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Primary ( exit after Year 6)

The English Language Curriculum for
Primary Schools aims to equip pupils with
basic language skills to enable them to
communicate effectively in a variety of
contexts thats appropriate to the pupils
level of development

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By the end of Year 6, pupils should be able to:

i. communicate with peers and adults confidently and
appropriately in formal and informal situations;
ii.read and comprehend a range of English texts for
information and enjoyment;
iii.write a wide range of texts using appropriate language,
style and form through a variety of media;
iv.appreciate and demonstrate understanding of English
language literary or creative works for enjoyment; and
v.use correct and appropriate rules of grammar in speech and
writing

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i.

Back to Basics

ii.

Fun Learning

iii.

Learner Centredness

iv.

Integration of salient new technologies

v.

Assessment for learning

vi.

Character Building

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Educational Emphases

Social skills

Listening

Grammar
Speaking

Phonics
Vocabulary

Multiple Intelligences
Contextualism
Constructivism
Learning How to Learn
Skills
Entrepreneurship
Creativity and
Innovation
ICT skills

Writing
Reading
High Order
Thinking Skills
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Values and Citizenship

LEVEL 2
(YEARS 4, 5 & 6)
300 MINS PER WEEK SK
180 MINS PER WEEK - SJK

LEVEL 1
(YEARS 1,2 & 3)
300 MINS PER WEEK SK
150 MINS PER WEEK - SJK

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STRAND 1

STRAND 2

Language Focus

Language Arts

Skills Listening &

Speaking,
Reading and Writing
Vocabulary
(includes Science & Maths
themes
as well as Grammar )

Readers
+
(Contemporary
Childrens Literature)
Genres:
Short Story, Poems and
Graphic Novel

Skills Listening &

Speaking,
Reading and Writing
Vocabulary
Grammar (Year 3)
Phonics: SK -Y1 & 2, SJK
Y1-Y3
Penmanship

Readers
- Big Books
-Lady Bird Series
Music, Poetry & Drama

LISTENING AND SPEAKING MODULE

READING MODULE

WRITING MODULE

LANGUAGE ARTS MODULE (CONTEMPORARY

CHILDRENS LITERATURE YEAR 4-6)

GRAMMAR MODULE
YEAR 1

YEAR 2

STAGE
STAGEONE
ONE
(YEARS
(YEARS113)
3)

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YEAR 3

YEAR 4

YEAR 5

STAGE
STAGETWO
TWO
(YEARS
(YEARS446)
6)

YEAR 6

L2 L3

LISTENING & SPEAKING

READING

L4 L5

World of Self

World of Self
World of Stories
World of Knowledge
World of Self
World of Stories
World of Knowledge

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GRAMMAR/WRITING

World of Knowledge

WRITING/GRAMMAR

World of Stories

LANGUAGE ARTS
(CONTEMPORARARY CHILDRENS
LITERATURE)

L1

 Recommended structure for English language

lessons:

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KSSR

KBSR

1. CURRICULUM
DOCUMENTATION
SYLLABUS
CURRICULUM
SPECIFICATIONS

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STANDARD
DOCUMENT
CONTENT
STANDARDS
&
LEARNING
STANDARDS

KBSR

KSSR

2. CURRICULUM ORGANISATION
LANGUAGE TAUGHT
THROUGH THREE
BROAD AREAS

LANGUAGE TAUGHT
THROUGH THREE
BROAD AREAS
MODULAR
STRUCTURE

INTEGRATION OF
SKILLS

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INTEGRATION OF
SKILLS

KSSR

KBSR

3. CURRICULUM CONTENT
FOCUS ON FOUR
LANGUAGE SKILLS

FOCUS ON FOUR
LANGUAGE SKILLS
BASIC LITERACY

SOUND SYSTEM

PHONICS
LANGUAGE ARTS
PENMANSHIP

GRAMMAR IN
CONTEXT
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GRAMMAR IN
CONTEXT

KSSR

KBSR

4.

APPROACH

WHOLE LANGUAGE

PHONICS

STANDARD BRITISH ENGLISH

5.

ADDED VALUES

EDUCATIONAL
EMPHASES

EDUCATIONAL EMPHASES
CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ICT SKILLS

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Language Arts Contemporary Childrens

Literature
The Modular Approach/Configuration
Assessment for learning

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CONTENT

CURRICULUM
PEDAGOGY

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ASSESSMENT

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 YEAR 4 ONWARDS 1 document; CURRICULUM AND

ASSESSMENT STANDARD DOCUMENT (CDD), a document
which contains Content Standards, Learning Standards and
Performance Standards
1. Teaching and Learning follows the modular structure of
Listening & Speaking, Reading, Writing, Language Arts and
Grammar.
2. Assessment is done for all the language skills. Grammar is
assessed through the Speaking and Writing Skills. This is
because when you assess a pupil for fluency and accuracy
in Speaking and Writing, you are indirectly assessing the
grammar that is used.
3. Assessment is recorded for L&S, R, W & LA in the EXCEL
template.
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4. Assessment is formative in nature and is ongoing.

Therefore, you are constantly assessing your pupils as

you teach, making changes to your methods or
approaches so that your pupils will understand better.
However, the recording of the levels (EXCEL template)
is only done once every 3 months.

5. How do you justify the levels of performance that you

assign to each pupil?
- Through the exercises, worksheets, class
presentations, exercises in the activity books, quizzes
etc. You do not need to have a special file to collect
and keep all these evidence of your pupils. The
evidence is in the form of the written and oral work
that you do in the classroom.
6. If the school carries out the mid term and end of year
examination, the format will have to incorporate all the
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stipulated in the DSKP; L&S, R, W & LA. So,
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THE CONTEMPORARY
CHILDRENS
LITERATURE

AIMS
Create interest in pupils towards literature by
introducing them to a variety of literary texts of
different genres.
Provide pupils with an early beginning and foundation
to literature.
Develop pupils understanding of other societies,
cultures, values and traditions that will help pupils in
their emotional and spiritual growth.
Expose pupils to the aesthetic use of the English
language.
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BACKGROUND
Introduced in all primary schools since 2004.
Involves pupils from Year 4 - 6 (Level 2).
Compulsory to be taught and learnt.
Current cycle of books will end in 2014 for Year 4.
Cycle 2 (new texts) will be used from Year 4 onwards
in stages.
2014

2015

2016

Year 4

Year 4

Year 4

Year 5

Year 5
Year 6

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Texts In The Current Cycle (Cycle 1)

Year 4 National Schools
The following titles are used in Perlis, Kedah, Pulau Pinang,
Perak, Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Negeri
Sembilan, Melaka and Johor:
1.Tidy Your Room, Tanya! Pamela Rushby
2.Tales and Tails Hyacinth Gaudart
3. The Little Blue Boy Fatou Keita Danalis Distributors
The following titles are used in Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan,
Sabah, Sarawak and Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan:
1.Coral Bay Surprise Barbara & David Miller
2.Everyone is Good At Something Peter Etherton
3.The Humble Prince Kumara Velu
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Texts In The New Cycle (Cycle 2) SK & SJK

GENRES
POEMS (COMPILATION)

THE SHORT STORY

THE GRAPHIC
NOVEL

1) 1. This Tooth by Lee Bennett

And Something Weird

Happened

Gullivers Travel

Hopkins
2) Cats by John Kitching
3) Serenade by Bobby Katz
4) Watching a Bumble Bee by Wes
Magee
5) Miss Antrobus by Richard Edwards
6) The Meal by Karla Kuskin
7) Seaside by Shirley Hughes
8) The Dark by Adrian Henri
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by Jonathan Swift
by Pamela Rushby

KEEP IN MIND!
Teachers are free to choose whichever genre to
start teaching in Year 5 as long as all genres are
covered in a year.
Finish teaching one genre before moving on to the
next.
Teachers need to plan the allocation of time
(weeks) to cover each text according to the needs
and level of their pupils.
If pupils are advanced and teachers have finished
teaching all the texts in the 3 genres, they are
encouraged to use literary texts of their own during
the Language Arts classes.
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