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English Programme |
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Follow the Synthetic Phonics programme to give children a firm foundation in the key areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing. |
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Develop essential listening and speaking skills. |
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Develop essential reading skills with a focus on fluency, accuracy and reading comprehension. |
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Acquire the essentials of simple writing skills. |
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Acquire a rich and expressive vocabulary through thematic approach |
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Develop an understanding of basic grammar rules. |
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Participate in exciting speech and drama activities to develop self-confidence |
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Improve inter-personal and social development skills. |
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Enhance speech fluency and verbal communication skills through reading aloud, discussion, debates, oral language games, speech and drama activities. |
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Improve listening comprehension skills by exposing children to practices in active listening skills, listening comprehension exercises, listening to storytelling and the use of interactive multimedia. |
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Develop higher comprehension skills through reading comprehension exercises, cloze passages, training in creative and critical thinking skills and discussions of literature extracts. |
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Structuring and writing good compositions; and editing techniques to improve essays. In addition, children are encouraged to explore other exciting writing genres such as poetry, reports, notices and letter writing. |
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Develop a high level of understanding of the English language structure and grammar. Children are given a thorough grounding in the rules of grammar and to practise these rules, both orally and in writing. |
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Expand and use a wider vocabulary through interesting themes, stories, and literature extracts |
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Enhance the competency, confidence and creativity in verbal communication and listening skills. Specific guidance is given to children on conversational skills, listening comprehension, discussion and debates. |
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Foster good reading habits through reading assignments and understanding a wider range of written texts in different genres. Extensive emphasis is placed on reading comprehension, reading aloud with expressive, pitch and clear diction, deducing word meanings from contextual clues and effective reading skills. |
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Explore and master the subtleties of the written language and practise different writing genres such as imaginative writing, discursive essays, journal writing, summary writing and reports. |
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Master the rules, functions and structures of the English language. Children will learn how to use grammatically accurate English, use a broader and more expressive vocabulary, use idioms and proverbs and use higher level literary devices such as metaphors and alliteration. |
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