2839. Yoong Cai Ting Elaine

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Teaching level and subjects

Primary/ PSLE
English, Chinese, Maths, Science

Pro Rates

Pre-School
$31/hr
Pri 1-3
$39/hr
Pri 4-6
$41/hr

Ratings Breakdown (Find out how ratings are given)

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(Top 1%)
Gender Female
Age 26 to 30
Date Joined Dec 2006
Occupation Fulltime Tutor
SMS Responses 47
Teaching at
Jurong East
Jurong West
Lakeside
Boon Lay
Bt Batok
Bt Gombak
Hillview
Bt Panjang
Choa Chu Kang
Yew Tee
 
 

Elaine says

I have 7 years of tuition teaching experience in all primary levels, thus i am very familiar with the school syllabus and i know what are the requirements for each level, each subject for the student to focus on in order to excel well.

My achievements are,

Year 2008

1. Primary 4 student who had a failing grade in her Science scored 80 marks for her next exam.

2. Primary 6 student whom i coached for 2 years since primary 5 scored A* for his Science in PSLE year 2008. He is now in St Joseph Institute eligible for a special Science programme.

3. Primary 1 student who is weak in Chinese and had a failing grade for the subject scored 85 marks after a few months of tuition with me. Her other subjects improved from band 3 to band 2 and band 2 to band 1.

4. A foreign primary 1 student who had no basic foundation in Chinese scored from a failing grade to 90 marks for her next exam.

5. Other students of mine are improving their results from band 3 to band 2, and from band 2 to band 1.

Year 2009

1. All three primary 6 students scored A for their PSLE English.

2. Primary 2 student scored the highest for Chinese in her class and full marks for Math in the CA2 examination. She maintained her results for final year examination and got awarded the Good Progress Award.

3. Another primary 2 student scored from 60+ marks to 80+ for her Chinese.

4. Kindergarten 1 student who had weak Chinese foundation improved a lot for the language as commented by his school MT teacher.

5. Primary 4 student scored Band 1 for his English and Math in final year examination.

StarTutor's Review

Elaine enjoys working with young children. Their innocence and adorable faces never fail to put a smile on her face. Her love for young children has also landed her in a teaching job at a childcare centre previously, and hence she is very experienced in handling young children. She enjoys coaching them, and finds great joy in seeing them make progress under her guidance.

Elaine specializes in all subjects for Primary school, namely English, Mathematics, Science and Chinese. She has been giving home tuition for 6 years, and is very familiar with the current MOE syllabus for all these subjects. Using this to her advantage, Elaine is able to spot the trend in examinations and thus prepares students well by exposing them to a variety of possible examination questions. Elaine feels that through this, she is able to build up the confidence of her students, as well as training them to study smart, not just hard.

Elaine helps students who are academically stronger to stretch even further and obtain better grades by allowing them to practise challenging questions of a higher level. She guides such students by teaching them to think from a different angle to solve higher-level questions, and also introduces more problem solving techniques if they are able to cope with it. Elaine is also very familiar in teaching ‘Model Diagrams’ which is an essential problem solving technique for primary school Mathematics. She shared with us that ‘Model Diagrams’ are essential for weaker students, especially since they are unable to visualize word problems. Elaine makes use of these diagrams to help the student visualize better, and slowly trains them so that they will be able to adopt this technique on their own eventually.

Overall, Elaine is aware of the weaknesses and problems that most primary school students face, and is quick to remedy these as soon as she is aware of them. Her familiarity with the school syllabus will definitely give her students an edge over the rest.

- Interviewed by StarTutor (Cady, Weichao, Gavin), 18 April 2009

Testimonial

Elaine has helped Firas to be more disciplined in his studies and has pushed him to be more independent in learning. She teaches and advises in a firm manner. She assigns a manageable amount of homework after every session to reinforce her teaching. Also, she is prompt in marking her students homework. She ensures that errors are completely understood by explaining them to the student and then instructing them to make corrections. This has helped Firas obtain a Band 1 in his last Mathematics examination. Elaine has been an excellent supplement to Firas school career. There is no doubt that she is a good tutor that can benefit other students too. - Nurly

Thank you for your great job in coaching my son Chinese (MT) in P2 this year. He has improved his MT to Band I -85 marks for his SA1. During the Parents-meet-teachers' session, his school MT teacher was pleased with his vast improvement (he got 2nd in his MT class) and expressed hope that he could get into the Tier one MT class next year as long as he continues his progress.

No one would have thought this was possible when MT was his worst subject or fear since P1. ( he improved from 68 to 75 to 85 for P1 SA1, SA2 and now P2 SA1.) In fact we did not expect him to be able to catch up so fast since he could not even understand Mandarin at all in K1. It had been 'painful' to get him to understand passages. Now, he is finally getting more adept to it.

Your feedback of his behavior during lessons is great because he would know that his parents are aware of his mischief, if any. It helps to keep him in check. Hope that you can continue to coach him to achieve greater heights. - Mrs Lee
2008 Bachelor (Murdoch University)
Bachelor of Commerce in Management
2006 Diploma (Ngee Ann Polytechnic)
Diploma in Quality Management and Engineering

Commitment Level

I am a full time tutor and can start tuition immediately.

Assignments (52 Taken)

Home Tuition

# Date Area District Level Subjects Sessions Per Month
1 24 Mar 07 NW Choa Chu Kang, Yew Tee P1 English 8 x 1hrs
2 01 Apr 07 NW Choa Chu Kang, Yew Tee P4 English, Maths, Science 4 x 2hrs
3 05 Apr 07 W Bt Batok, Bukit Gombak P2 English 4 x 1.5hrs
4 18 Apr 07 NW Choa Chu Kang, Yew Tee P6 Maths 4 x 1.5hrs
5 20 May 07 N Woodlands, Marsiling, Admiralty P5 English, Maths 4 x 1.5hrs
6 28 Dec 07 NW Choa Chu Kang, Yew Tee P2 English, Chinese, Maths 8 x 1.5hrs
7 09 Mar 08 NW Bt Batok, Bukit Gombak P4 English, Maths, Science 4 x 1.5hrs
8 13 Mar 08 NW Choa Chu Kang, Yew Tee P5 Maths 4 x 1.5hrs
9 06 Apr 08 NW Choa Chu Kang, Yew Tee P4 English, Maths, Science 8 x 1hrs
10 07 Apr 08 W Clementi P2 English, Chinese, Maths 4 x 2hrs
11 29 Jul 08 NW Bt Batok, Bukit Gombak P1 English, Chinese, Maths 8 x 1.5hrs
12 18 Aug 08 NW Choa Chu Kang, Yew Tee P6 Maths 8 x 1.5hrs
13 01 Sep 08 W Pasir Panjang, Kent Ridge P1 Chinese 4 x 1hrs
14 12 Nov 08 NW Bt Batok, Bukit Gombak P3 English, Maths, Science 8 x 1hrs
15 01 Feb 09 W Jurong East P2 English 4 x 1.5hrs
16 04 Feb 09 NW Bt Timah, King Albert Park P4 Chinese 4 x 1hrs
17 13 Mar 09 W Jurong East P4 Maths 4 x 1.5hrs
18 24 Mar 09 - Bt Panjang P6 English, Maths, Science 8 x 1.5hrs
19 25 Mar 09 NW Choa Chu Kang, Yew Tee P1 Maths 4 x 1hrs
20 22 Apr 09 - Bt Batok, Bukit Gombak P6 Maths, Science 4 x 2hrs
21 18 May 09 NW Choa Chu Kang, Yew Tee P3 Chinese, Maths 4 x 1hrs
22 22 May 09 NW Bt Timah, King Albert Park P4 Maths, Science 8 x 1.5hrs
23 26 May 09 NW Choa Chu Kang, Yew Tee P6 English 4 x 1.5hrs
24 14 Jun 09 NW Bt Panjang P4 Maths 4 x 1hrs
25 01 Jul 09 C Bt Timah, Stevens Rd P4 English, Maths, Science 4 x 1.5hrs
26 30 Jul 09 W Jurong West, Lakeside, Boon Lay P1 Chinese 4 x 1.5hrs
27 05 Aug 09 E Bt Panjang P4 English, Maths, Phonics 8 x 1.5hrs
28 01 Sep 09 NW Choa Chu Kang, Yew Tee P5 Maths, Science 4 x 2hrs
29 20 Oct 09 W Jurong East P6 English, Maths 4 x 2hrs
30 11 Dec 09 W Jurong West, Lakeside, Boon Lay P6 English, Maths, Science 8 x 1.5hrs
31 12 Dec 09 W Jurong East P4 Maths 4 x 1.5hrs
32 29 Dec 09 W Bt Batok, Bukit Gombak P4 English, Maths, Science 4 x 3hrs
33 05 Jan 10 W Jurong East P4 Maths, Science 4 x 2hrs
34 20 Jan 10 W Jurong East P6 Maths 4 x 1hrs
35 04 Feb 10 NW Bt Batok, Bukit Gombak P6 English, Maths, Science 8 x 1.5hrs
36 16 Feb 10 NW Bt Batok, Bukit Gombak P6 Maths 4 x 1.5hrs
37 03 May 10 C Tanglin, River Valley P3 English, Maths, Science 4 x 2hrs
38 12 May 10 NW Bt Panjang P2 Maths 4 x 2hrs
39 17 May 10 N Woodlands, Marsiling, Admiralty P4 Maths 4 x 1.5hrs
40 06 Jun 10 W Jurong East P4 English 4 x 1.5hrs
41 06 Aug 10 W Clementi P1 English, Maths 4 x 1.5hrs
42 15 Aug 10 W Jurong West, Lakeside, Boon Lay P4 English 4 x 1hrs
43 17 Aug 10 NW Choa Chu Kang, Yew Tee P4 Science 4 x 1.5hrs
44 25 Nov 10 NW Bt Panjang P2 Chinese, Maths 4 x 1hrs
45 11 Feb 11 NW Bt Batok, Bukit Gombak P3 Chinese 12 x 1hrs
46 07 Jul 11 C Orchard Rd P0 English, Phonics 4 x 1.5hrs
47 12 Jul 11 W Jurong West, Lakeside, Boon Lay P2 Maths 4 x 1hrs
48 26 Nov 11 NW Bt Timah, King Albert Park P6 English, Maths, Science 4 x 1.5hrs
49 31 Dec 11 - Jurong East P5 English, Maths 4 x 1.5hrs
50 16 Jan 12 - Bt Panjang P3 English, Chinese 4 x 2hrs
51 16 Jan 12 NW Bt Panjang P6 English, Maths 4 x 1.5hrs
52 06 Feb 12 W Jurong West, Lakeside, Boon Lay P4 Maths 4 x 1.5hrs