Mother Tongue Languages
Find out how Fuhua Primary School builds students' confidence in Chinese, Malay, and Tamil through an engaging curriculum that blends digital tools, cultural activities, and real-world communication skills.
The Mother Tongue Language (MTL) Department offers the following languages in our school:
• Chinese Language
• Malay Language
• Tamil Language
The MTL department seeks to nurture active learners and proficient users of the Mother Tongue Language in an engaging learning environment. The department firmly believes in the importance of fostering students’ interest, appreciation and respect for our culture and traditions. The school aims to develop every student to be a competent and confident communicator of their Mother Tongue Language.
MTL CURRICULUM
The MTL curriculum in Fuhua Primary School integrates multiple learning experiences. Through these experiences, students gain knowledge and skills of their Mother Tongue Languages, share cross-cultural understanding, and acquire practical communication and collaborative skills. We focus on the functional use of Mother Tongue Languages, with greater emphasis on communication skills as the cornerstone of language proficiency. As students learn their Mother Tongue Language through our engaging curriculum, they will make connections to their daily life and interests through activities such asanimation, digital interactive games, and authentic language tasks. Students are also provided with opportunities to use their Mother Tongue Languages for creative production such asdigital book sharing and Vlog. Starting from 2022, Fuhua Primary School also offers Higher Mother Tongue Languages from Primary 3 students. This will allow more students to deepen their knowledge and appreciation for the languages and their cultures from an early age.
ICT FOR LEARNING IN THE MTL CURRICULUM
Fuhua Primary School is the Center of Excellence of ICT in Teaching and Learning. Students’ learning in MTL lessons are enriched with various digital resources via online platforms. With the online resources, students extend their learning beyond the classroom. Students are also able to revisit the learning content at their own pace.
小记者 LITTLE JOURNALIST / WARTAWAN CILIK / இளம் நிருபர்
Students are equipped with relevant speaking, presentation and writing skills through these programmes where they are able to showcase their talents through various school competitions such as storytelling, read aloud, spelling, and composition writing competition. You can visit our very own Little Honey Bee (opens in new tab) to find out more.
MOTHER TONGUE LANGUAGE FESTIVAL (ALSO KNOWN AS MOTHER TONGUE FORTNIGHT)
The Mother Tongue Language Festival creates an immersive environment for our students to learn and appreciate Mother Tongue Languages and cultures. Students are exposed to a wide variety of activities such as Chinese Mask Painting, Malay Batik Painting, and Indian Arts. These culturally rich activities deepen students' understanding of their cultural roots and promote the learning of their Mother Tongue Language in a fun and engaging way.
Students also have opportunities to immerse in public art venue such as theaters to watch Chinese/ Malay language-related cultural performance in an authentic atmosphere.
