P5 Foundation EnglishParents’ Briefing

Strategies for English LanguageLearning and Reading

The EL instructional programme for primary schools that provides the instructional materials, teaching strategies and training to

enable teachers to implement the EL syllabus.

Aims to move EL learners towards independence using authentic texts and learning activities that motivate and engage different

learners

STELLAR

Desired Junyuan OutcomesConfident Communicator

P5 Fdn – Public Speaking (group)P6 Fdn – Public Speaking (indiv)

COMPREHENSION • Annotation/ Visualisation• Circle Underline Bracket (C.U.B)Self-Check Strategy• Context.Tenses.Punctuation.Spelling.

(C.T.P.S)

Key Department Strategies

Stimulus based Conversation• A.R.O.PE

Key Department Strategies

A - AnswerR - ReasonO - OpinionPE – Personal Experience

An example of how AROPE is practised.

EXAMINER: Look at the picture. Would you like to go for this buffet? (pupil refers to a picture of a selection of dishes in a buffet spread.)

Answer : Yes, I would like to go for this buffet becauseReason : it is a good way to taste different types of dishes at one

sitting.Opinion : In my opinion, going for lunch or dinner buffet is a good

way to be introduced to dishes that I am not familiar with. In addition, we can avoid food wastage when we go for buffet meals. We would only take the food that we would eat.

Personal Experience : I remember having a delicious buffet lunch at a wedding reception. I could choose the dishes that I would like to eat from the many varieties that were available. I tried out some dishes that I was not familiar with. I was surprised that I actually liked some of them. I would not have known how the food tasted if I had not tried them that day.

Writing• Modular Writing - pupils are taught to use different ways of introducing their

stories (eg. with quotations, flashbacks, using similes and phrasal words)

Visible Thinking Routine- Group work, sharing ideas, think-pair-share

Key Department Strategies

ASSESSMENT

P5 Fdn Assessment Term 1 Time Task

SA1 Term 3 Time Task

SA2

- 40% - 60%

Paper Marks Duration

Paper 1Writing (SW & CW)

40(10m + 30m) 1hr 10 mins

Paper 2Language Use & Comprehension

60 1hr 20 mins

Paper 3Listening Comprehension

20 Approx 35 mins

Paper 4 Oral Communication

30 8-10 mins(Preparation Time 5 mins)

COMPONENT CONTENT ITEM TYPE NO. OF ITEMS MARKS

Oral20%

30mksAbout 10 mins

Reading Aloud

Stimulus-based Conversation

Open-ended

Open-ended(1 visual stimulus)

2 passages

2 pictures

10

20

Listening Comprehension

13.3%20mks

About 40 -45 mins

Listening Comprehension

MCQ discrete 20 items 20

Writing26.7%40mks

1 hr 10 mins

Situational Writing

Continuous Writing

Open-ended

Open-ended

1

1

10

30

Booklet A

Booklet B

40%60 mks1hr 20 mins

Grammar

Vocabulary

Punctuation

Visual Text Comprehension

Form Filing/ Information Transfer

Editing for Grammar

Editing for Spelling

Comprehension Cloze:

Synthesis &Transformation

MCQ discrete

MCQ discrete

MCQ discrete

MCQ discrete

Open-ended

Open-ended

Open-ended

Open-ended

Open-ended

Different Types of Comprehension Questions• Visual Text Comprehension (Booklet A/MCQ)

(5 x 1m)• Form Filing (5 x 1m)• Completion of Sentences Comprehension (Booklet B)

(5 x 1m)• Open-ended Comprehensions (Booklet B)

(10 m from)- Two texts- Open-ended questions

Managing Understanding Comprehension TextsPupils will be taught - annotation skills - Contextual cluesManaging Comprehension Open-ended Questions- CUB strategy- CTPS strategy

Visual Text Comprehension

Visual Text Comprehension

Comprehension –Form Filing

Comprehension –Completion of Sentences

Comprehension –Completion of Sentences

Two Open-ended Comprehensions

Example: What did the fisherman eat on the deserted island? ref. Unit 1: Kusu Island/STELLAR

- CUB strategyWhat did (the fisherman eat at the deserted island)?circle/ underline/ bracketsWh/how verb question

- CTPS strategy He ate fruits and small animals that are found on the island.Context √ Tenses √ Punctuation √ Spelling √

CTPS

Synthesis

Home Support

• Daily Reading Time• Providing experiences eg outings / sharing of

current affair stories through newspaper articles or news on television

Thank You.Have a pleasant day!