Congratulations to all PSLE 2024 students for accomplishing a significant milestone!
Secondary School life is going to be the best four years of your child’s life as they embark on another exciting milestone, carving their own identity and developing their interest holistically. To help our P6 students navigate through this exciting new journey, here are some free resources and some candid insights to the currently revamped Secondary One English (EL Syllabus).
This year, our batch of PSLE students went above and beyond, achieving a remarkable average of 4 to 10. All our students made it to G3 and we are happy to share that our teachers will continue to work and support their academic journey in Secondary School. Keen to join us? WhatsApp us at +65 9364 6977 for a current or ex-MOE tutor.
What will my child be learning for Secondary One English?
In Secondary Schools, your child will experience the Full Subject-Based Banding (Full SBB), this simply means that students will be posted through Posting Groups 1, 2 and 3 respectively instead of being streamed into Express (G3), NA (G2) and NT (G1). Your child if posted into G3, formerly known as Express stream, will be taking most or all of their subjects at G3 level. Instead of O’levels, your child will be taking SEC (Singapore Cambridge Secondary Education Exam), From the 2027 graduating cohort, students will sit for the new Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) examination, comprising different papers for each subject level. Students will receive an SEC that reflects the subjects and subject levels that students offer. This is similar to the A-Level examination, in which students take subjects at H1, H2, and H3 levels; and the PSLE, where students take subjects at standard or foundation levels.
What will be tested for Secondary One English (G1, G2, G3)?
At Secondary Level, there are four papers for English. Regardless of which banding your child is in, your child will be encountering these components.
- Essay writing
- Situational writing
- Comprehension
- Editing
- Orals
- Summary writing
The topics covered for Secondary English will include:
- Education and the environment
- Global issues and social trends
- Arts and the humanities
- Local issues, Family and Friends
What is new for Secondary English (G1, G2, G3)?
Secondary One students will be required to take English Literature as a subject (or a component under HEM for students taking G1 Humanities) and they will be exposed to genres like poetry, prose and drama. Depending on your child’s school, they will be reading different texts from familiar titles both international like Animal Farm to the Boy in Striped Pyjamas or local like Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed which essentially is a collection of three local plays especially made for lower secondary students. This is an examinable subject which most students will take some time to adjust to but it is most certainly worth it as English Literature will help your child to sharpen their analytical skills and critical thinking skills, preparing them better for challenges in this information-overload world.
For students taking G1 (formerly known as Normal Tech) Humanities, they will study Social Studies and Humanities Exposure Modules (HEM) in Geography, History, and Literature in English to give students the opportunity to gain exposure to the different Humanities disciplines.
What subjects will my child take if he or she took foundation courses at PSLE?
According to MOE, for students who took English, Mathematics and/or Science at Foundation level at PSLE, they still stand a chance to choose subjects that they can take at a G3 level (provided that they make the grade requirement) or they may still be able to take may choose to take these subjects at a less demanding level (i.e. G2), in consultation with their secondary schools.
How can I help my child prepare and excel at Secondary One English?
For a start, how about some free resources? You can download our selection of FREE testpapers
For English, your child will need to take 4 Papers and you can get some free resources for English below:
English G3 Syllabus 1184 Paper 1: Writing
English G3 Syllabus 1184 Paper 2: Comprehension
–How to score in Visual Text (With a free Visual Text Practice from St Margaret’s Secondary School Prelims 2023)
English G3 Syllabus 1184 Paper 3: Listening Comprehension
Listening Comprehension at Secondary Level is a whole new ball game, click here to check out the new syllabus EL 1184 Specimen English Listening Comprehension Paper
Wondering why secondary school students are fretting over Listening Comprehension? Try out a Listening Comprehension here on our YouTube channel and find out why. Subscribe to our channel and get the latest Oral or Listening Comprehension exam practices.
English G3 Syllabus 1184 Paper 4: Oral Examination
As the current EL syllabus (EL 1184) is still very new, you will notice that most assessment books in bookstores like Popular are still selling the old syllabus. Fear not, at the Learning Space, we provide you firsthand insights on the new English Syllabus, you can download some of our free resources here or check out our youtube channel for more.
- Oral Questions for English O’Levels New Syllabus EL 1184 –
- We gathered the a list of the latest 2023 O’levels English Oral Exam questions (Planned Response and Spoken Interaction) with suggested answers/approach and compiled them here for you
- Day 1 O’Levels EL 1184 English Oral Question with suggested response
- Day 2 O’Levels EL 1184 English Oral Question with suggested response
- Day 3 O’Levels EL 1184 English Oral Question with suggested response
- Day 4 O’Levels EL 1184 English Oral Question (for our members only and subscribers of our Youtube Channel)
- Day 5 O’Levels EL 1184 English Oral Question (for our members only and subscribers of our Youtube Channel)
- Day 6 O’Levels EL 1184 English Oral Question (for our members only and subscribers of our Youtube Channel)
- Day 7 O’Levels EL 1184 English Oral Question (for our members only and subscribers of our Youtube Channel)
- Oral Practice Videos for English O’levels New Syllabus EL 1184 – What will be tested for O’Levels oral? What is planned response? Check out our youtube video for more. Remember to subscribe and you will always be the first to get out latest videos!
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