Curriculum Goals

•⁠  ⁠Develop students’ English proficiency, personal growth, and cultural awareness

•⁠  ⁠Foster whole-person development, lifelong learning, and values education

Major Renewed Emphases (MREs)

•⁠  ⁠Values Education: Includes national identity, empathy, integrity, and responsibility

•⁠  ⁠Reading Across the Curriculum (RaC): Integrate reading with other subjects

•⁠  ⁠STEAM Education: Encourage cross-disciplinary learning and creativity

•⁠  ⁠Information Literacy & e-Learning: Promote blended learning and digital skills

•⁠  ⁠Creative Use of English: Through language arts like stories, poems, and drama

•⁠  ⁠Assessment Literacy: Emphasize formative assessment and student reflection

•⁠  ⁠Optimizing Learning Time: Use flexible scheduling for deeper learning

Curriculum Structure

•⁠  ⁠Four strands: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing

•⁠  ⁠Focus on generic skills, multimodal literacy, and values

•⁠  ⁠Encourage cross-KLA collaboration and independent learning

Teaching & Learning Strategies

•⁠  ⁠Task-based learning and integrative use of skills

•⁠  ⁠Grammar and vocabulary taught in context

•⁠  ⁠Phonics and dictation for foundational skills

•⁠  ⁠Life-wide learning and language-rich environments

Assessment Practices

•⁠  ⁠Promote Assessment for Learning (AfL) and Assessment as Learning (AaL)

•⁠  ⁠Use diverse tools: portfolios, peer/self-assessment, formative feedback

•⁠  ⁠Balance between internal and external assessments

Resources & Support

•⁠  ⁠Use quality textbooks, multimodal materials, and community resources

•⁠  ⁠Encourage teacher professional development and school-based planning

Features