DAZHONG PRIMARY SCHOOL

PRIMARY ONEMOTHER TONGUE LANGUAGE

VISION: Achievers rooted in values, soaring beyond limits

MISSION: To nurture and inspire pupils to be self-directed learners, gracious and resilient,

serving beyond self

华文 BAHASA MELAYU

P1 Parent Engagement Session

Sharing of Mother Tongue Language (MTL)

1. Curriculum

2. Challenges and Expectation

3. Home Support

4. Online Resources

Curriculum – The MTL Syllabus

https://www.moe.gov.sg/education/syllabuses/mother-tongue-

languages/

Curriculum – The MTL Syllabus

Curriculum Framework - CL

Curriculum – The MTL Syllabus

Curriculum Framework - ML

Curriculum – The MTL SyllabusCurriculum Framework - TL

Listening Reading

Interactive

Oral

Writing

Interactive

Writing

Curriculum – The MTL Syllabus

Curriculum Framework The Language Skill

Speaking

Curriculum – The MTL Syllabus

Listening

Content in daily life.

Speaking and spoken interaction

Pronunciation, vocabulary and sentence structures

Question and answer

Reading

Recognise words

Read aloud

Understand text

Writing

Words, phrases and simple sentence

Curriculum – The MTL SyllabusThe Language Skills

Primary One

Learning of Mother Tongue Language

Challenges and Expectation

MTL is a second language

When the home language is not MTL

Child is not immersed in the environment

Lack of opportunities to use MTL

12 periods of MTL lessons in school are insufficient

Home support is the KEY

Learning of Mother Tongue Language

Challenges and Expectation

Daily exposure to listening of

MTL

• Listen to conversation,

• Listen to online learning

resources (MOE or others),

• Watch TV programme.

• Read aloud textbook

passage daily at home,

• Use online resources (MOE)

to recognize words

• Read story book

• Subscribe to MTL magazine

• Build the habit of taking

note of good sentences

• Use MTL to send message

with child

• Practice writing, copy words

• Daily conversation with

family member

• Try to record if necessary

• Practice to speak in sentence

structure in the textbook

Interactive

Writing

Listening Reading

Interactive

Oral

WritingSpeaking

Learning of Mother Tongue Language

Home Support

From MOEhttps://www.moe.gov.sg/education/syllabuses/resources

CL https://xuele.moe.edu.sg/

ML https://tinta.moe.edu.sg/mekar/slot/u112/index.html

TL https://sangamam.moe.edu.sg/tamilosai/slot/u113/index.html

Learning of Mother Tongue Language

Online Resources

1. Daily use of MTL

2. Praise to encourage

3. Play games to arouse interest