MOe announced Learning of English to Develop 21st Century
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beanbear:
I so agree with this!
As for helping the children to develop critical thinking skills, well, I'm sceptical about the school's ability to do that. Schools like to test at very high standards, yet, they may not prepare kids well for that. Can schools accept that there are multiple different answers for one question? Can schools tolerate multiple interpretations to an exam question and accept different ways of answering an exam question? If they are less uptight about having \"the right answer\" for exams, then I say we are moving in the direction of critical thinking. If the exam orientation is still very much, I want to see a particular type of answer with a particular phrasing, certain key words, etc, then are we promoting critical thinking among students? -
janet_lee88:
All these are covered in the Stellar programme. The main difference in Stellar programme is that they make the children feel the appreciation and usage of language naturally instead of delivering it in the form of teaching rules and syntax of it like we did in the past and made the lessons dry.
Just read this article in CNA news. It just confirmed one thing...tuition for my daughter...or else she will never be able to catch up. Something is wrong somewhere. I use another title to teach daughter her tenses, apostrophe, adjectives, adverbs etc. How can stellar program possibly be used for upper pri?Daddy
Just confirms parent's fears that Primary schools don't teach the basics anymore... Kids who fall behind will need further tuitions/enrichments to catch up.
Preschool to Primary... Hope the new stat board addresses the missing gap.
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I can’t deny the stellar is good foundation materials may be for pre-schooler or those without much explosure in English before. I agree it does not cover much in grammers or even simple sentense structure. My DD is under stellar while my DS did not. By comparing their progresses, my DS mastered his writing skill much better than my DD althought she started reading independently much earlier than her elder brother. Both have had no tuition at all. After being in Stellar program for 3 years, we have no choice but start to look for tuition for improving her writing skill. I read the stellar companion booklets for P3, the tasks covered quite comprehensive with composition task for each unit. However, most of the composition tasks were not used by the teacher. In the end, my DD only has composition once a month at most.
My concern is, are all English teachers ready for the new syllabus? Or will this be another push for parents to seek external assistance? -
Scary:
The new change / requirements to English syllabus is much tougher .... as open ended critical thinking skills are required, not so straight foward. There is no right or wrong answer, depends on how you substantiate / support what you write. Also require broader scope of thinking, ie. ability to think from different angles / perspective, before pen down your thoughts. The current practice - looking at a picture and describe, is a lot easier.Hi Janet,
Not streaming, but change exam focus. Kids taking PSLE 3 yrs down the road will be affected if not wrong. Check out the papers tomorrow. Heard it on the news just now. -
phtthp:
The new change / requirements to English syllabus is much tougher .... as open ended critical thinking skills are required, not so straight foward. Must be able to substantiate what you write. The current practice is easier.
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I fully agreed with the stellar is good foundation materials for pre-schooler.
Your DD has at least 1 composition once a month, my dd had only 2 composition for 1st half and nothing for term 3. I'm very sad to see that the teacher didn't even bother to do the thorough marking. No grade and suggestion were given and I just saw some sentences were underlined in red and some sentences were underlined with green in her returned composition. :yikes:
Honestly, I don't think the teacher is ready for the new syllabus.
This will definitely be another push for parents to either involve them-self or seek external assistance. :sad:J and J:
I can't deny the stellar is good foundation materials may be for pre-schooler or those without much explosure in English before. I agree it does not cover much in grammers or even simple sentense structure. My DD is under stellar while my DS did not. By comparing their progresses, my DS mastered his writing skill much better than my DD althought she started reading independently much earlier than her elder brother. Both have had no tuition at all. After being in Stellar program for 3 years, we have no choice but start to look for tuition for improving her writing skill. I read the stellar companion booklets for P3, the tasks covered quite comprehensive with composition task for each unit. However, most of the composition tasks were not used by the teacher. In the end, my DD only has composition once a month at most.
My concern is, are all English teachers ready for the new syllabus? Or will this be another push for parents to seek external assistance? -
To manage each and every English components is a tough job. Comprehension OE, Oral, compo, comprehension cloze are the few main areas which must be strong to score marks.
My daughter will be tested using the new syllabus. Enough of panic attacks for now. Sian…changing all the time. -
janet_lee88:
luckily current P4 to P6 pupils are safe - they escape the new change.To manage each and every English components is a tough job. Comprehension OE, Oral, compo, comprehension cloze are the few main areas which must be strong to score marks.
the last batch of kids born in 2002 sitting for PSLE in 2014 - fortunate to escape the new change(s).
but kids born in 2003 onwards sitting for PSLE English language paper in 2015 - are impacted.
New English syllabus for upper Primary students from 2013
Upper Primary students will have a revised English syllabus, from 2013.
In a statement on Monday afternoon, the Education Ministry said the revised 2010 English Language (EL) Syllabus will be introduced to students from Primary 4 onwards.
The new syllabus has a \"sharper focus on 21st century competencies\" to enable students to communicate effectively and confidently in the globalised world, the ministry said.
\"Students who are taught the new syllabus will sit for the revised Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) EL papers in 2015,\" the spokesman added.
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/new-english-syllabus-upper-primary-students-2013-20120903
requirements from MOE:-
http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2012/09/learning-of-english-to-develop.php
in detail:-
http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/files/2012/09/annex-b-pri-el-curr.pdf -
Wonders if MOE has already trained all teachers prior to this announcement.
Indeed very worrying for parents.
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PhoBIA:
Before the new syllabus kicks in, all teachers should be sent for thorough training first. Hey, mid-upper primary English is very crucial.Wonders if MOE has already trained all teachers prior to this announcement.
Indeed very worrying for parents.
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