Mother Tongue Languages

Vision

Connected to Mother Tongue Language & Culture

心系母语·情牵文化

Cintai Bahasa, Kenali Budaya

Mission

To develop our students to be effectively bilingual, communicate with confidence and having a global perspective that is deeply rooted in the Mother Tongue Culture.

培养学生成为一名精通双语，传承文化与传统价值观，并具有环球视野的公民。

Untuk membangunkan pelajar berdwibahasa secara berkesan, berkomunikasi dengan keyakinan diri dan berperspektif global yang berpaksikan kebudayaan bahasa Ibunda.

Extracted from MTL Syllabus Secondary 2021

Directions:

To provide integrated, holistic and innovative programme that will instill passion in the teaching and learning of Mother Tongue Language among both teachers and students.
To forge sustainable partnership with the community in the promotion of Mother Tongue Language.
To customise programme for students of varied abilities to fulfil the objectives of an ability-driven education.

Approaches:

Cognizing minds with right learning attitudes.
Cultivating moral values through Teaching & Learning and enrichment programme.
Developing talents through flag-ship programme.
Learning languages through edutainment activities.

Department Flag-Ship Programme

Read@Xinmin Programme

We believe that through reading, students will be able to connect to the outside world as well as their inner world. In Xinmin, under “Read@Xinmin Programme”, through “Leisure Reading” and “News-In-Education” two domains, we develop students in both of their sensibility and rationality.

World Book Day’s activities

Students’ Work of Reading

Language Learning in Authentic Settings

Language learning should not be confined within classroom, in fact, Mother Tongue Language should play the role as a life language, to enable students to learn and practise it in their daily life. Students are brought out of the classroom to learn the Mother Tongue Language and Culture by experienced it.

Overseas Bicultural & Immersion Programme

Bicultural Trip to Beijing for both

CL and ML students

Traditional Art & Craft lesson in Xi’An

Bicultural Trip to Xi’An

Local Learning Journey

Museum Tour

Learning Journey to Kampung Glam

Learning Journey to
Singapore River

Budding Presenters Programme

Malay World Carnival at Wisma Geylang Serai

Seminar Bahasa Melayu

Student guide for the

“New World New Life”

Exhibition organized

on the Singapore Federation

of Chinese Clan Associations

Budding Journalists Programme

Create Your Own Newspaper Competition 全国中学编采比赛

Budding Writers Programme

Author-In-Residence Programme

驻校作家计划

Xin Lei Awards

新蕾奖

National Creative Story Writing Competition

全国中学生创意故事大赛

Culture and Aesthetic Exposure Programme

Apart from the instructional programmes, the department aims to promote and strengthen our students’ sense of cultural heritage and identity through a variety of programmes such as the Chinese New Year Celebration, Hari Raya Awareness Programme, Mother Tongue Language Festival, Cultural Performance Exposure Scheme (CPES) and Culture & Aesthetic Exposure Programme (CAEP).

Festive Celebrations