KBSR - AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

AIMS

The English Language Syllabus for primary school aims to equip learners with basic skills and knowledge of the English language so as to enable them to communicate, both orally and in writing, in and out of school.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of the primary school, learners should be able to :

i.       Listen to and understand simple spoken English in certain given contexts.

ii.   Ask and answer questions, speak and express themselves clearly to othersusing simple language and in an acceptable level of English.

iii.      Acquire good reading habits to understand, enjoy and extract information from a variety of simple texts.

iv.     Write legibly and express ideas in simple language and in an acceptable level of grammar

v.      Show an awareness of and an appreciation of moral values and love towards the nation.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

The language skill of listening, speaking, reading and writing form the core of the primary English curriculum. Learners use these skills to talk and write to people, to obtain information from various sources and to enjoy a poem or story read or heard.

The skills of  Listening is taught to enable learners to listen carefully to what is spoken so that they are able to obtain as accurately as possible the information or ideas.

Speaking @ Oral skills are taught to enable learners to express their ideas confidently and clearly. For this purpose, learners are taught to pronounce words correctly and to speak with correct stress, intonation and sentence rhythm.

The skill of  Reading is taught to enable learners not only to read independently a variety of texts but also to read with understanding so that they are able to extract information efficiently.

The skill of Writing is taught to enable learners to express their ideas on paper in clear legible handwriting or via the electronic media.