Language Arts
Discover how the Language Arts department builds confident, thoughtful communicators through a rich curriculum and enrichment programmes.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Our vision as a Language Arts department is to guide and empower our students to:
Use language confidently, accurately and effectively
Read widely across a range of genres and text types
Communicate their ideas with clarity and conviction
Form and articulate well-informed opinions about social and global issues, and
Approach issues with sensitivity and nuance, and appreciate multiple perspectives.
CURRICULUM
Language Arts focuses on a detailed analysis of literary and non-literary texts as well as essential comprehension and essay-writing skills. Students also work on projects that emphasise inter-disciplinary learning as students adapt literary texts, work on independent research, and hone their language skills through a range of creative contexts. Our Language Arts syllabus is aligned with MOE’s national English Language Syllabus 2020 and extends beyond the syllabus to stretch our students’ learning.
Poetry written by our 2025 IP1 students.
IP1 Podcast Module: Interview a School Leader
Language Arts curriculum themes by integrated programme year
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Overarching Themes | Humans and Identity | Humans and Society | Humans and the World | Humans and the Future |
Essential Questions | • What shapes your identity? • Does your identity change / evolve in different contexts? • How does one's identity affect one's perspective of events? | • Are all human beings equal? • How are differences treated in your society? | • What are the factors which cause globalisation? • How does globalisation affect our identity, culture, economy and environment? | • Identity - Who am I? Identity as a social construct and marginalised identities • Responsibility - What is owed to us and what do we owe to others? • Possibility - How should we face the future? |
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ENRICHMENT
The Language Arts Department organises enrichment programmes such as our Choral Speaking programme for our IP1 students and Drama Adaptation workshops for our IP2 students. Students from all four levels, who are aspiring writers and who have a keen interest in writing, can take part in creative writing competitions such as the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition. We also focus on developing students’ speaking and debating skills by encouraging them to take part in opportunities such as the National Schools Literature Festival and the MOE Literature Seminar.
IP2 Merchant of Venice Dramatisation and Performance
IP2 Sabbatical Week: Debate Workshop
IP3 Inspire@TJC Recordings
IP4 Social Task Force Presentations