WELCOME PSLE 2019 English Language Workshop for Parents Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Programme Components: • Oral • Writing • Open-ended Comprehension Q & A Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
PSLE ENGLISH PAPER FORMAT Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
PSLE EL Paper format PAPER COMPONENT ITEM TYPE MARKS WEIGHTING DURATION Situational 15 Writing OE 1 ---------------------- 55 27.5% 1 hr 10 min 40 OE Continuous Writing Language Use 2 and OE / MCQ 95 47.5% 1 hr 50 min Comprehension Listening 3 MCQ 20 10% About 35 min Comprehension About 11 min Oral (5 min preparation 4 OE 30 15% Communication time; about 6 min examination time) Total 200 100% Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
ORAL Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Overarching aims of Oracy Teaching • Confidence to convey and express thoughts and opinions with fluency, appropriateness and succinctness • Ability in using language appropriately to address purpose, audience , context and culture. Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Learning Outcomes • LO1 Demonstrate knowledge of spoken grammar and register • LO2 Speak with accurate pronunciation and appropriate intonation Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Learning Outcomes • LO3 Plan and present information and ideas for a variety of purposes • LO4 Use appropriate skills, strategies and language to convey and construct meaning during interactions • LO5 Produce spontaneous and planned spoken texts that grammatically accurate ,fluent , coherent and cohesive. Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
What would you say to start the conversation? Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Suggested Questions to stimulate conversation • What are the two students doing? • Would you do it differently? • What had caused the flooding of the road? • Do you like to be caught in the rain? Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Suggested Questions to stimulate conversation • What do these people wear on their heads? • Why do they have to wear that? • Is there a need to wear such a thing for examinations? • How should people behave during the examination? • Do you think examinations are important? Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
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Suggested Questions to stimulate conversation • What game are the children playing? • Do you know this game? Have you played before? • What do you normally play with your friends? • Do you think you are given enough time to play? • Is play time important for all children? Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
What can be observed from the questions • What can be seen from the picture • Relating to personal experience • Expand beyond personal experience, to the people around • Expression of opinions concerning issue raised Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Other resource for topic conversation • Newspaper Headlines • Posters Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Breakdown • Components : Reading Aloud - 10 marks Stimulus-based Conversation - 20 marks Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Specimen Paper Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Question Prompts (a) Look at the picture. Would you be interested to buy the biscuits? Tell me why/why not. Why do you think a maze game is given on the biscuit box ? (b) What kinds of food do you enjoy eating, and do you think your diet is a healthy one? Are you influenced by what your friends and family eat? (c) Eating healthily is one example of healthy living. Exercising is also a good way to have a healthy lifestyle. What sorts of exercise do you like and why? Are there any forms of exercise that you have never done before and would like to try? Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Stimulus Based Conversation Expectations: 1. Be proactive in offering your view points of the picture provided 2. Relate it to your personal experience or other experiences as close to the topic in discussion as possible It is alright to deviate from the original question if you do not have the relevant experience. Be upfront with the examiner and offer another genuine experience for discussion. Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Stimulus Based Conversation 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 Response Gives very good Gives good Gives some Gives some Personal response Almost no personal personal personal personal response, is limited to one- personal response, response, response, but does not word or short- response elaborating and elaborating and elaborating and elaborate and phrase answers. explaining in explaining in explaining in explain. detail. general terms. general terms. Clarity of Able to speak Speaks clearly Attempts to use Uses inappropriate Uses inappropriate Response is expression fluently with with correct correct structures some of structures most of restricted by correct structures most of structures some the time the time very weak structures the time of the time vocabulary and inaccurate structures Engagement in Interacts with Interacts well Interacts Relies on examiner Relies heavily on Requires Conversation confidence. reasonable well to prompt a examiner to assistance to response prompt a response engage in conversation Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Reading Aloud Expectations: 1. Read audibly and confidently 2. Maintain good reading posture and eye contact with examiner(s) 3. Pace your reading and pause appropriately 4. Enunciate ending consonants 5. Be expressive and vary your tone Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Rubrics for Reading 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Clear and good Generally clear Clear pronunciation Somewhat clear Mispronunciation or Mispronunciation or Pronunciation pronunciation pronunciation in a few instances pronunciation in a skipping of a number of skipping of most and word throughout the throughout the with a few errors few instances with words. words. reading of the reading of the entire and some skipping a few errors and recognition entire passage. passage with a few of words. some skipping of errors along the way. words. End sounds like ‘t’, End sounds like ‘t’, End sounds like ‘t’, End soun ds like ‘t’, End soun ds like ‘t’, ‘ed’, End soun ds like ‘t’, ‘ed’, ‘ll’ , ‘s’ are ‘ed’, ‘ll’ , ‘s’ are clear ‘ed’, ‘ll’ , ‘s’ are ‘ed’, ‘ll’ , ‘s’ a re not ‘ll’ , ‘s’ a re not clearly ‘ed’, ‘ll’ , ‘s’ a re not clear all the time. most of the time. clear some of the clearly pronounced. pronounced. clearly pronounced. time. No words are left No words are left Some words are Some words are Many words are left out/ Many words are left out/added out/added. left out/ added left out/ added added out/ added Mispronounced Mispronounced Mispronounced Mispronounced Mispronounced words: 5-6 Mispronounced words: 0 words: 1-2 words: 3-4 words: 3-4 words: 5-6 Volume of voice is Volume of voice is Voice is audible Voice is audible Voice is almost inaudible Voice is almost excellent good inaudible Smooth and fluent Generally smooth Generally smooth Slow reading with Slow and hesitant reading Very slow and Expressiveness reading throughout. reading. reading with few hesitations. of words, syllable by bumpy reading. and Fluency pauses. syllable. Many words unread. There is great effort There is some effort There is some Very little changes Very little changes in tone, No changes in tone to vary tone and to vary tone and effort to vary tone in tone, pace and pace and volume. and pace. pace. pace. and pace. volume. Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Specimen Paper- Reading Passage The Kumar and Tan families have been good friends and neighbours for over a decade. Devi was very excited as she and her parents got ready to visit the Tan family. It was the second day of the Chinese New Year and Devi’s family had been invited to join the Tan family in their celebrations. “Mum, why have you insisted that I wear this red dress?” Devi asked her mother. “ Chinese New Year is a happy occasion and the colour red symbolizes joy.” Devi nodded and broke into a grin. “Is that why the Chinese give out red packets? Last year, Aunty and Uncle Tan and their relatives gave me some hong- pows . I think I will be getting them this year as well!” As Mr Kumar was about to lock their house door, Mrs Kumar dashed back into the house. Devi and her father looked at each other, puzzled. Mrs Kumar reappeared, clasping two oranges in her hands. Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Posters in the neighbourhood Paper Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
Flyers Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
WRITING Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel
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