Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)

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Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)

English
P4 Meet-the-Parents Session
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Overview

• Difference between P4 and P5 EL (TOS, Assessment,
  Teaching)
• Focus of some components and methods to develop
  competence
• Ways in which parents can support your childs
  learning

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Primary 4 TOS
Paper Description Components Marks Weightage Duration (minutes)
1 Writing Continuous 20 20 50
2 Language Use Comprehension MCQ/ST Cloze/ Comprehension 50 50 75
3 Listening Comprehension Picture Matching/Note-Taking/Dictation 14 14 50
4 Oral Communication Reading/Picture Discussion 16 16 5-10
Total Total Total 100 100
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Primary 5 TOS
Paper Description Components Marks Weightage Duration (minutes)
1 Writing Situational Continuous 15 40 27.5 70
2 Language Use Comprehension MCQ/ST Cloze/Editing Comprehension 95 47.5 110
3 Listening Comprehension 6-7 passages 20 MCQ 20 10 35 40
4 Oral Communication Reading Picture Discussion Conversation 30 15 5-7
Total Total Total 200 100
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Paper 1 (Writing)

• Continuous Writing
• Choice of Picture or Situation
• Additional Component at P5
• Situational Writing
• Writing a report, a procedural text, email,
  formal or informal letters, notes, notices etc.

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Paper 2 (Language Use Comprehension)

• Graphic Stimulus
• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Punctuation
• Comprehension MCQ
• Grammar Cloze
• Editing spelling and grammar
• Synthesis Transformation
• Cloze
• Comprehension Open-ended questions

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Paper 3 (Listening)

• P4
• A few questions involve some form of visual
  matching
• Pupils have to listen to a text being read and
  fill in the blanks
• Pupils have to listen to a text being read before
  copying it out (dictation)

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Paper 3 (Listening)

• P5
• 6 to 7 texts will be read twice
• Examples of texts - announcement, news broadcast,
  dialogue, advertisement, recipe
• 20 Multiple-choice questions
• Some questions may involve some form of visual
  matching

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Paper 4 (Oral)

• Reading Aloud
• Picture Discussion
• Additional Component at P5
• Conversation
• -Topic given will be related to the picture
• - Candidates are to engage in a meaningful
  conversation with the examiner

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Continuous Writing

• Focus
• Organisation Coherence
• Sequencing of ideas and development of plot
• Grammar
• Use correct tenses
• Punctuation - direct speech, proper
  nouns,
• possessive etc
• Use a variety of sentence types and
  vocabulary
• expressions
• Vocabulary
• A good range to express ideas more
  effectively and interestingly

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Continuous Writing

• Methods to develop competence-
• Practice writing full-length compositions and
  shorter pieces
• Make use of feedback to improve writing
• Be aware of the surroundings and be observant
• Read widely

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Comprehension

• Focus
• Inference Skills (from contextual clues)
• Identifying main ideas and important details
• Sequencing of events
• Identifying cause-and-effect relationships
• Compare and Contrast
• Answering technique
• Methods to develop competence-
• Read the passage carefully (more than once)
• Make notes to aid understanding
• Access prior knowledge and make connections to
  the text
• Pay attention to words in bold

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Cloze

• Focus
• Accuracy
• Precision
• Tenses
• Spelling

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Cloze

• Methods to develop competence-
• Read the whole text first without any attempt to
  fill in the blanks.
• Look out for contextual clues and structural
  clues before filling in the blanks.
• Read again to make sure answers fit in with the
  context and structure.

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Synthesis Transformation

• Focus Combining 2 sentences or transforming the
  structure without a change in meaning
• Nick cannot attend the art class. His parents did
  not sign the form.
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• Unless_______________________________________.
• Methods to develop competence-
• Understand grammar rules and conventions
• Gain exposure to the different types of
  questions
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Teaching Focus (P4)

• Reinforcement of language items learnt
• - constant revision/ re-teaching
• Use of exercises in Companion booklets
• A good collection of worksheets prepared plus
  practice papers
• - provide sufficient exposure to PSLE-type
  items
• - constant review and improvement of
  worksheets to ensure relevance

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Teaching Focus (P5)

• Reinforcement of language items learnt
• - constant revision/ re-teaching
• Focus on different text types (Situational
  Writing) and further development of writing
  skills (Continuous Writing)
• A good collection of worksheets prepared plus
  practice papers
• - provide sufficient exposure to PSLE-type
  items
• - constant review and improvement of
  worksheets to ensure relevance

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Literature Programme (P5)

• Protected reading/discussion time every week
• Pupils will benefit from a detailed study of the
  selected book
• Pupils will carry out activities related to the
  book
• Pupils will develop deeper understanding of the
  story and get a chance to appreciate literature
• Pupils will be more motivated to read
• Strengthen language skills

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Support Programme

• Teachers identify pupils who need extra help
• Focused remediation provided on some of the
  components. E.g. ST, Graphic Stimulus, Compre
  Cloze, Compre OE Writing.

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Parents Support

• Two key ways in which you can support your
  childs language learning
• Exposure
• Practice

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Parents Support

• Tips for parents about reinforcing skills to be
  revised for all 4 language components
• Oral
• check their diction/ voice projection when giving
  them a short passage to read aloud
• refer to selected pictures and discuss content
• ensure that your son speaks in grammatically
  sound sentences

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Parents Support

• Listening
• allow them to listen to News broadcast/ snippets
  of a conversation/ radio jingle
• ask them a few questions in relation to what they
  heard
• Language usage
• revise practice papers
• revise items they have learnt, especially the
  common errors highlighted by teacher
• e.g. using incomplete sentences to answer
  comprehension questions incorrect tenses

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Parents Support

• Writing
• exercise careful thought/ choice of words
• elaborate on ideas, provide details
• be observant about daily occurrences
• continue to read news articles and other
  appropriate materials to maintain exposure to
  different text types/ genres

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Parents Support

• Reading
• Encourage your son to read widely
• Different genres
• Different text types
• Fiction non-fiction
• Talk to your son about what they are reading and
  what you are reading

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Parents Support

• Remind your child to
• complete practice papers with due diligence
• be attentive in class
• ask questions when in doubt
• Help your child manage his time spent completing
  assignments prioritise between schoolwork and
  tutors/ your assignments (if any)

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Preparation for PSLE

• Preparation for PSLE begins at P5
• Pupils who do well in P5 are better able to cope
  in P6. They also tend to do better in the PSLE.

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Contact
Mdm Suzanna Hashim (ST) i/c P3 P4 Tel
62501633 (extn 249) Email suzanna_hashim_at_moe.edu
.sg Ms Woon Yuet Meng (LH) Tel [phone] (extn
249) Email woon_yuet_meng_at_moe.edu.sg
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