English Language

Singapore’s

English

Language

Teaching and

Learning

Framework

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Primary English Language Syllabus

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

The ALPS EL Curriculum

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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

Language Use and Comprehension

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• Apply Skills Taught

• Show Your Thinking

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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Thank you!