Benjamin Tang, RJC

Dear Mr Koh,
Would like to extend my sincere thanks and appreciation to my teacher for Econs in J2 Mr Koh. Throughout the year Mr Koh was extremely supportive as a teacher and also highly effective in his pedagogical skills. He refused to neglect even the smallest detail in all our elaborations and explanations, ensuring that our responses were fully comprehensive and rigorous so as to help us achieve the L2 for explanation. He would also add in insightful evaluative points to nuance our responses, which is highly essential for us to achieve an L3 answer. Coupled by his thorough knowledge of the Singapore and global economy, his evaluative points were always easy to understand and succinct to convey, which proved to be extremely useful for a time-tight exam subject like Econs. His case study teaching was also very useful — we were taught the correct answering skills consistently throughout the year be it answering the lower marks short responses questions or the questions that required us to give evaluative points and a nuanced conclusion. We were taught how to structure our answers effectively and score the most marks while not wasting too much time on each question. Most importantly, his thick model essay package he gave us halfway through the year proved to be very useful in our last minute preparation — that proved to be my Econs “bible” nearing exams as I would just take the essays and memorise all the explanations, allowing myself to reproduce answers of such high quality during the exam. The essay package is something that really helped all his students, giving us wide exposure to various types of essay questions and sufficient depth at the same time. He also knew how to effectively strategize his time during his lessons — when he was short of time he prioritized exposure to a variety of questions as more important, leaving the nitty-gritty to us to settle in our free time. The thing I appreciated the most about him was his willingness to let us consult him after lessons especially nearing the crucial exams, letting us do essays at home and giving it to him to mark so that we can get a good gauge of our ability and get a better idea of what we’re strong at and what we need to work on to improve. Sincere thanks once again to Mr Koh! I could not have done it without him undoubtedly.