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Primary 4 Parents’ Briefing 19 19 Ja Janu nuar ary y 20 2018 Eng nglish lish Depa partm tment ent

• EL STELLAR Curriculum
• EL Assessment Structure
• Challenging Components
• Supporting Your Child at Home

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Hopes to deliver children who

• love reading and
• have a strong foundation in

the English Language

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Pap Paper r / Compo ponent Content nt Marks Weighting

Paper r 1 / Compos positio ition (50 min)

• Guided Writing

(with picture prompts and helping words)

• A theme with 3

pictures 20

20%

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Paper 2 / Langua uage ge Use and nd Compr prehe ehension nsion (1h 15 min)

• Vocabulary
• Grammar
• Visual Text

Comprehension

• Synthesis &

Transformation

• Comprehension

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Paper 3 / Listenin ning g Compr prehe ehension nsion (approx. 40 min) MCQ, Blank-filling 14

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Paper 4 / Oral (approx. 10 min in total inc. 5 min prep. time) Reading aloud Stimulus-based Conversation 16

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Eng nglish lish Ass ssessment ssment Str Structure cture

Grammar

To develop pupils’ knowledge of and proficiency in grammar

Vocabulary

To facilitate pupils’ acquisition of a rich vocabulary

Assessment for Learning (AfL)

• Comprehension (10 marks)
• Up to 10 questions testing a variety of

items (e.g. MCQ, sequencing, open- ended)

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Comprehension 1 & 2

• 1. The two companies that are likely sponsors
• f the prizes are __________.

1) Cathy Plaza and John John 2) Highlands Lane and Cathy Plaza 3) John John and O-turn Healthcare 4) Authentic Food Restaurant and O-turn Healthcare ( ) 2.*Tom dislikes seafood. Which main course should he choose? 1) Grilled beef steak 2) Baked crispy peach fish 3) Clear lotus and fish soup 4) Cream of mushroom and chicken ( )

• Both Comprehension sections require:

Good reading comprehension skills Strong vocabulary

• Pupils need to:

 Read carefully  Be alert to the clues/visuals in the passage and/or questions

• Read the questions before the passage to get

an idea of what to look out for later

• Highlight the question word (e.g. why, what,

etc.) in each question

• Pay attention to the tense of the main verb in

the question (for open-ended questions)

• Remember that the questions follow the

chronological order of the passage

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• Stimulus-based Conversation (10 marks)
• A merge of Picture Discussion and

Conversation

• Pupils will be given a picture (i.e.

stimulus) during preparation time to analyse

• Themes in the topics are broadly linked

to those in the reading passage

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Prompts:

• Would you buy this product? Why or why

not?

• Do you like to eat snacks in between

meals? Why or why not?

• When you buy food products, do you pay

attention to the food labels? Why or why not?

• Answer in complete sentences
• Provide examples to explain reasons
• Use the 5Ws, 1H (who, what, where, when,

why, how) to elaborate on examples

• Try to think of / predict possible conversation

topics in relation to the given picture and reading passage

St Stra rategies egies for r St Stim imulu lus-Based ased Conver ersation sation

• Make going to the library a habit
• Set aside 30 minutes at least twice a week

for family reading time

• Spend time with your child looking through

newspaper advertisements and talking about it (e.g. what it is about, whom it is targeted at, etc.)

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• Watch more English language programmes
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news a family activity – it has subtitles!

• Listen to English language radio channels
• Encourage English to be spoken amongst

your children at home

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