English Program
for Children
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"English Program for Children"
S. O. A. R. English program for Children exposes children to English in a lively and fun way. We teach students from K1 to P6 with our self-developed curriculum, with the goal of getting children to pick up their first English book and improve their English from reading English stories.
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Target
Kindergarten students (K1-K3)
Primary school students (P1-P6)
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Objectives
1. To enhance children's English listening, reading, comprehension and conversation skills through the reading of English storybooks.
2. To share and work with parents to solve the challenges of teaching their children.
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Class Time
English Program for Children are held every Saturday afternoon.
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Content
Kindergarten
Our English classes at kindergarten level provide children with a fun-filled English learning environment. We teach children simple English vocabulary and phonics which form the foundation for understanding English books.
K1
The K1 curriculum teaches children basic vocabulary in a lively and interesting manner. Lessons are organised into units of different themes (colours, shapes, etc.), and each theme will span three to four lessons.
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Singalong
Children learn through singing simple English songs.
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Teaching
Tutors teach vocabulary according to set themes through interesting and fun-filled activities.
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Consolidation Activities
Through different activities and games, children consolidate their learning through repetition.
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Application
Children are encouraged to apply the words learnt in application activities.
K2
The K2 curriculum revise and extend the vocabulary learnt in K1.
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Singalong
Children learn through singing simple English songs.
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Teaching
Tutors teach vocabulary according to set themes through interesting and fun-filled activities.
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Consolidation Activities
Through different activities and games, children consolidate their learning through repetition.
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Revision
One revision session will be arranged after the teaching of 4-5 themes to allow children to revise and apply those vocabulary learnt in previous lessons.
K3
We teach phonics through a course developed by us to teach K3 children basic phonics and blending skills.
After teaching the children the basic techniques, we revise and consolidate the teaching through different games and activities and reading simple phonics story books with the children.
Primary School
At the junior primary level, students learn English in our program through reading English story books. Each story book will form a teaching unit and will span 3-5 lessons.
P1-3
The P1-3 curriculum consists of the following:
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Core Vocabulary
Each unit teaches 12 vocabulary words from the book. These are taught through games and activities.
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Vocabulary Revision
In each lesson, the tutor will use games and activities to revise the vocabulary with students.
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Supplementary Vocabulary
In order to help students to read story books fluently, 10 supplementary vocabulary will be introduced in the lesson.
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Story Book Reading
After learning the core and supplementary vocabulary, students start reading the story books with the tutors interactively.
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Post-Reading Activities
After reading each book, students will consolidate what they have learnt through post-reading activities such as book reports, discussion about the story, changing the story ending, role-play, creative writing (e.g. posters, letters, short stories) etc. These activities are also intended to increase the students’ interest in the books that they have finished reading and motivate them to look forward to reading their next book.
P4-6
The upper primary curriculum encourages students to use all the English vocabulary and grammar they have learned to read English story books independently. Tutors will encourage and help students to read on their own in different ways.
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Story Book Reading
After learning the core and supplementary vocabulary, the child will be led by the tutor to read the English storybook of the unit in an interactive manner.
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Creative Writing
The creative writing session encourages students to use the English vocabulary they have learned to complete different types of English creative writing which include English posters, letters, essays and more.
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Activity-based Learning
Students are divided into groups of three to four to complete different small tasks which require students to use the vocabulary and grammar skills learned in that teaching unit.
