PROGRAMMES OFFERED
- Summer English Camp
- AEIS Training (Admission Exam for International Students)
- English Workshops for Schools
- Theme-based English Language Fun Camps
- OktoAsia The Write Camp (2013)
SUMMER ENGLISH CAMP
For overseas students who are keen to learn English in Singapore during the holidays!
Open to all age groups, this is a fun way to acquire English language as you explore Singapore!
The course will invariably encourage them to use English on a regular basis and motivate them to improve their fluency and accuracy.
A fun way to learn English!
Fun-based activities to learn vocabulary
Learning journeys
Theme-based learning approaches to expand their vocabulary to include more specialised English related to their own areas of interest.
COURSE DELIVERABLES
By the end of the camp, participants should be able to:-
Express relatively competently in everyday situations in straightforward spoken and written language.
Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevant environment and matters in areas that are of immediate interest to them, depending on the theme of the camp.
Deal with situations likely to arise where the English Language is spoken and be able to describe these experiences and events, and account for their feelings.
Able to interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes communication with native speakers somewhat possible and effective.
特色主题夏令营
深刻体会异国的多元文化，在提高学生英语学习兴趣的同时，实质地提升英语口语和听力的能力。鼓励学生在日常生活中多用英语进行交流，以提高对语言运用的准确度与流利性。
轻松有趣学英语
以游戏记忆法来掌握英语单词，扩充词汇量
创意探险体验（视频演示）
主题式课程，让学生根据自己的兴趣来探索外语世界。英文词汇根据学生爱好量身订做，学生更能体会“玩中学”
课程核心
使学员在日常生活中能够自信地运用通俗英语。
自如地用英语表达周边环境所见所闻，以及学生感兴趣的事件。
情景练习：让学生体验现实生活中可能经历的英语对话。让他们形容并总结经验。
使学员能够自如有效地与外国人交流。
AEIS TRAINING (ADMISSION EXAM FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS)
Structured learning
Incorporation of writing skills
Emphasis on holistic learning: listening, reading, speaking, writing
Theme-based lessons for vocabulary learning
AEIS Intensive Bridging Course.pdf (See sample programme)
新加坡AEIS课程
国际学生入学考试(Admission Exam for International Students)是新加坡教育部组织的外国学生统一入学考试。考英语和数学，教育部根据考试结果统一分配学校给考生。AEIS使新加坡教育部2008年推出的考试，所有外国学生均可参加考试，教育部根据考试结果分配考生进入政府中小学，是国外学生进入新加坡政府中学的首选。
课程核心
根据考纲，系统性复习
写作技巧
遵循“听、说、读、写”进行全面系统教学
运用主题记忆法帮助考生扩充词汇量
ENGLISH WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOLS
A) Comprehension workshops (for all secondary levels):
WHY WORDS WORK
FUNDAMENTALS OF THE WORLD OF LANGUAGE -- A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
Working towards A deeper understanding and appreciation for the nuances of Writing
Client: Anglican High
Course Deliverables
Identify collocations and word associations in given texts.
Learn that connoted words carry meanings beyond the superficial or literal meanings; that, in certain contexts, these words and phrases have significant emotional implications and associations, consequently impacting readers.
Understand the authors’ purpose behind the choice of words E.G EMOTIVE WORDS and to appreciate these nuances of words and meanings in the rich texts.
Understand how language devices work and how such literary techniques achieve their impact on the reader in comprehension passages and visual texts.
Pick out the lexical, grammatical and situational contextual clues and learn to infer responses from them, e.g the author’s tone, feelings etc.
Master techniques for ‘answer in your own words’ question types by zeroing in on key words and providing suitable synonyms or appropriate phrases.
B) Composition Skills
Secondary One
Bridging the gap between primary six and secondary writing and ensuring smooth transition to demands of story-telling in secondary school
- recounts and story telling workshops
- structured writing programmes to ensure scaffolding of skills
Secondary Two
Theme: How to tell a story well?
- fine-tune the points of story telling
Secondary Three
- recognise and focus on the fundamentals of expositions, discussives and argumentatives.
- tackle the different demands of the genres,
- strength the essary structure
- develop strategies on producing a competent piece of writing.
- ensure there is a general clarity of expressions by emphasising on thematic vocabulary building.
Secondary Four
- enhance the writing skills of the above genres to produce a cohesive and coherent piece
- hone the skills and strategies for explanations and persuasions
- address appropriate register and tone of essay
- refine the skills of writing sound arguments.
- establish the voice of the writer
C) Oral Examinations Workshop
Objective
To teach students to read more effectively and expressively in areas of pronunciation, articulation, rhythm and fluency to achieve better verbal communication.
THEME-BASED ENGLISH LANGUAGE FUN CAMPS (7-12 YEARS OLD)
June / November-December
Theme: Transforming Experiences to Enriched Texts -
THEME-BASED FUN LEARNING
LEARNING JOURNEYS TO EXCITING TOURIST PLACES
VOCABULARY BUILDING
Objectives:
To allow course participants to tap into their world of experiences and transform such out-of-the-world learning journeys to personalised writing.
Desired Outcomes/Deliverables
At the end of the themed English course, the participant:-
Should see that real-life encounters are life’s rich tapestries and as such, serve as invaluable resources for turning writing to personalized experiences.
Should be exposed to a certain level of Standard English that gives him a confident feel of the language so that he is empowered to describe these experiences and events, and account for his feelings.
Should have a better grasp of the English usage with the buildup in word-bank to include specialised terms related to his own areas of interest and feel self-assured in his delivery.
Should know his strengths as a learner and understand his linguistic abilities.
Should have a heightened interest in English that stretched him to achieve or go beyond his potential competency and spur him on to further undertakings of enrichment or edification courses.
OKTOASIA THE WRITE CAMP (2013)
In partnership with OktoAsia
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