies and learn new knowledge and skills, both academic and non-academic. They are open to both our centre’s regular students and any other students of the right academic level. The following programmes are scheduled to run on the given dates. Click on each of them for fees and further information. Call or WhatsApp us at 8768 6497 or Email us at info@imatter.com.sg to register. English Creative Writing for Upper Primary Students (23-24 Nov)Secrets of Studying Smart for Secondary Students(11 Dec)Design Thinking for Solving Problems in Real Life for Secondary Students (2 Dec)Water Quality Monitoring Field Trip for Secondary Students (12 Dec)Biodiversity Survey Field Trip for Upper Primary Students (11 Dec) Primary 6 PSLE Math Preparatory Course (17-19 Dec)…

05Jul 2019 by Principal

Make your narrative and descriptive writing in English come alive with these insights

English, Tuition

In this video, we would like to share some insights derived from teaching English continuous writing to our students at iMatter Learning Centre. Consistency of tenses - time machines do not existUsing figures of speech - breathing life into your writingDeciding on a highlight for your writing - the spice in your writingSenses and emotions - the bread and butter of narrative and descriptive writingDid you remember to tie up all loose ends? https://youtu.be/blFr487_Tzs Find out more about our tuition programmes, including English.

28Feb 2019 by Principal

Spice up your English with Body Parts Idioms

English

By Mr Kwok One challenge many students face is how to make his writing more interesting. Sure, a good plot helps in narrative writing, just as a well constructed argument in discursive writing. One technique many students neglect is the use of idioms. Technically, an idiom is a phrase which does not express its meaning from its words. For example, the idiom "make ends meet" hardly hints that it means earning enough money to pay one's bills. What are Body Parts Idioms? There is however a class of idioms of which I am a fan of. These so called "body parts idioms" are intuitive. All of us have the same body parts, say head, heart, hand, foot and many others. Therefore, if you hear "laughing your head off", you can…