1. Strategies supporting Cognitivism AAE 441

2. Outcomes General Outcome: To help pupils improve in their English-speaking skills. Specific Outcome: To make pupils aware of the need to articulate the final /s/, /z/, /t/ and /d/ consonants of grammatical and lexical words.

3. Strategies for teachers Explicit teaching on the plural rules by teacher Students to pronounce words on shown on flash cards Plural Explicit teaching on past tense rules by teacher Students to pronounce words on shown on flash cards Past tense

4. Department-wide strategy English Fiesta Month. Theme: Be Heard, Speak Right. Throughout the month, P5 teachers will take turns to read a short story/poem before Assembly every Monday & Friday. The teachers would ensure that he/she demonstrates proper pronunciation and enunciation of grammatical and lexical words. Recess-Activity: Public-speaking : Pupils will be given the opportunity to speak at the podium during recess every Tuesday & Thursday. They will have to choose from a list of topics that have been prepared by the English Department. Inter-class competition: In the last week, the best group from each class, will act out their role-play during Assembly (a spin-off from the role-plays conducted in class, which will be mentioned in slide 6.)

5. 1. School-wide strategy (Recommendation to principal) Pupils to attend a 5 weeks Phonetics Course conducted by external vendors after school hours. (3 times a week x 2 hours) At the start of the course, pupils will individually use Audacity to record themselves reading a passage that has been prepared by the ELL department. They will listen to their audio recording and reflect on their pronunciation of grammatical and lexical words. At the start of the course, pupils will individually use Audacity to record themselves reading a passage that has been prepared by the ELL department. They will listen to their audio recording and reflect on their pronunciation of grammatical and lexical words. At the end of the course, pupils will again record themselves reading the same passage. They will upload the recordings on a class blog. Their classmates will comment on the recordings, based on what they have learnt during the Phonetics Course. At the end of the course, pupils will again record themselves reading the same passage. They will upload the recordings on a class blog. Their classmates will comment on the recordings, based on what they have learnt during the Phonetics Course.

6. 2. School- wide strategy (3 times a week x 2 hours) School-wide strategy: Pupils to attend a 5 weeks Phonetics Course conducted by external vendors after school hours. (3 times a week x 2 hours) At the end of the 5 weeks, in groups, pupils will carry out a role-play based on a script prepared by the English Department. They will be assessed based on a rubric, with the focus being on proper pronunciation and enunciation. The best group will participate in an inter-class competition during assembly (as mentioned in slide 4). Individually, pupils will sit for their Oral Exam.

7. How strategy relates to Cognitivism Pupils are explicitly taught the rules of the plural and past tense forms. Pupils are able to develop knowledge through analysis of the different words (public speaking, pronouncing words on flash cards) The use of IT, discussion, role play and the other assessments modes ensure that the pupils are actively engaged throughout the process.