1. Free Access to Teaching Toolkits

MOE teachers can access teaching toolkits online for free with effect from March 2016. For more information, please visit our website.

 

2. Come, Let's Celebrate!

Preschool Teaching Activities for Festivals of Singapore

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Come, Let's Celebrate!

Preschool Teaching Resources for Festivals of Singapore

 

 

 

           

 

         

Authors: Dr Cheng Wan-Ni, Dr Tan Chee Lay, Dr Lee Chee Keng, Mdm Zheng Yingjiang

Publication: NTU-SCCL Press, 2016

 

"Come, Let's Celebrate! Preschool Teaching Activities for Festivals of Singapore" provides lesson plans on the topic of festivals celebrated by diverse ethnic groups in Singapore. It proposes a framework and approach to design and implement classroom activities concerning these festivals. The lesson plans are designed based on general knowledge and several guiding values as defined in the field of early childhood education. Other than succinct background information on the festivals, the lesson plans also give suggestions on various teaching activities. Early childhood teachers can modify and extend these activities based on the ages and abilities of the children they are teaching. Suggested teaching activities for a specific festival can also be modified and used for other festivals.

In addition, this book comes with a set of teaching tools titled "Come, Let's Celebrate! Preschool Teaching Resources for Festivals of Singapore", which are linked to the thirteen festivals covered in the lesson plans. The tools include six medium-sized backdrops and four large-sized backdrops that can be used as classroom decorations. Approximately a hundred elements are included in the tools that can be used for story-telling, role-playing and language games.

 

3. A Handbook of Basic Writing Skills: With Examples from Singapore Chinese Textbooks

 

Authors: Ms Gong Cheng, Mdm Tay Boon Pei

Consultant: Dr Luo Futeng

Editor: Dr Chin Chee Kuen

Collaborative Teacher: Mdm Tan Geok Hoon

Publication: NTU-SCCL Press, 2016

 

The book is a practical guide to writing Chinese compositions specially written for Singapore students. It introduces 43 basic writing techniques grouped into five categories: (i) content organization, (ii) narration, (iii) characterization and description, (iv) rhetoric, and (v) expression. Revision exercises are provided at the end of the book to help students consolidate their learning. Every writing technique is furnished with examples, analyses and exercises. Some of the examples are taken from the latest school textbooks compiled by Curriculum Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Education, Singapore. Therefore, students can learn the writing skills from texts they are familiar with. Not only is the book suitable for secondary teachers and students, but it is also a good reference for teachers and students from upper primary schools and junior colleges.

 

4. "A Guide to Process Writing for Secondary School Chinese Composition Writing:

Based on the SDL Model" Teaching Toolkit

 

Editor: Dr Chin Chee Kuen (Singapore Centre for Chinese Language)

Authors:  Ms Gong Cheng, Mdm Tay Boon Pei (Singapore Centre for Chinese Language)

　　　       Mdm Tan Geok Hoon (Master Teacher, Ministry of Education, Singapore)

Publication: NTU-SCCL Press, 2016

 

Designed for secondary school Chinese teachers, the toolkit "A Guide to Process Writing for Secondary School Chinese Composition Writing: based on the SDL Model" is the product of a collaborative school-based research project by SCCL and Hua Yi Secondary School.

With "Self-directed Learning" and "Process Writing" as the core components of its theoretical framework, this toolkit combines in-class and out-of-class learning activities to help students establish their composition assessment standards and improve their writing skills. Under the teaching framework of this toolkit, teachers will be able to perform their roles as facilitators more effectively at the five stages of writing activities and assist students to master 43 writing techniques. Students will also be guided in a systematic way to plan and manage their learning processes.

The toolkit contains lesson plans, worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, rubrics, etc. In addition, several references and resources are appended in the toolkit, including information on theoretical concepts, research papers, examples of students' work and teaching suggestions on composition writing activities.

This toolkit can be used in conjunction with A Handbook of Basic Writing Skills: With Examples from Singapore Chinese Textbooks (NTU-SCCL Press, 2016).

 

5. " Improving Chinese Speech Fluency through Formulaic Language Teaching" Teaching Toolkit

Editor:  Dr Sun Xiaoxi

Authors: Dr Sun Xiaoxi

　　　      Dr Fan Jinghua (Singapore Centre for Chinese Language)

　　　      Mdm Chow Fong Yee (Master Teacher, Ministry of Education)

Researcher:  Dr Zhang Huimei

Publication: NTU-SCCL Press, 2016

This toolkit is the product of the school-based research "Improving Chinese Speech Fluency through Formulaic Language Teaching" carried out by SCCL in 2012. It aims to serve as a reference for Chinese language teachers who are interested in formulaic language teaching.

The toolkit explores the implementation of formulaic language teaching in Chinese lessons. With the gearing of speakers' language production towards automation as the core strategy, this toolkit intends to improve learners' oral fluency through three related and progressive sections, namely, formulaic language recognition, practice and application.

Included in this toolkit are the theoretical framework, the teaching strategy and procedure as well as ten lesson plans. Emphasizing on practical skills, the lesson plans provided in the toolkit follow closely with the contents in MOE textbooks and can be integrated into daily Chinese lessons. Teachers can also make appropriate adjustments according to students' traits and language levels.

 

6、"Rainbow Bridge" Interactive Graded Picture Book Series English e-version

  

Publication: NTU-SCCL Press, 2016

 

The English e-version of "Rainbow Bridge" Interactive Graded Picture Book Series is now available for purchase online. Buyers of the printed Chinese version can get the English e-books at a favorable price at our online bookstore.

As part of its effort to promote creative writing, Singapore Centre for Chinese Language organised a National Story Writing Competition in 2013. The winning entries are published in this Interactive Graded Picture Book Series entitled "Rainbow Bridge". These fascinating stories are all written by students studying in local schools and their parents.

Graded under six levels for students ranging from preschool to primary school levels, the Series, filled with interactive elements, is ideal for family reading time. Books from Grade 1 to 3 adapt the pop-up book concept. Elements like pop-ups, flip-flaps and cut-away pages, integrated into the stories in an organic flow, are designed to trigger children to tap on their multiple intelligences and raise their interest in reading. Next in level are books from Grade 4 to 6, which are more storyline-oriented. Interactive games, which require readers to harness their observation skills, are interlaced in the story so as to enhance readers' reading experience. The Series also comes in eBook format with English version so that parents, teachers and young readers can enjoy the stories from multiple channels.