3 January 2020

Competitive Advantage and Opportunities

Identity Building

Hold on to our Roots: Learn Languages for

Life

Empowered Learners,

Confident, Joyful and

Proficient Communicators

of Mother Tongue Language

Language Ability

Combined Usage of Language Skills

Listening Reading

Speaking Writing

Oral Interaction

Writing Interaction

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

Without summative assessment, how do we now if your child is learning?

Observation and looking at daily work and to know the progress of the child based on learning outcome . Looking at the child

holisticallyE.g Listening skills (observe through communication with child, practices in work book and etc)

Focus for lower Primary : (Oral Interactions) Speaking and Listening

Curricular Activities provide foundation to enable pupils to have input of the language and emphasize on the use of the language to ensure they attain the skills

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

Pinyin Castle (only in 1A)

Children will then learn the Hanyu Pinyin of some of these vocabulary words in “Pinyin Castle”.

Literacy Playground

Having learnt the meaning and pronunciation of the words in 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 Application

Children can extend or consolidate their learning and 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

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 (during MT fortnight, Learning speech, enrichment

class ( speech and drama )

Competitions and Games ( Internal competitions)

F.I.L.M (Fun in Learning Mother Tongue Programme)

Fun Language Activities you can do with your child(updated twice per term)

Be a CheerleaderCreate a home environment that

help your child to

Read Listen

Speak Write

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F.I.L.M (Fun in Learning Mother Tongue Programme)Padlet Link

https://www.mtl.moe.edu.sg/

https://www.mtl.moe.edu.sg/xuele/MOE_web/main.html

httphttps://www.mtl.moe.edu.sg/ecekap/index.html

https://www.mtl.moe.edu.sg/theenthamizh/primary.html

Come Join us after P1 PCTC

22 February 2020

MT Parent Workshop ( Similar to 2019 )