Chinese Language

Vision
Making Mother Tongue a Living Language

Mission
A department that nurtures EVGIANs to love their Mother Tongue, appreciate their culture and practice good values.

Chinese Unit Programmes & Events

Applied Learning Programme (ALP)

Sec 3 ALP: Lyrics Writing

Evergreen Secondary School has been selected as one of the four schools in Singapore to offer the Enhanced ALP (Mother Tongue Languages), and this is the prototype year for us to plan, craft, test out and refine the curriculum for the Enhanced ALP.

EVG’s Enhanced ALP programme offers a comprehensive curriculum to guide students in their lyrical expressions and to convey their emotions through music. The songs that have been produced through this programme have been sent in to represent the school for the annual Xinyao competition, and have received many accolades. The writing of Xinyao gives students a valuable opportunity to express themselves in an original and creative way, and they also learn how to apply Mandarin in an authentic context.

We are proud to share that 21 of our Sec 3 Chinese Language students were featured in Lianhe Zaobao’s news article and video. Read about our Secondary 3 Chinese Language Enhanced ALP (Lyrics Writing Programme) here. ( https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20210528-1148413 )

In the interview, students shared that the programme had given them a valuable opportunity to express themselves in an original and creative way. The 21 students featured in the video are also the awardees for the EVG’s songwriting competition. The selected lyrics and songs were also sent in to the annual Xinyao competition this year.

Read more on our Enhanced ALP programme that has been featured on Zaobao Comma and Lianhe Zaobao!

2021 ALP Programme for Lower Secondary

Sec 2 ALP: Speech Deliveries

The school has organised a series of in-house lessons and workshop to enhance students’ public speaking skills. Through the activities, students were able to understand the elements of giving an interesting and engaging speech and managed to deliver their speech to their peers. Students with public speaking talent were identified and different external platforms were provided for them to stretch their abilities.

Sec 1 ALP: Storytelling

Students took part in the Story Challenge Workshop which ignite students’ interest about storytelling. Students were able to understand the elements of presenting a story in terms of content, enunciation, presentation and delivery. They had the opportunity to present their stories to their peers, giving them the platform to express their feelings.

2020 ALP Activities for Lower Secondary

In Term 1, the Chinese Unit organised lessons sharing the skills of storytelling and presenting a speech. Students have prepared their stories and speeches to share with the rest. More activities and training sessions will resume in Terms 3 and 4.

North Zone Schools (Primary/Secondary) Chinese Speech Competition

Our school has collaborated with Evergreen Primary School to organize North Zone schools Chinese Speech Competition for primary and secondary school students. A total of 52 participants from 19 schools took part in the competition. And the competition’s judging panel comprised Master Teacher of SCCL as well as assistant director and officer from CPDD Mother Tongue Branch. Through the competition, students are able to build their oratorical skills and confidence in public speaking. The competition is also a platform for students from different schools to build friendships and expand their perspectives through learning together.

Award Ceremony

Organising Committee

Collaboration between EVG Primary School and EVG Secondary School

2021 Chinese New Year Celebration

Chinese New Year Celebration 2021 – Year of the Ox

Chinese New Year is one of the most important festivals for Chinese. In 2021, we are ushering the New Year and adapting to a new normal due to the worldwide COVID-19 situation. It might seem daunting for all but we should learn from the Ox, to have the important quality of resilience in order to rise up against the odds. As a school, we celebrated and ushered in the Ox Year with an online concert! We have the Chinese Dance and Chinese Orchestra to perform for us. Not only that, we also have Zaki and Hazirah from 2 Integrity who have prepared a Silat performance! On top of that, Ryan Ng from 4 Etp also performed a solo martial art who also represents the school and has done phenomenally well in the National School Games Wushu Championships for the past few years.

Do enjoy the recorded telecast of the CNY celebration comprising a myriad of performances put up by our very own EVGians via the Youtube link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpJuHpCTIUc

Reading Programme

Chinese Unit launched the Graded Learning Programme with the Secondary Ones this year. Through this programme, we hope to cultivate the habit of reading in our students, enable them to find enjoyment and widen their perspective through reading. Our teachers developed learning packages that will promote critical discussion in class thereby enriching students’ reading experiences. Thereafter, students will design and present their book reviews to their peers. Not only does this serve to clarify their views on the books they read, it also helps them to communicate ideas and allow creative expression, transforming what they have read to pictorial forms.

Some of the students’ book reviews are as below:

Virtual Learning Journey to Beijing and Tianjin

The year, EVG has organized a virtual learning journey to Beijing and Tianjin in November 2021. Through Zoom and 360° cameras, students were able to explore attractions like The Great Wall of China, The Forbidden City and the Singapore-Sino project in Tianjin Eco-city from the comforts of their classroom. With the help of a local guide, students were able to learn interesting historical facts associated with these heritage sites. Different from that of last year, students had the opportunity to attend a lecture via livestream on Singapore-China diplomatic relations by Fudan University.

Last but not least, the learning journey culminated in an interaction session with students from Nankai Rixin International School, the Middle School section of Nankai University in Tianjin. Our students looked very much forward to this segment and the session was full of excitement and good cheer.

Story Challenge

Story Challenge is an interactive improvisation drama programme. The theatre practice performing group make use of homophonic and random combination of drama components provide by our students to put up a surprising good drama and inspire our students to create their own group or individual stories. This performance has promoted collaboration writing for our students and inspired them to create fantastic mini novel. Part of the students’ writing is as below:

Achievements

There are different platforms and opportunities for students to learn, grow, stretch and unleash their potential. Students have participated and excelled in different activities, such as:

2021 North Zone Schools (Primary/Secondary) Chinese Speech Competition

2. Good Talk International Children & Youth Bilingual Speech Conference

Group photo of award winners

3. National Secondary Schools Chinese Creative Writing Competition “新蕾奖”

Lum Yi Xuan (Third Prize)

3. Individual and Group Category of the 4th Text Recital Competition for Primary and Secondary School

Lower Secondary Individual Category	Lim Huan Yu (Silver) Tan Jia Xuan (Silver)
Upper Secondary Individual Category	Kong Seng Hui (Bronze)
Lower Secondary Group Category - Bronze	Ling Yu En Markus Cheng Jia Ying Chen Siting Lum Yi Xuan
Lower Secondary Group Category - Bronze	Tan Yu Qian Victoria Chaw Ho Kai Chong Teo Hong Li

《My Story 我的故事 2020》 Speech Competition

As part of Tier 3 ALP Programme, Students from 2CMT Samuel Soo and Tan Xin Xuan has participated in My Story 2020 Speech Competition organised by 讲华语运动 Speak Mandarin Campaign and NoonTalk Media on 26 July 2020. They have won first runner up and consolidation prize respectively. They are also the winner of Favourite Story and Favourite Contestant respectively too.

Virtual Tour of Beijing & Tianjin-cum-Cultural Exchange with Suzhou Industrial Park Xinggang School

The CL unit organized a virtual learning journey to Beijing and Tianjin on the 6 November 2020. Through Zoom and 360 cameras, students were able to explore attractions of Beijing and Tianjin without the need to travel there per se, for example The Great Wall of China, Tiananmen Square and Singapore-Sino project in Tianjin Eco-city. The touring segment ended on a high note in the form of Kahoot game, which allowed the students to self-assess their own learning through the online tours to the various exciting locations in Beijing and Tianjin.

Next, students immersed in the joy of paper cutting and were also exposed to different traditional cuisine of Beining and Tianjin. They got their palettes satiated by the famous Beijing cuisine 片皮鸭.

Last but not least, the learning journey ended with an interaction session with students from Suzhou Industrial Park Xinggang School. Our students very much looked forward to this segment and the session was full of excitement and good cheer.

2019 Chinese New Year Celebration

Through different activities and the Chinese New Year concert, the Chinese New Year celebration aims to enrich students’ learning experience by promoting the understanding of traditional Chinese festivals. In 2019, the Chinese New Year Concert was organised together with the Mother Tongue Languages Fortnight, and selected students performed their works onstage! The script of the musical segment of the concert was written by our students during their CL ALP Programme.

Reading Programme

The Reading Programme exposes students to different stories, thus expanding their vision. Divergent questions are designed to promote critical thinking skills and develop students’ confidence in sharing their own opinions during discussions. The students analysed the stories that they have read, present it in the form of a book review and recommend it as future reading materials for their peers. The students have a chance to be creative in designing the book review and also demonstrate their point of view as they read the book.

Some of the students’ book reviews are as below:

Students’ Achievements

2018 Xin Yao Song Writing Competition

Max Kok Chee Foong - 2nd place Songwriting (Ref. Category)
Lim Shern Sze and Eustacia Pang - 3rd place Songwriting (Open Category)
Lim Shern Sze and Eustacia Pang - Best Lyrics Overall
Valerie Phua and Tracy Goh - 4th/5th place Songwriting (Open Category)
Aloysius Goh and Yew Zhi Yong - Consolation Prize, Songwriting (Open Category)

CL Curriculum framework

Level	Curriculum	Enrichment Programme
Sec 1	Higher Chinese Chinese Language NA Chinese Language Basic Chinese Language *Chinese Special Programme	Mother Tongue Fortnight Programme Story Challenge Workshop TCM Workshop Reading Programme Drama Appreciation
Sec 2	Higher Chinese Chinese Language NA Chinese Language Basic Chinese Language *Chinese Special Programme	Mother Tongue Fortnight Programme Chinese Speech Workshop Reading Programme Drama Appreciation
Sec 3	Higher Chinese Chinese Language NA Chinese Language Basic Chinese Language *Chinese Special Programme	Mother Tongue Fortnight Programme Creative Writing Workshop Reading Programme Drama Appreciation Bringing Programme
Sec 4	Higher Chinese Chinese Language NA Chinese Language Basic Chinese Language Chinese Language B Chinese Special Programme	Reading Programme Intensive Programme
Sec 5	Chinese Language *Chinese Language B	Reading Programme Intensive Programme

*Department will provide support on academic resources and guidance.

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