P4 New Syllabus English

[pokemon]

So far…i have not seen any.

[TheAnswer]

Any parents can update if they received any new info from school regarding P4 new English syllabus?

[BigDevil]

This was what the English HOD presented during my DD's MTP session...


For compo writing, the students will be given a topic to write on, eg.
\"Write a composition about a time you were praised for doing a kind act.\"

They will be given 3 pictures to help them eg.
Pic 1: It was raining, you saw an old lady falling down in front of you
Pic 2: Old lady now holding your umbrella, while you picked her things up
Pic 3: You were standing on stage, being praised by teacher/principal.

The compo should be based on at least one of the given pictures. Students
can choose to use 1, 2, or all 3 pictures. They will be given some helping
words.

For oral, it's called \"Stimulus-based conversation\".
Example given was pictures of different items with prices labelled next
to them. Items like soccer ball ($19), birthday cake ($12), book ($8), etc.
And the conversation topic will be stated below: \"Look at the picture.
Which of the items would you choose to buy as a birthday present for
your friend? Why?\"

That's what my DD's school will be doing. Not sure if it's the same for all.

[iLoveChubby]

Thanks BigDevil for sharing!

This is certainly helpful.
Just curious, did they touch on the comprehension part?
I noted that my DS's enrichment class is doing quite abit of graphics stimulus questions recently - acc to the teacher, it is in line with the new syllabus?... :scratchhead:

[BigDevil]

Nope…no mention of comprehension.

[AnnyTan]

More details can be found here: http://www.stellarliteracy.sg/

[HAPPYH]

BigDevil:

This was what the English HOD presented during my DD's MTP session...


For compo writing, the students will be given a topic to write on, eg.
\"Write a composition about a time you were praised for doing a kind act.\"

They will be given 3 pictures to help them eg.
Pic 1: It was raining, you saw an old lady falling down in front of you
Pic 2: Old lady now holding your umbrella, while you picked her things up
Pic 3: You were standing on stage, being praised by teacher/principal.

The compo should be based on at least one of the given pictures. Students
can choose to use 1, 2, or all 3 pictures. They will be given some helping
words.

For oral, it's called \"Stimulus-based conversation\".
Example given was pictures of different items with prices labelled next
to them. Items like soccer ball ($19), birthday cake ($12), book ($8), etc.
And the conversation topic will be stated below: \"Look at the picture.
Which of the items would you choose to buy as a birthday present for
your friend? Why?\"

That's what my DD's school will be doing. Not sure if it's the same for all.

Wow! Ii is of great help! Especially the oral component. Thank you so much for sharing.

[TheAnswer]

New book for new syllabus English in popular now.

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[sushigal]

Continue to encourage your child to read books. Whether PSLE or no PSLE English, you need not be fearful.


Build good English foundation for them. That’s what we are always doing by buying good English books for them to read.

Both of my gals have strong foundation.

[mwchua]

Just a quick check before SA2:


For current P4, they are still expected to write only 1 composition for SA2 Paper 1 right? Whether it's based on new 2015 PSLE format or existing format?

Thanks