# Maths English Medium **Source:** https://si.advice.lk/tuition/maths-english-medium **Language:** Sinhalese --- # Mathematics English Medium in Sri Lanka Nobody is listed here yet. Below: what this costs in Sri Lanka, how to check a teacher is genuine, and where else to look. Teach this? List free Key facts Tutors listed : None yet Covers : ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ලැයිස්තුගත කිරීමේ පිරිවැය : නොමිලේ, කොමිස් නැත 📋 ## No mathematics english medium tutors listed yet No listings here yet. This directory launched recently and we review every submission by hand rather than scraping numbers off other sites, so it fills up area by area. If you teach mathematics english medium in Sri Lanka, you can be the first listing on this page. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උගන්වන්නද? ඔබගේ ලැයිස්තුව නොමිලේ එක් කරන්න ### කෙසේ වෙතත් ප්‍රයෝජනවත් වේ සිංහල මාධ්‍යයෙන් ගණිත පන්ති: ගාස්තු, ආකෘති සහ ගුරුවරයෙකු තෝරා ගන්නේ කෙසේද ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඔබේ ටියුෂන් පන්තිය ප්‍රචාරය කරන්නේ කෙසේද: පෝස්ටර්, කණ්ඩායම් සහ නොමිලේ ලැයිස්තුගත කිරීම් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පුහුණු ඉගැන්වීම් රැකියා: ඔවුන් ගෙවන්නේ කුමක්ද සහ සිසුන් සොයා ගන්නේ කෙසේද The short answer: choose the medium your child is **registered for at the examination**, not the medium you would prefer them to learn in. Candidates select their preferred medium when they apply to the Department of Examinations, and that is the language the question paper arrives in. Everything else in this guide follows from that one decision. ## What “English medium” means in a Sri Lankan school Sri Lanka’s bilingual programme was introduced in 2001, initially for Advanced Level science stream classes, and uses English as the medium of instruction for **selected subjects** while the mother tongue continues for the rest. Maths, science and technology, and social science subjects are the ones usually taught this way from Grade 6 upward (National Education Commission). So “English medium” rarely means a child’s whole education is in English. In a government school it normally means a handful of subjects are, and maths is commonly one of them. **One thing to confirm rather than assume:** government schools limit how many subjects a student may sit in English medium. That limit is widely reported as five subjects, but we could not confirm the current figure against a readable primary source — the Education Commission’s policy document is published as a scanned image. Ask your school’s examination officer what the limit is now and which subjects it applies to. It matters, because it determines whether English medium maths is even available to your child alongside their other choices. ## Why the medium decision is worth getting right The mathematics is the same in every medium. The language the question is asked in is not, and that is where marks are lost. - **Terminology.** A student who has only ever heard the English term will hesitate over the Sinhala or Tamil one under exam pressure, and hesitation costs time on a paper that does not give you spare time. - **Instruction verbs.** “Hence”, “deduce”, “show that”, “correct to two decimal places” each demand a specific thing. Students who read them loosely lose method marks on questions they could solve. - **Word problems.** These are reading comprehension with numbers attached. They are the clearest place a medium mismatch shows up. If your child is already in an English medium maths class at school, an English medium tuition class reinforces one vocabulary rather than splitting it. If they are not, adding one is a bigger decision than it looks. ## Questions to ask before you pay 1. **Which syllabus year do you teach to?** Notes written for an older syllabus still circulate widely. Ask directly. 2. **Do you teach the whole class in English?** This is the honest question, and the answer is often no. Many classes advertised as English medium are taught mostly in Sinhala or Tamil with English terms written on the board. That can be a reasonable teaching choice, but you should know which one you are buying. 3. **How many students are in the class this month?** Not capacity. The actual number. 4. **Are papers marked and returned?** “We do past papers” is not an answer. Ask whether the student gets their script back with corrections, and how quickly. 5. **Can my child sit one class first?** Most confident teachers agree. A flat refusal is worth noticing. ## Fees, by class format Fees in Sri Lanka vary far more by **format** than by medium or subject. The pattern is consistent: | Format | Relative cost per student | Suits | | --- | --- | --- | | Mass class at an institute | Lowest | A student keeping up who needs structure and good explanation | | Group class, roughly 15-40 students | Middle | Most O/L students | | Individual or home visit | Highest | A student who is behind, or needs diagnosis rather than delivery | | Online | Between group and individual | Students outside the main towns, or anyone whose travel time is significant | Where listings on this page publish a fee, the real range and midpoint appear in the key facts box above, calculated from those listings rather than estimated. We do not publish an island-wide average, because averaging a Grade 6 group class against A/L individual tuition produces a number that describes nobody. ## When switching medium is and is not a good idea **Reasonable:** the child is moving to an international syllabus, or is early enough in secondary school that there are years to absorb the vocabulary, or their school has just moved the subject to English medium and the class should follow. **Usually a mistake:** switching in the exam year. There is time to rebuild terminology while also covering the syllabus, and the paper will not make allowances. **Worth pausing on:** switching because English medium sounds more prestigious. It is a language decision with mark consequences, and the child sitting the paper carries them. If you decide to switch, change the examination registration and the tuition class together. Doing one without the other is the specific mistake this guide exists to prevent. ## Where to look next - Browse English medium classes across all subjects - Compare maths classes in every medium - The same guidance for Sinhala medium maths Every listing on Advice.lk is reviewed by a person before it goes live, and we publish real fee ranges instead of “contact for price”. We are a directory, not an agency: you deal with the teacher directly and we take commission. Teach maths in English medium? Add your class free. ## Other mediums සිංහල මාධ්‍ය දෙමළ මාධ්‍ය ## Other ways to learn පුංචි කණ්ඩායම් පන්ති නිවෙස් වෙත පැමිණ ඉගැන්වීම තනි (1-සිට-1) Mass Class මාර්ගගත පන්ති (Online Classes) ප්‍රශ්න පත්‍ර / පසුගිය විභාග ප්‍රශ්න පත්‍ර Revision Classes සෙමිනාරය තේරුම් පන්ති ## Questions Should my child take maths tuition in English medium or Sinhala medium? Match it to the medium your child is registered for at the examination, not to the medium you would prefer them to learn in. Candidates select their examination medium when they apply to the Department of Examinations, and that is the language the paper arrives in. A student who learned 'simultaneous equations' in English and then sits a Sinhala medium paper loses marks on terminology they were never taught, and the reverse is equally true. If you want to change medium, change the registration and the class together, well before the exam year. Can a student take some subjects in English medium and others in Sinhala or Tamil? Yes. That is the design of the bilingual programme, which uses English as the medium of instruction for selected subjects while the mother tongue continues for the rest. Maths is one of the subjects usually offered in English medium. Government schools do limit how many subjects a student may take in English medium, so ask your school's examination officer what the current limit is and which subjects it covers before committing to a class. Is English medium maths harder? The mathematics is identical. What changes is the language the question is asked in, and that is where marks are actually lost. Word problems, instruction verbs like 'hence' and 'deduce', and the exact phrasing of a proof are the parts students struggle with, not the arithmetic. A good English medium maths teacher spends real time on how questions are worded, not only on solving them. What should I ask before paying for an English medium maths class? Four things. Which syllabus year they teach to. Whether the teacher explains in English throughout or switches to Sinhala or Tamil when the class falls behind. How many students are actually in the class this term, not its capacity. And whether past papers are marked and returned with corrections. Ask for one class before you commit to a term. What does mathematics english medium cost in Sri Lanka? No listing here has published a fee yet, so we are not going to invent a figure. As a general guide in Sri Lanka, mass classes at an institute cost least per student, individual home tuition most, and online sits between the two. Ask for the monthly total, the number of classes, and whether papers and notes are included before you commit. How do I check a tutor is genuine? Ask to see original degree or teaching certificates, not photocopies. Ask which school or institute they teach at and confirm it. Ask for two current parents' numbers and actually call them. Attend the first class at the institute or somewhere public. Pay month to month rather than for a full term up front. If a teacher will not agree to a paid trial class, treat that as a warning. Advice.lk ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උගතුන් සහ මධ්‍යස්ථාන නොමිලේ ලැයිස්තුගත කරයි. අපි ඒජන්සියක් නොවන අතර ඔබ සංවිධානය කරන ඕනෑම පාඩමකින් අපි ගාස්තු හෝ කොමිස් නොගනිමු. අපි සම්බන්ධතා තොරතුරු සත්‍යාපනය කරමු, නමුත් ලැයිස්තුගත කර ඇති පුද්ගලයින් අපි සේවයේ යොදවන්නේ නැත, අධීක්ෂණය කරන්නේ නැත හෝ පසුබිම් පරීක්ෂා කරන්නේ නැත. කරුණාකර මුලින්ම ආරක්ෂිත පොදු ස්ථානයක හමුවන්න, සුදුසුකම් සහ හැඳුනුම්පත ඔබම සත්‍යාපනය කරන්න, සහ කිසි විටෙක විශාල මුදලක් කල්තියා ගෙවන්න එපා. ආරක්ෂිතව ගුරුවරයෙකු තෝරා ගැනීම පිළිබඳ අපගේ මාර්ගෝපදේශය බලන්න.