3 January 2019 - Bedok Green Primary School

3 January 2019

 Competitive Advantage and Opportunities

 Identity Building

Confident and Proficient
  Communicators of
    Mother Tongue
      Language

Language Ability

                                                                                  Cultivating Culture
Ability to Interact

                                    Combined Usage of Language Skills

                                        Listening     Reading         Writing
                          Oral
                      Interaction                                   Interaction
                                        Speaking       Writing

Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Skills
are progressively taught in all levels. Layering
and deepening as the child progress

How do we now if your child is learning?
Skill base Check Points that focus on interactions/use of the
language , especially listening and speaking skills for P1

E.g Listening Comprehension, Reading the text aloud, Talk Time

Curricular Activities
provide foundation to    Focus for
enable pupils to have
input of the language
                         lower Primary :
and emphasize on the     (Oral
use of the language to   Interactions)
ensure they attain the
skills
                         Speaking and
                         Listening

Learning with Joy Through
 Harnessing ICT for engaged learning and making learning
  visible e.g. flipped classroom
 Learner-centred methodologies,
 Authentic Learning experiences such as culture experience
  activities, speech and drama enrichment class

Oracy Theatre   Children first learn oral interaction skills and vocabulary in
                “Oracy Theatre”.

Pinyin Castle   Children will then learn the Hanyu Pinyin of some of these
(only in 1A)    vocabulary words in “Pinyin Castle”.

Literacy        Having learnt the meaning and pronunciation of the words in
Playground      the first two sections, children will then proceed to learn the
                form of the Chinese Characters and pick up reading skills in
                “Literacy Playground”.
Real-life       Children can extend or consolidate their learning and
Application     appreciate the value of the Chinese Language through the
                language activities and tasks.

The Malay curriculum is named “cekap” which is the abbreviation from:
 C – Cungkil (extract)
 E – Eksplorasi/Eksplisit/Estetik (exploration/explicit/aesthetic)
 K – Kandungan/Kecekapan/Komunikasi (content/skills/communication)
 A – Aktif/Aplikasi/Autentik (active/application/authentic)
 P – Pengajaran Pembezaan/Penilaian Holistik (differentiated learning/holistic assessment)

How to make use of the ML Textbook?
• pre-reading - 10 lessons to teach basic reading; - teaching of phonics through letters, syllable, words and sentences;
•   words are coloured according to its pronunciation to facilitate reading;
•   words are arranged according to the level of difficulty (from simple to difficult words; from concrete to abstract
words); each unit have five subtopics;

 Listening and Speaking skills as a focus for lower primary

 Learn to recognise Tamil letters, words and phrases, and also pronounce
  them accurately.

 Tamil letters and vocabulary are introduced through real-life contexts.

 Penmanship is important

ICT Resources for “Huan Le Huo Ban” (Happy Companions)
http://xuele.moe.edu.sg/xuele/slot/u107/index.html

     Website that contains various teaching resources in Malay
     language. Interesting digital games are available at the website:
     http://tinta.moe.edu.sg/mekar/slot/u112/ecekap/index.html

             A website to access the ICT resources used in the teaching and
             learning of Tamil Language in school:
             http://sangamam.moe.edu.sg/tamilosai/slot/u113/web/primary.html

Be a Cheerleader
                   Create a home environment that
                   help your child to

                         Read Listen
                         Speak Write
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