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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

More teachers will be trained to teach a revised English syllabus which is being rolled out to upper primary pupils this year. About 1,000 teachers at the Primary 4 level from 115 primary schools will ...

NCDC says children understand concepts faster when taught in their mother tongue before transitioning to English ...

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 ...

Primary schools should focus on German reading and math instead of English, the president of the German Teachers' Association has said. His remarks come as German ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The majority of primary schools in England will have their pandemic catch-up funding more than absorbed by an ...