Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue
OUR BELIEFS
“To each what he originally had – his culture, his language, a link with his past, his heritage.” Mr Lee Kuan Yew, 1966
Quoting the vision of our founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew for a bilingual Singapore: To each what he originally had – his culture, his language, a link with his past, his heritage. Our Mother Tongue Languages and cultures carry many important values and thinking. Mother Tongue plays a critical role for bilingualism in Singapore. Learning of Mother Tongue Languages provides us with a channel to strengthen our core values.
Our GSS Mother Tongue Languages (MTL) Department aims to provide our students with vibrant Mother Tongue language and cultural learning experiences, to encourage our students to use their respective Mother Tongue language in their daily lives and develop the passion for the life-long learning of their Mother Tongue Languages.
PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS
Sec 2 Chinese Script Writing Workshop (MTL Enhanced ALP)
Sec 1 Malay & Tamil Lyrics Writing Workshop (MTL Enhanced ALP
MTL Week Malay Silat*
**MTL Week Tamil Dance
MTL Week CL Taji
Tamil Speaking Competition “Beauty of Tamil Language”
与声剧来 ‘Script It Right’ Chinese Radio Drama Script Writing Competition 2023
**8th National Chinese Poetry-Writing Competition **
16th National Secondary Schools Translation Competition 2023
COMPETITIONS & ACCOLADES
YEAR | Name of Competition | Awards |
2023 | Tamil Speaking Competition “Beauty of Tamil Language” organised by Umar Pulavar Tamil Language Center (UPTLC) | Lower Secondary Individual: Third Place Upper Secondary Individual: Third Place Overall Lower Secondary: Second Place
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2023 | 与声剧来 ‘Script It Right’ Chinese Radio Drama Script Writing Competition 2023, jointly organised by the Committee to Promote Chinese Language Learning and local radio station UFM100.3 | 《最后三十天》”The remaining 30 days”, and attained the “Creative Script Award”
1. Team Leader: WU JINGHENG 2-5 2. Member: EMILY WOO RON CHIN 2-5 3. Member: LIM JING HENG 2-5 |
8th National Chinese Poetry-Writing competition for Secondary and Pre-university students jointly organised by The Singapore Literature Society and Raffles Girls’ School.
| Certificate of Merit 1. Wei Mei Fan 4-7 和平 Peace 2. Chen Leyi 4-7 苏醒的世界 Awaken World 3. Fu Yunfei 3-8 苏醒 Awaken
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2023 | 16th National Secondary Schools Translation Competition 2023 | Individual Award Ma Xiao Xiao 3-9 |
2023 | 21st National Secondary School Chinese Creative Writing Competition - Photojournalism Competition | 3rd Placing TAN YIXUAN 3-8
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Appreciation of Students’ Work
与声剧来 ‘Script It Right’ Chinese Radio Drama Script Writing Competition 2023