St Joseph’s Institution Junior

2015 P4 Subject Sharing

Mother Tongue Language

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P4 Exam Format: Marks & Weightage

Paper Areas Marks/Weightage

1 Composition Writing 15

2 Paper 2 (Written Paper) 45

3 Oral - Reading a Passage (10) - Picture Description (10) - Conversation (10)

30

Listening Comprehension 10

100

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Exam Format

Composition Writing

Oral

Listening

Comprehension

Written Paper Paper 2

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Composition Writing

Who, Where, When, What, Why, How

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Picture Composition - 4 pictures (SA1) / 3 + 1 pictures (SA2) - 8 helping words will be given - Dictionary can be used. (No bilingual dictionary allowed) - Marking Breakdown

- Content (8marks) - Language (7marks)

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Requirements: - Pupils have to write a composition of at least 80 words in

40minutes.

Reality: - The ideal length of a composition should be around 150

words. It is difficult to have too much content when a composition is too short.

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A Good Composition

• People WHO • Place WHERE • Time WHEN • Incident WHAT • An incident happened WHY • The incident developed HOW

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Do not just write about what you see. You should also write about…. what you hear, what you think and how you feel.

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Oral

Reading, Picture Description, Conversation

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• READING (10marks) • PICTURE DESCRIPTION (10marks)

• Places : Supermarket, library, field, beach etc • Events: Celebrations, carnival, art lesson, visits to

home etc.

• CONVERSATION (10marks) • Pupils are expected to talk on a given topic • The topic will be closely linked to the picture

Oral

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Listening Comprehension

Listening carefully…

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• 10 MCQ Questions

• Picture Matching • Questions to short passages • Rejoinder/hypy

• Listen carefully • Check answer when passage is repeated

Listening Comprehension

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Written Paper 2

Understanding and Application

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Paper 2 - CHINESE

Section Item Translation

1 辨字测验 Choose the corrrect word

2 词语选择 Choose the correct phrase

3 词语搭配 Word match

4 造句 Construct a sentence

5 短文填空 Close passage

6 阅读理解 Comprehension - 2 MCQ - 1 written interaction (OE)

7 理解问答 Comprehension open-ended

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Paper 2 - MALAY

Section Item Translation

1 Imbuhan

2 Peribahasa Proverbs

3 Melengkapkan Teks Completing a sentence

4 Kefahaman Objektif Comprehension Objective - MCQ - Written interaction (OE)

5 Kefahaman Subjektif Comprehension Subjective

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Paper 2 - TAMIL

Section Item Translation

1 ேவற்�ை Case Signs

2 ெசய்�ளபழெைாழி

Proverbs

3 �ன்�ணர்ளக�த்தி்த

Cloze Passage

4 ெ்�ரவ��ட் க�த்தி்த

Comprehension - 2 MCQ - 1 Written interaction (OE)

5 �யவ��ட்ளக�த்தி்தள

Open ended Comprehension

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Achievement Band (Mark Range) Achievement Band Mark Range

Band 1 85 and above

Band 2 70 – 84

Band 3 50 – 69

Band 4 Below 50

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Options Available at P5

P4 Overall Percentage

Term 1 0%

Term 2 40%

Term 3 0%

Term 4 60%

P5 Mother Tongue

(MT)

P5 Higher Mother Tongue (HMT)

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P5 Foundation Mother

Tongue (FMT)

Criteria for Choosing P5 HMT Students have to score at least:- • Band 1 (85marks) for Mother Tongue and, • At least 80 marks for English, Mathematics and Science In their P4 examinations (overall) Things to note:- • Student has to take both MT and HMT in P5 should they

choose to take HMT • PSLE T score is calculated based on the standard 4

subjects

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School’s Criteria for P5 FMT • Case by case basis • Recommended for students who are not able to:-

• Score at least 80% of the basic questions (basic questions form 30% of the marks)

• Other considerations: • Overall performance of the student • Past years’ performance of the student

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Changes to PSLE Exam Format 2017

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New Items Introduced in School

Video stimuli for oral examinations (2017 PSLE) - video clips - more engaging and realistic

context to stimulate conversation.

2015: Introduced into P4 teaching syllabus (practice only) 2016 onwards: Part of teaching & examinable syllabus

New items testing interaction skills (e.g. written interaction) (2017 PSLE)

2014: Introduced into P3 teaching syllabus (practice only) 2015 onwards: Part of teaching & examinable syllabus

理解篇章 Q3）如果你是晓云，你想约另一个朋友美美和你们一起出去。请完成以下短信，告诉她有什么好玩的，约她一起去那里。 美美： 我们想要到 ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________

Sample Question for Written Interaction

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