english language - alexandra primary school - sg...1 situational writing continuous writing 55 27.5%...
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Syllabus Aims
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Listen, read
and view
critically and
with accuracy,
understanding
and
appreciation of
a wide range of
literary and
informational/
functional texts
from print and
non-print
sources.
Speak, write
and represent in
internationally
acceptable
English
(Standard
English) that is
grammatical,
fluent, mutually
intelligible and
appropriate for
different
purposes,
audiences,
contexts and
cultures.
viewing
RECEPTIVE
representing
PRODUCTIVE
Knowledge about Language:
Grammar and Vocabulary
Text Types
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Text Types Examples
Poetry rhymes, cinquains, haiku
Personal recounts diary entries, biographies
Narratives fables, historical fiction, pourquoi tales
Procedures recipes, directions, instruction manuals
Information reports project reports, fact sheets
Factual recounts eye-witness accounts, news bulletins
Explanations how something works
Expositions reviews, arguments
Teaching and Learning Strategies
• Explicit teaching of skills
• Students apply the skills
• Students make informed and deliberate
decision of word choices/answers and not
just “it sounds right”
• Students show their thinking on paper
(metacognition – “thinking about their
thinking”, “knowing about knowing”)
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Application Opportunities
Knowledge about
Language: Grammar
and Vocabulary
• MCQs
• Cloze passages
• Editing for
Spelling and
Grammar
• Synthesis and
Transformation
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Receptive Skills:
Reading, Listening and
Viewing
• Listening for
details and
understanding
• Viewing and
understanding
images in Visual
Text
Comprehension
and Situational
Writing
• Comprehension
Productive Skills:
Speaking and
Writing
• Reading aloud
Read
expressively
• Stimulus-based
Conversation
Express
opinions
• Writing
Convey
ideas clearly
Growing from P4 to P5
Paper Component P3/P4 P5/P6
1 Writing Continuous
Writing
20 Situational Writing 15
Continuous
Writing
40
2 Language Use
and
Comprehension
50 marks 95 marks
3 Listening
Comprehension
20 marks 20 marks
4 Oral
Communication
Reading Aloud 6 Reading Aloud 10
Stimulus-Based
Conversation
10 Stimulus-Based
Conversation
20
Total 100 marks 200 marks
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Assessment Format
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Paper Component Marks Weighting Duration
1 Situational Writing
Continuous Writing
55 27.5% 1h 10 min
2 Language Use and
Comprehension
95 47.5% 1h 50 min
3 Listening
Comprehension
20 10% 35 min
4 Oral Communication 30 15% 5 min prep
≈ 5 min
actual
Situational Writing (15 marks)
• Formal and Informal
Writing
• Task Fulfilment (6m)
• Language and
Organisation (9m)
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Continuous Writing (40 marks)
Write a composition of at least 150 words about 1) teamwork.
Your composition should be 2) based on one or
more of these pictures.
Consider the following points when you plan your
composition:
• How did the team members work together?
• What did the team members hope to achieve?
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20 marks to assess AO3: generate and select relevant
ideas, organise and express them in a coherent and
cohesive manner
20 marks to assess AO4 use correct grammar, spelling
and punctuation; and
AO5 use a variety of vocabulary appropriately, with clarity
and precision
Continuous Writing
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Do:
Show Not Tell
Analyse the stories
that they have read
Plot it against the
Story Mountain
Pick up descriptive
phrases from
books
Don’t:Use superfluous
language
Language Use and Comprehension
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Components Marks Distribution
Grammar MCQ 10 x 1 mark
Vocabulary MCQ 5 x 1 mark
Vocabulary Cloze (MCQ) 5 x 1 mark
Visual Text Comprehension 8 x 1 mark
Total for Booklet A 28 marks
Language Use and Comprehension
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Components Marks Distribution
Grammar Cloze 10 x 1 mark
Comprehension Cloze (without
helping words)
15 x 1 mark
Editing for Spelling and
Grammar
12 x 1 mark
Synthesis and Transformation 5 x 2 marks
Comprehension passage with
a range of question types
20 marks
Total for Booklet B 67 marks
Oral: Stimulus-based Conversation (20 marks)
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S ~ state your answer E ~ explain your choice and give some examples to support what you have said [5Ws 1H]
P ~ personalise (share your own experiences or stories)
Common Experiences
Oral Communication
• Have extended conversations with your
child tapping on:
- their experiences (in school, on weekends)
- interesting news
- ask for their opinions
- express your opinions
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