A WARM WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU

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Welcome to P1 CL sharing 2009
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Highlight of CL sharing

• 1. The New Chinese Language Curriculum for
  Primary Schools
• - Making Chinese language a living language
• -Teaching Approach
• -Modular Curriculum Structure (a differentiated
  approach)
• -Tips for parents
• - Video clip for the new curriculum

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Highlight of CL sharing

• 2. P1 Chinese class allocation
• 3. P1 Assessment (CAs/ SAs)
• 4. P1 ACE day culture and language enrichment
  programme
• 5. P1 Pupils expectations
• Others important reminder

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Background

• Chinese Language Curriculum and Pedagogy Review
  Committee set up in Feb 2004 in response to
  changing home background of students

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Generational Shifts in Use of CL in Homes

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The New Chinese Language Curriculum for Primary
School

• Making Chinese language a living language
• (??????????)
• -No two students are alike
• -Those who exhibit mastery can advance
• -Those who need reinforcement can move
• forward when they are ready
• -More Chinese students come from English
• speaking home, as such CL curriculum must
• adapt itself to offer greater flexibility in its
• teaching and learning

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The New Chinese Language Curriculum for Primary
School

• Making Chinese language a living language
• -The new curriculum makes CL learning an
• enjoyable experience and encourages children
• to learn the language to the highest level.
• Aim to develop an abiding interest in
• learning Chinese so that pupils will continue to
• use it as a living language after they leave
• school

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The Pedagogical Approach
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The New Chinese Language Curriculum for Primary
Schools

• Teaching Approach (???)
• -Listen and speak more (????)
• -Recongnise Characters effectively (????)
• -Follow on with reading and writing (????)
• -Enjoy learning Chinese lanugage (????)

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???? Enjoy Chinese Language Learning
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Listen and Speak More

• Language learning begins with ability to converse
  in the language
• Engaged participation in classroom activities to
  encouraged students to express themselves using
  the language
• Build a strong foundation in oral communication

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Recognise Characters Effectively

• A range of character recognition strategies will
  be taught explicitly to students
• No one-size-fits-all strategy
• Teachers and students will be encouraged to
  adapt strategies to suit their needs

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Teaching of Reading

• Early reading helps students acquire the language
  faster
• It helps students consolidate characters learnt
• Teach students reading strategies explicitly

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Teaching of Reading

• Structured framework to teach reading throughout
  the 6 years.
• P1 to P2 Focus on nurturing the intuitive grasp
  of the language(????)
• P3 to P6 Specific reading skills

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Teaching of Writing

• Essay writing skills will be taught
  systematically
• At lower primary, students will be taught to
  compose simple sentences (??)
• As they move up the levelsSentences?Paragraphs?S
  hort Essays
• (??) (??)
• Aid of hanyu pinyin writing software

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Early Reading
Enjoy learning CL
Writing
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The New Chinese Language Curriculum for Primary
Schools

• Modular Curriculum Structure (a differentiated
  approach)(????)
• -new modular structure caters to the unique
• Needs and abilities of the child
• -3 modules bridging module / core module and
  enrichment module

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The New Chinese Language Curriculum for Primary
Schools

• Modular Curriculum Structure (a differentiated
  approach)
• bridging module (????) provide support for
  character recognition in core module / reinforce
  recognition of characters learnt previously
• core module (????) develop listening and
  speaking abilities / build up reading and writing
  skills
• enrichment module (????) encourage extensive
  reading

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The New Chinese Language Curriculum for Primary
Schools

• Modular Curriculum Structure (a differentiated
  approach)
• All pupils will take the core module and at
• PSLE only the core module will be tested
• - Students may move laterally across the various
  module combinations at appropriate times of the
  year

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Parent Support
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The New Chinese Language Curriculum for Primary
Schools

• Tips for parents (How then can we help our
  child?)
• Creating a conducive learning environment
• - Show interest in your childs CL learning
  experiences and encourage them to show with you
• -Encourage your child to learn through meaningful
  language games
• -Read Chinese newspapers and books together,
  starting with books with attractive illustrations
• -Bring your child to the library or bookshops to
  cultivate a reading habit

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The New Chinese Language Curriculum for Primary
Schools

• Tips for parents (How then can we help our
  child?)
• Creating a conducive learning environment
• -Watch quality CL television programmes together
• -Make use of objects in your environment such as
  road signs and advertisements to engage your
  child in CL conversations
• -Build up your childs confidence by not
  correcting his or her mistakes excessively
• -Allow the children to learn through meaningful
  games

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The New Chinese Language Curriculum for Primary
Schools

• Video clip for the new curriculum

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P1 Chinese Classes allocation

• 2. P1 Chinese class allocation
• Semester one
• time for new pupils to adjust and fit into
  their new school
• not group
• 3 CL classes is formed from the 4 form classes
• teacher will teach mixed ability pupils
• CCPS CL groupings
• P1/1 Mdm Choo P/2 Mdm Han Qing
• P1/3 Mrs Alice Goh

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P1 Chinese Class allocation

• 2. P1 Chinese class allocation
• Semester Two
• pupils will be grouped according to their
  average of results obtained in term 1 and term 2
• teachers will teach according to pupils ability
• CCPS CL groupings
• P1/1 Mdm Choo (bridging core)
• P1/2 Mdm Han Qing (core enrichment)
• P1/3 Mrs Alice Goh (core enrichment)

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PRIMARY 1 School Mother Tongue Assessment mode
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P1 Mother Tongue ACE day culture and language
enrichment programme

• MT Creative enrichment programmes conducted by
  our school own teachers
• Incorporate culture, experiential activities,
  videos, competitions, ICT learning, arts and
  others

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P1 pupils expectations

• Language exercise from workbook/students paper
  (????/????/??/???)
• Spelling (??(????/??))
• Unit tests(?????)
• Worksheets(????)
• Sentences Making (picture))(????)
• Oral / conversation (??/????/??)

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Other important REMINDER!

• Please write
• Chinese and
• English name on
• all text / exercise / assessment books/ files

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How we can help your child to achieve?

• Classroom teaching
• Drilling spelling / dictation
• Remedial lessons
• Enrichment / Enhancement course
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What you can do...

• Daily coaching/supervising
• Check exercise corrections
• Check spelling/test - signature
• Encourage joining of enrichment class
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You can support us by

• Encouraging PUNCTUALITY for
• submission of homework
• encouraging your child to participate in
  enrichment activities
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???? Remember

• Do not over tax your child with too much homework
  or tuition
• Use reward system rather than scolding approach
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Private Tuition

• Should not neglect
• homework given by
• the school.

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Thank you ??
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Parent Support