KBSM

Richard
Gabriel
Arif
Yazid

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(Kurikulum Bersepadu Sekolah
Menengah)
Integrated Curriculum for Secondary
School
When?

Introduced in 1988

Aims

To extend learners English language

proficiency in order to meet their
needs to use English in certain
situations in everyday life, for
knowledge acquisition, and for future
workplace needs.

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Time
Pedagogy

Characteristics

Assessment

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Focus on life-long
education and
elements of JERI.
To instill positive moral
values.
Stress on the importance
of mastering Bahasa
Malaysia.
Focus is given to the
integration on
curriculum, extra
curriculum and school
culture.

PMR (Lower Secondary

Assessment)
SPM

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(Kurikulum Bersepadu Sekolah
Menengah)
Integrated Curriculum for
Secondary School
Active participant

Student-centered

Group activities

Individual & group activities

Co-operative learning

Thinking skills

Critical thinking & skills related to

intellectual development

Teaching materials

Textbook & other materials deemed

suitable by the teacher

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Language Use

3 areas of language use:

I.Language for Interpersonal
purposes enables learners to establish
and maintain friendships and also
collaborate with people.
II.Language for Informational
purposes enables learners to use
language to obtain, process, & give
information.
III.Language for Aesthetic purposes
enables learners to enjoy literary
texts and to express themselves
creatively.

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Language
Skills

I.Listening
II.Speaking
III.Reading
IV.Writing

Language
Content

I. Grammar of the English

language
II.English sound system
III.Word List to guide teachers.
IV.Texts in the literature
component

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Setbacks

1. Syllabus content creates a world that

may be quite unreal as textbooks were
strictly based on the literal interpretations
of the specifications.
.Our Malaysian students would not be
able to identify nor appreciate this
unreal world. Hence the same low
motivation level, disinterest and
English is not vital to learn
syndrome will keep on occurring.
.Malaysian students should be shown
how the English language can be
exploited to their benefit.

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Setbacks

2. The focus of the syllabus is on the

systems of knowledge external to
learners rather than upon skills & abilities
which learners initially bring to
communication.
3. The English syllabus being conventional,
has oriented itself towards language as
primary subject matter, that is on
knowing what & not how. The how
refers to the capabilities of applying ,
reinterpreting & adapting the knowledge of
rules & conventions during communication
by means of underlying skills & abilities.
4. Only emphasises on English language
learning for communication.

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Activities

1. Interactive group discussion

- Student centred
- Brainstorming
- Critical Thinking
2. Plays and drama activities
- Based on the novel learnt
3. Projects
- Exhibition