ML Parents ’ Briefing – PAL Room 1 TL Parents ’ Briefing – PAL Room 2

1. ML Parents’ Briefing – PAL Room 1 • TL Parents’ Briefing – PAL Room 2

2. 2012 Primary 3 & 4 Chinese Language Parents’ Briefing Session

3. Overview • CL Curriculum • Assessment • Parent Support • CL Resources

4. Chinese Language Curriculum – Modular Approach Greater Customisation and Flexibility

5. Students Grouping

6. Categories of Characters • Characters for Writing 识写字 • Required to know how to read, write and use these characters • Characters for Reading 识读字 • Required to know how to read and use these characters • “Meet-Once” Characters 见面字 • To retain authenticity of the passages • Only required to read these characters in context

7. Textbook Format • Core Module • Reading Passage • Language Garden (语文园地) • Listening and Speaking (听听说说) orCharacter Recognition (识字课) • Learning Treasure (学习宝藏)

8. Reinforcement Module • To provide support for character recognition in Core Module • To reinforce recognition of characters learnt previously

9. Enrichment Module • Encourage independent learning • Promote reading • Further enhance reading and writing skills

10. Summary of Different Modules

11. Assessment (P3/P4)

12. P3/ P4 Units Revision 1 - 4 • For formative assessment and diagnostic purposes • 3 – 4 components in one paper ( bite-size) • No weighting in final results

13. P3/ P4 Assessment ( SA1/2)

14. Oral 口试

15. Listening 听力

16. Composition 作文

17. Main Paper ( Paper 2)

18. Choose the correct words（词语选择）（4题8分） Q5. 我不会做的功课，妈妈________地教我。 （1）耐心 （2）爱心 （3）关心 （4）小心

19. Sentence Making（造句）（2题4分） Q11.捡 ____________________________________ ____________________________________

20. Parent Support

21. Parent Support • Encourage your child to speak Mandarin • Expose her to different reading materials like newspapers, storybooks and model composition writings • Watch/listen to the news (eg 傍晚新闻@6:30) • Reading the textbook aloud • Ensure homework is done (checking on the diary periodically)

22. Parent Support Expose your child to good Chinese television programmes for children, e.g. cartoons, infotainment Sunday Channel 8 • 9.00-9.30:《米奇妙妙屋》 • 9.30 – 10:《哆啦A梦》 • 10 – 10.30:《中华德育故事》 • 10.30 – 11:《我的小小发明》 • 11 – 11.30:《娃娃看天下》

23. Parent Support • Tap on the environment such as road signs and advertisements to engage your child in Chinese conversations during outings

24. Information on CL Learning Resources

25. Information on CL Learning Resources 1. Digital Instructional Resources(DIR) for the CL Curriculum http://xuele.edumall.sg/

26. Information on CL Learning Resources 3. Happy Town欢乐小镇 http://happytown.edumall.sg/

27. 4. MC-online(lead.com) www.lead.com.sg

28. Information on CL Learning Resources 5. Zhi Shi Hua Bao 《知识画报 》 (Weekly CL Supplementary Magazine)

29. CL Programmes and Activities 1. Mass： • MTL Fortnight(P1-P6) • P3Hansvision Workshop • P4 Cultural Camp 2. Selected： • P3 Creative Writing Course • Conversational Malay Course (P3 – P5) • Story Challenge Competition

30. MT DEPARTMENT 母语部 • Head of Department 部门主任 Ms Per Yen Leng per_yen_leng@moe.edu.sg • Level Head 科主任 Mrs Tay Chor Koon lim_chor_koon@moe.edu.sg

31. Thank You.