March
Thamizhodu Vilayadu
4th March 2018
by Mediacorp Tamil Seithi News & Current Affairs
Thamizhodu Vilaiyaadu is the first nationwide Tamil spelling competition for primary schools organised by Mediacorp Tamil Seithi News & Current affairs and supported by Tamil language and learning promotion committee. Similar to the game concept of the popular Spelling Bee competitions held worldwide, teams of Primary 4 and 5 students competed in 5 rounds over a period of two months. The main objectives of this competition is to encourage the usage of Tamil language among pupils and to enhance pupils’ spelling skills in Tamil language as well as their vocabulary.
Symposium on Innovative Teaching and Learning of Mother Tongue Languages 2018
8th March 2018
by National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore
The main aim of the symposium is to expose teachers to innovative ways of teaching and learning of Mother Tongue languages, to enable teachers to adopt innovative teaching strategies for joyful learning. This will make our Mother Tongue languages, living languages.
Through this symposium, innovative approaches were shared to teachers to cater to the different learning abilities of the students, using ICT tools and teaching the language in a simplified and systematic manner.
