NSS Subject Curriculum & Assessment
Subject: English Language
Curriculum Aims
Overall Aims:
To provide every learner of English with further opportunities for extending their knowledge and experience of
the cultures of other people as well as opportunities for personal and intellectual development, further studies,
pleasure and work in the English medium;
To enable every learner to prepare for changing socio-economic demands – demands which include
interpretation, use and production of texts for pleasure, study and work in the English medium.
Aims of electives:
To sharpen learners’ awareness of the range of language itself;
To enhance students’ cultural knowledge and understanding;
To stimulate students to engage in a vigorous process of interactive reading and speaking.
Curriculum Framework and Progression of Study
Compulsory Part
SBA (for non-print fictions)*
NSS1
(150hrs)
1st Term:
NSS2
(150hrs) SBA (for print fictions)*
NSS3
2nd Term:
SBA (for print fictions &
non-fictions)*
SBA (for non print non-fictions)*
(101hrs)
*
Elective Part**
SBA (for elective part: from the
Language Arts and Non-language
Arts: Learning English through
Drama/ Learning English through
print Short Stories/ Learning English
through Social Issues)
SBA (for elective part from the
Language Arts and Non-language
Arts: Learning English through
Drama/Learning English through
workplace Communication/ Learning
English through Social Issues)
Students will be required to read/ view six texts, at least one from each category:
print-fiction, non-print fiction, print non-fiction and non print non-fiction.
**
Students will be required to choose three electives, at least one from each of the two categories:
Language Arts: Learning English through Short Stories/ Learning English through Drama
Non-Language Arts: Learning English through Social Issues/ Learning English through
Workplace Communication
NSS Subject Curriculum & Assessment
Subject: English Language
Assessment
Components
Public
Paper 1: Reading
Examination Paper 2: Writing
Paper 3: Listening & Integrated Skills
Paper 4: Speaking
School-Based Part A:
Assessment For print fiction, print non-fiction,
Non-print fiction and non print non-fiction
Part B:
For electives
Weighting
20%
25%
30%
10%
10%
5%
Duration
1 and 1/2 hours
2 hours
2 hours
20 minutes
Individual
Presentation:
2-4 minutes
Group
Interaction:
6 minutes
Individual
Presentation:
2-3 minutes
Group
Interaction:
6 minutes