Mother Tongue
Meet the dedicated team behind Bukit View's Mother Tongue department, which offers Chinese, Malay, and Tamil language programmes to build confident, culturally rooted students.
■ Our Teachers
Mother Tongue department teachers
Head of Department: | Mdm Chun Kai Xin | |
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Chinese Language | Malay Language | Tamil Language |
Mr Lim Swee Beng (SH) | Mdm Siti Aisah (ML Coordinator) | Mr Ramasamy Stalin (ST) |
Ms Hu Longmei | Mdm Mastura | Mdm Nuzaibah Begun Bt Saynutheem |
Ms Bai Qiaoling | Ms Nur Atikah | Ms Nesamalar A/P Krishnan Samy |
Ms Yen Ding Yi | Mr Suhaini B Sarikon | Ms Revathi Natarajan |
Ms Lee Huiyi | ||
Ms Ng Kah Mun | ||
Ms Low Yi Xuan | ||
Mr Chiang Yaw Yii | ||
Mdm Toh Li Yuh |
■ Our Vision & Mission
Vision
To develop culturally aware, effective bi-linguists who are confident and world ready.
Mission
Mother Tongue Language learning provides a link to the heritage of students’ ethnic groups, and anchors their identity in the global world. At Bukit View, we deepen students’ understanding and heighten their appreciation for the Mother Tongue languages and culture, while equipping them with effective language and communication skills for the future global economy
■ Pedagogy
In line with MOE’s initiative on school-based curriculum design, the Mother Tongue Department has customized our syllabus sequencing, teaching resources and enrichment programmes to further enhance student learning.
▸Core Programme
Enhancing students’ critical thinking ability in reading and comprehension through Making Thinking Visible Routines.
Improving students’ oratorical and analytical skills through the use of ICT platforms such as SLS.
Cultivating students’ habit of reading through reflective and critical reading of selected reading passages and newspaper articles.
Culturally enriching experiences for students under the Mother Tongue Fortnight Programme.
The department actively leverages on various ICT platforms such as Google Classroom and Student Learning Spaces (SLS) to enhance students’ learning experiences in mastering the respective Mother Tongue Languages.
Flexibility of Choice
– Offer to read Higher Mother Tongue and Out-of-Stream Subject
Students who are keen to read the High Mother Tongue Language subjects can approach their subject teachers for consideration and application. All Sec 2 Normal Academic students who have performed above expectations and who have consistently very good results in the Mother Tongue Languages will be considered for reading the subject at a high level. This is to facilitate students ‘ interest and passion, as well as to stretch the students’ learning.
■ Key Programmes
▸MTL Cultural Camp – The Rice Story
▸Conversational Chinese and Malay Language Programme (CCM)
- Learning Journey to Malay Heritage Centre
■ Enrichment Programmes
Mother Tongue enrichment programmes by language department
Language Department | Enrichment Programmes |
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Chinese Language Department |
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Malay Language Department |
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Tamil Language Department |
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■ Competitions and Achievements
▸Celebrating Our Students
Mother Tongue competition achievements by language department
Mother Tongue Language Department | Competitions and Achievements |
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Chinese Language Department |
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Malay Language Department |
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Tamil Language Department |
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▸ Collaboration and Staff Development
Chinese Language
Teacher-led Workshop at Nanyang Girls’ High School (Ms Chun Kai Xin and Mdm Gao Yi).
Ms Charline Ang Li Shan won The Distinguished Chinese Language Teachers Awards 2022 organised by Lianhe Zaobao and ZBSchools.sg.
Malay Language
Shared during National Malay Language Seminar 2022: Oral Package using SLS (Mdm Siti Aisah, Mdm Nur Atikah, Mdm Mastura and Mdm Marhaini).
Leading NLC West 4 Malay Project 2022 (Mdm Marhaini)
School Representative for ML Networking Group (Mdm Mastura)
Tamil Language
Cluster Level sharing on Designing Lessons using On-line platform (SLS) (Mdm Kokila)
Collaborated with Master Teacher from Academy of Singapore Teachers for setting up an Extensive Reading Programme. (Mr Stalin and Mdm Kokila)
Invited to speak at various platforms regarding Tamil Culture, Tamil Language and Literary works. (Mr Ramsamy Stalin)
Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Professional Development Program on Visible Thinking (Mr Ramasamy Stalin and Mdm Kokila)