Some of them transferred from the public school while others are from school of expatriates. Upper school students are from more diverse backgrounds of education. ‘Language is like fish, only when put into the water of knowledge, can it be alive.’ Practical skills such as ordering a meal at the restaurant or writing an autobiography are also part of the lesson. Unlike the old style of focusing on grammar accuracy, students also learn a lot of interdisciplinary content such as geography and humanities. Time is given to students for them to speak up and feel comfortable about communicating in English. Brandon, students have autonomy of learning in his class. Students will share their reading by making a presentation in front of the class.Īccording to Mr. The goal for this arrangement is to help develop students interest of reading and meanwhile enhance their reading skills. Every week there is one reading lesson for students, where they are asked to read for 15 minutes before group discussions. Language learning needs both input and output. In addition to this, students are also required to join an English debating contest, where they use the opportunity to practice their listening and speaking. Students are delivered the task of designing a promotion booklet having previously made posters and advertisements. In fact, a wide range of writing styles such as journal, log, fable, etc, are included in learning of students from senior years. Brandon from upper school also teaches grade 7 about writing arguments. Vocabulary input repeats over and over again almost in every group work of every class. ‘Correct! And I love the word! And the palace can also be called by another word Castle.’Ĭonversations like this helps students’ input of vocabulary. ‘So where is the destination?’ asked Ms.Ellie. The children sat on the ground and studied the map, 'After taking one step forward, turn right, cross a bridge, take two steps, turn left to reach a hut, take a U-turn back, then turn left and go straight to the end.' Ellie explained to the students the meaning of ‘forwards’ and ‘backwards.’ ‘So how could we approach the castle?’ With this question delivered in front of them, students are busy with finding a path on the map. Method: in pairs, look at the map, write down the correct directions on the whiteboard, type in the correct steps on the BEE-BOTS, and see if the BEE-BOTS follow the prescribed route, if not, it needs to be changed.īefore group work begins, Ms.

This shift helps young learners to recognize letters in words thus makes it easier for them to try to pronounce any word just by seeing it. It shifts the focus from phonetic symbols to letters. Ms.Ellie from grade 2 told us that phonics is a method of teaching students to read by correlating consonants or vowels or groups of letters in an alphabetic writing system. They learn what the letter looks like, or are asked to associate the pronunciation to other words. Whoever passes the ground floor of lower school will spot the scene of pupils learning phonics under the guidance of the teacher. It is not only a subject that students need to take an exam for, but a foreign language is also a way of thinking, a necessary knowledge skill and comprehensive quality, and the key to the future world. English speech, English debating, poetry citing or drama performance, etc. Students at WASNJ are provided with abundance of opportunities to improve their English language proficiency. Aside from that, what a learner needs to go through during the journey of studying English? Here below are some comments from both Lower School and Upper school teachers. Every English learner knows that vocabulary and tense are the basic factors to master in order to acquire a language.

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