LITERATURE COMPONENT KBSM ENGLISH LANGUAGE IMPLEMENTATION 2010

CURRICULUM GOAL
By the end of the language programme, the curriculum aims to produce a learner who is:

knowledgeable
articulate confident of good character

PRINCIPLES
Learning is fun, meaningful, purposeful

activities are contextualized, meaningful and purposeful; fun-filled activities integration of language skills in meaningful contexts

Teaching is learner-centred

learners needs and salient learner factors (environment, family, language use contexts, entry behaviour)

Integration of salient new technologies

exploiting ICT to and facilitate and encourage meaningful language practice has as much to do with what a teacher does as what learners do with the new technologies

Character-building infused

inculcating moral values promoting more instructional conversation in the classroom

LEARNING OUTCOMES : ENGLISH SYLLABUS 2003 (KBSM)

KNOWLEDGE subject disciplines current issues SKILLS Learning how to learn Thinking skills Multiple Intelligences IT skills

SOCIO-CULTURE moral values social ethics citizenship globalization life-long learning real-life skills

INFORMATIONAL obtain information process information Informational Interpersonal

Informational LSRW Aesthetic GRAMMAR INTERPERSONAL VOCABULARY AESTHETIC establish & SOUND SYSTEM respond to maintain texts relationships Aesthetic be involved social Inter-personal in personal interaction expressions

Objectives of Component
To enable students to : - improve their proficiency through reading - respond to text - draw lessons and insights from slices of life - understand and appreciate other cultures

- relate events , characters to own life

- expose students to models of good writing.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
3.1
a.

Listen to, read, view and respond to literary works by

understanding and retelling in ones own words the story, play, poem and song heard and read and the film viewed, and giving ones own opinion of the text. recognising elements in a story such as characters, events; explaining the message the writer is trying to convey and discussing how this relates to ones life; reciting poems with feelings and expression.

b. c. d.

3.2
a. b.

Express themselves creatively and imaginatively by

dramatising texts and role-playing characters retelling a story from a different point of view and presenting it in another genre; composing simple poems, stories and dialogues

c.

LITERATURE- CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS

Manpower Development Creates awareness of social problems Mould future Malaysians Creates awareness of environmental concerns Personal development Language Development

Approach :
light, with an emphasis on enjoyment

adapt teaching to students of different abilities

CURRENT CYCLE
GENRE POEMS SHORT STORIES NOVELS PLAYS TOTAL 6 1 1 11 1 20 FORM 1 3 3 1 1 FORM 2 FORM 3 FORM 4 6 5 1 FORM 5 TOTAL 9 8 3

NEXT CYCLE BEGINS-2010

GENRE POEMS SHORT STORIES NOVELS PLAYS TOTAL 4
FORM 1(2010) FORM 2(2011) FORM 3(2012) FORM 4(2010) FORM 5(2011) TOTAL

2 1 1

2 1

2 2

10 4

1 1 4 3 1 5

1 3

3 2 19

IMPLEMENTATION
Year 2010 Forms 1 and 4 Year 2011 Forms 2 and 5 Year 2012 Forms 3

LIST OF TITLES
POEMS - FORM 1 The River Mr. Nobody POEMS - FORM 2 I Wonder Jeannie Kirby Valerie Bloom Anonymous

Heir Conditioning
POEMS - FORM 3 A Fighters Lines Leisure POEMS FORM 4 In the Midst of Hardship He had such quiet eyes POEM Form 5 Nature Are You Still Playing your Flute

M. Shanmugalingam

Marzuki Ali William Henry Davies

Latiff Mohidin ( Translated by Salleh Ben Joned) Bibsy Soenharjo

H.D. Carberry Zurinah Hassan

SHORT STORIES
FORM 1
Flipping Fantastic Jane Langford

Form 2
One is One and All alone Nicholas Fisk

Form 4
Qwertyuiop The Fruitcake Special Vivien Alcook Frank Brennan

PLAYS
Form 2
Rumpelstiltskin Form 4 Gulp and Gasp John Townsend Angela Lanyon

Novels
Form 1 (Graphic Novels)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth

(Jules Verne) Black Beauty (Anna Sewell) Boscombe valley Mystery Novels Form 3 and Form 5 TO BE DECIDED LATER

Retold byDavis Worth Miller & Katherine McClean Brevard

Retold by L.L. Owens Arthur Conan Doyle

CHALLENGES
to overcome
Students : low proficiency not motivated large classes no reading habit Teachers : low proficiency not motivated fear of literature non readers

no love for language

lack of techniques/strategies

THE WAY FORWARD

Teacher Creativity Teacher Competency Teacher Training Teacher Support Teacher Motivation

Assessment that reflects the aspiration of the curriculum

Thank you for your attention!!!