The Teaching of English Language
 
Year
Module Code
Title
Module Category
No. of AUs
Pre-requisites
1
ECE101
 Teaching English at the Lower Primary Level I
Core
3
-
ECE102
 Teaching English at the Lower Primary Level II
Core
2
-
2
ECE201
 Teaching English at the Upper Primary Level I
Core
3
-
ECE202
 Teaching English at the Upper Primary Level II
Core
2
-
 
ECE101 Teaching English at the Lower Primary Level I
 
Focus on the teaching of English at the lower primary level. Examination of language learning and language needs in the Singapore educational context. Focus on acquisition of first and second languages and ways the home and school can help in laying a literary foundation for children. Introduction to shared reading, writing and comprehension teaching. Strategies for reading with phonics and teaching oral skills and thinking strategies at the lower primary level.

ECE102 Teaching English at the Lower Primary Level II
 
Focus on current theories of reading and writing. Emergent writing and children’s development in spelling and text genre awareness. Examination of evaluation and response to children’s writing at the lower primary level.
 
ECE201 Teaching English at the Upper Primary Level I
 
Focus on the teaching of English at the upper primary level. The teaching of reading (non-fiction); the place of grammar teaching in Singapore; the study of different genres and text types; language teaching and learning across the curriculum; ways of maximizing the use of non-fiction to teach Reading and Language for Information; communicative and literature based activities to promote and enhance oral and listening skills; thematic and integrated approaches to language teaching and learning.
 
ECE202 Teaching English at the Upper Primary Level II
 
Focus on the integrated Language Arts curriculum at the upper primary level. Practice and guidance in planning integrated thematic units at a macro level, and in planning lessons at a micro level. The teaching of the narrative text type, vocabulary and writing.