Making English a compulsory subject from grade 1 is undeniably the right direction, but as a parent, the policy still brings ...

Writing a PSLE English composition plot is easy: “Man steals wallet / Student fails exam because she did not study for it / A secret is uncovered by an ex-detective.” However, it’s filling up the plot ...

Upon entering her classroom on her first day, a terribly under-qualified English language teacher exclaims with glee: "This is going to be total immersion!" One is made to hope that in the course of ...

Primary school-level English education is about to change. With the new Guidelines for the Course of Study coming into effect in 2011, English will be taught to all fifth and sixth graders. In South ...

The Ministry of Education and Training organised a conference on January 22 to discuss a new initiative to improve the quality of primary English education. The Ministry of Education and Training ...