1. SHARING SESSION WITH PRIMARY 1 PARENTS 家长分享会 Mother Tongue Department 母语部 04/02/2012

2. Chinese Language Curriculum 小学华文课程

3. 有效识字 Recognise Characters Effectively 读写跟上 Follow on with Reading and Writing 多听多说 Listen and Speak More 快乐学习 Enjoy Chinese Language Learning The Pedagogy Approach

4. Listen and Speak More  Language learning begins with ability to converse in the language.  More opportunities for listening and speaking will be created to encourage your child to express herself.  Through engaged participation in classroom activities, your child will find learning more meaningful and develop a strong foundation in oral communication.

5. Recognise Characters Effectively  A range of character recognition strategies will be taught explicitly to students  Teachers and students will be encouraged to adapt strategies to suit their needs

6. Teaching Reading  Early reading helps students acquire the language faster  It helps students consolidate characters learnt  Children love stories  Teach students reading strategies explicitly

7. Script Writing  Not required to write the characters many times  Augment with structured processes such as  writing using fingers  demonstration  tracing  evaluating

8. Essay Writing  Essay writing skills will be taught systematically  At lower primary, students will be taught to compose simple sentences  As they move up the levels: Sentences → Paragraphs → Short Essays

9. Modular Approach Greater customisation and flexibility

10. Core Module 70-80% Students with interest and ability 20-30% Enrichment module 70-80% Core Module Majority of students Modular Approach (P1-2) School-based Curriculum 20-30% 70-80% Core Module Students with little or no home CL exposure 20-30% Bridging Module

11. B R R B PSLE C C C C C C E E E E E E P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 PSLE - only Core Modules Legend B: Bridging R: Reinforcement C: Core E: Enrichment

12. Structure for Textbook  Bridging Module  Activities-based  Enable students to acquire oral-aural skills, as well as learn some vocabulary

13. Structure for Textbook  Core Module  Complementary Reading  Language activities  Listening and Speaking

14. Structure for Textbook  Enrichment Module  Extended Reading

15. Summary of Different Modules BridgingCoreEnrichment  Oral-aural activities  Vocabulary of Core modules  Main Passage  Complementary reading  Character recognition  Language activities  Listening and speaking activities  Extended reading

16. P1 CURRICULUM P1 CURRICULUM Term 1 Learning of Hanyu Pinyin Initial consonant, simple and compound vowels, tone mark etc

17. P1 CURRICULUM P1 CURRICULUM Term 2 – 4 Learning of Chinese Characters - P1 CL textbooks 1A and 1B

18. CL Homework If your child needs to bring her book home to complete, please supervise her at home and make sure she hands in the book to her CL teacher the next day.

19. CL Supplementary reading materials  “Hao Peng You” 《好朋友》  The content is rich and varied, it consists of stories, nursery rhymes, riddles, tongue twisters, Hanyu Pinyin exercises (term 1), worksheets, quizzes and many more.  Class Book Flood and Reading Cards

20. CL ENRICHMENT CLASSES CL ENRICHMENT CLASSES CL Speech and Drama Course – within curriculum time (between Term 2 & Term 3)

21. ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT  No Continual Assessment (CA) and Semestral Assessment (SA)

22. P1 Progress Card  Assessment items （考查项目）：  Listening 听力测验  Oral 看图说话  Show & Tell 你来说，我来听  Reading 朗读短文  Spelling 听写  Grammar 复习  Writing 看图写句子  Penmanship 笔迹

23. Parent Support

24.  Expose your child to good Chinese television programmes for children, e.g. cartoons  Sunday (Channel 8)  9 – 9.30 : 《米奇老鼠妙妙屋》  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》

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

26. Parental Support  Do not excessively correct children’s mistakes  Build up their confidence  Children are more willing to use the language, thus, will acquire it better  Allow the children to learn through meaningful games

27. 字宝宝 Games  《石头、剪刀、布》  《我猜我猜我猜猜猜》  《记一记》

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

29. Information on CL Learning Resources 2. Games 语文乐翻天 http://game.iflashbook.com User ID: BC Number; Password: fun123 (Student will be informed when account is activated) 3. e-Land interactive Portal 听说 e 乐园 http://www.edumall.sghttp://www.edumall.sg (Directory)

30. CL Website  www.lead.com.sg www.lead.com.sg  Login ID:  School ID: plmgps  Password: mconline

31. Let us work together to optimise your child’s learning potential. Thank You

32. 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