Mother Tongue Languages
Vision
Empowered Learners, Confident, Joyful and Proficient Communicators of the Mother Tongue Language
Mission
To nurture students to be effective communicators and passionate learners of their Mother Tongue Language.
Key Programmes
MTL Champions
MTL Champions who shows leadership capacity are identified to serve the school community. They assist the teachers to lead reading activities and help teachers in the running of internal language competition. They also promote the MT Language by designing the noticeboard in school.
Reading Programme
The reading programme aims to develop student’s interest in learning. Guided reading and reading activities are carried out. MT Champion assists teachers to carry out reading activities or competitions to encourage students to read.
MT Fortnight
The MTL Fortnight activities are designed to expose students to different cultural aspect of the Mother Tongue languages while exposing pupils to the authentic use of language. Different levels of the pupils will engage in different activities. At the end of their 6 years, they will be exposed to different aspects of the culture. Some activities are designed using S.T.R.E.A.M. It is a comprehensive, unique and holistic educational approach that integrates Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics into the teaching and learning process. This approach allows the students to apply their learning in real life situations.
The table below shows the different activities for each level:
Chinese Language | Malay Language | Tamil Language | |
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Primary 1 | (i) Tongue Twister (ii) S.T.R.E.A.M (Rocket Launcher) (iii) Introduction to Mooncake Festival |
(i) Malay Traditional Children Song (Lagu tradisional kanak-kanak) (ii) Batu Seremban |
Panchathantra Kathigal |
Primary 2 | (i) Nursery Rhymes (ii) Introduction to Dumpling Festival (iii) S.T.R.E.A.M (Balloon Driven Dragon Boat) |
(i) Speech and Drama - Traditional Malay Children Story (Penglipur Lara Cerita Kit) (ii) Batu Seremban |
Folk Dance Persons of Fames |
Primary 3 | (i) Gu Zheng (ii) Learning about Hungry Ghost Festival (iii) S.T.R.E.A.M (Rainbow Disc) |
(i) Poetry/Lyrics Writing - Leftenan Adnan (Kursus Sajak) (ii) Gasing/Capteh |
Paavayin Parvaniyil (Puppetry) |
Primary 4 | (i) Chinese Shadow Puppetry Making and Drama (ii) S.T.R.E.A.M (Puppet Theater) (iii) Peking Opera Show |
(i) Hosting Workshop (Pengacara / Kem TV) |
Villupattu |
Primary 5 | (i) Chinese Painting Workshop (ii) S.T.R.E.A.M (whales) |
(i) Debate (Bahas) (ii) Lambung Kain |
Therukoothu |
Primary 6 | (i) Jeopardy Game (ii) Chinese Chess (iii) S.T.R.E.A.M (Motorised Boat) (iv) River Safari Trail |
(i) Melukis Batik (Batik Painting) | Parai Adital |
Details of the respective MTL Fortnight Activities for the different language can be found in the respective MTL Fortnight newsletter below.
FILM (Fun in Learning Mother Tongue)
FILM was an initiative that started out in 2020 with the aim of sharing activities that enable both parent and child to participate to further inculcate and nurture the child’s interest in the MTL. As such, the MTL Department would like to continue promoting such learning between parents and students through a repository of parent-child activities for language skills.
Higher Mother Tongue
The school offers Higher Mother Tongue for students who meet the criteria in Primary 5 and 6. We also offer Higher Chinese Language to selected students who shows capacity and interest in Primary 3 and 4.
SHINE
Through various internal competitions, students deepen their interest in the learning of their language.
Chinese | ||
Skills | Level | Competition / Platforms |
Reading | P1 – P6 CL | Reading Competitions (Craft or Book Reviews) |
P1 – P6 CL | Text Recital Competition | |
Writing | P3 – P6 CL | Composition Competition |
Oral | P1 CL | Singing Competition |
P2 CL | Poem Recital Composition | |
P3 – P5 CL | Story Telling Competition |
Malay | ||
Skills | Level | Competition / Platforms |
Reading | P1 – P2 | Choral Reading and Singing Competition |
P3 – P4 | Poetry Reading | |
P5 – P6 | Script Reading | |
P1 – P6 | Spelling Bee Competition | |
Writing | P3 – P4 | Creative Writing (Poem (Pantun) Competition) |
P5 – P6 | Essay Writing Competition | |
Oral | P1 – P2 | Show and Tell |
P3 – P4 | Berpantun, Bersyair | |
P5 – P6 | Pidato Competition |
Tamil | ||
Skills | Level | Competition / Platforms |
Oral | P1 | Story Telling Competition |
Oral | P2 | Singing Competition with A Recycled Musical Instrument |
Writing and Reading | P3 | Readers Theatre – groups of 3 |
Oral Writing and Oral ICT | P4 P5 P6 | Poetry Recitation – Haiky & Poem of Famous Tamil Poets One Act Play / Create a Video on a Given Topic & upload in Padlet |