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Lesson objectives ~ Educational paths in Singapore, Vocabulary Building, English isa funny language, vocabulary practise and acquisition strategies overview~

Let students from JCs, polys, ITE interact to aid understanding ~ Kwan Jin Yao

Diverse assortment unprecedented discrimination assume albeit

I REFER to recent reports on the education system, and the wonderful letter by Mr

Aloysius Teo, 'Lessons from school of life' (Jan 29).

The education landscape in Singapore is (4) and unique, particularly in recent years.

With the implementation of new policies and opening of various institutions, students can

choose from an (2) of curricula and programmes. From the International

Baccalaureate (IB) to the Integrated Programme, from junior colleges (JCs) to

polytechnics, this diversity is (6) , and young people can pursue their passions

instead of following the traditional academic route.

However, it seems there still exists a series of misconceptions about the various

institutions. As Mr Teo pointed out, there is still intellectual (3) against the Institute

of Technical Education, even though it has introduced comprehensive courses andproduced outstanding students.

Many also (1) that clever students head to JCs, while others enrol in polytechnics for

technical education, even though both have hugely improved their standards, (5) in

different directions.

These generalisations and misunderstandings stem from a lack of interaction between students

from these institutions. Individuals simply do not understand the dynamics in the other schools.

Coming from a JC, I was curious about lessons and learning styles in a polytechnic and a school

offering the IB programme. Specific immersion activities should be offered to students and

exchange programmes organised across different institutions.

What are your options after “O” Levels

What is the IB ( International Baccalaureate ) Programme

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The IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) was described as "a rigorous, off-the-shelf

curriculum recognized by universities around the world” when it was featured in the

December 18, 2006, edition of Time titled How to bring our schools out of the 20th

Century . The IBDP was also featured in the summer 2002 edition of American

Educator, where Robert Rothman described it as "a good example of an effective,

instructionally sound, exam-based system." Howard Gardner , a professor of

educational psychology at Harvard University , said that the IBDP curriculum is "less

parochial ( narrow-minded - concerned only with narrow local concerns without any

regard for more general or wider issues) than most American efforts" and helps

students "think critically, synthesize knowledge, reflect on their own thought processes

and get their feet wet in interdisciplinary thinking."

In the United Kingdom, the IB Diploma is "regarded as moreacademically challenging and broader than three or four A-levels ." In

2006, government ministers provided funding so that "every local

authority in England could have at least one centre offering sixth-

formers the chance to do the IB." In 2008, due to the devaluing of the

A-Levels and an increase in the number of students taking the IB

exams, Children's Secretary Ed Balls abandoned a "flagship Tony

Blair pledge to allow children in all areas to study IB." Fears of a "two-tier" education system further dividing education between the rich and

the poor emerged as the growth in IB is driven by private schools and

sixth-form colleges.

IBDP curriculum:

Group 1: Language A1 (native language)

Group 2: Second language (3 rd Langauge)

Group 3: Individuals and societies (Business and management, Economics ,

Geography , History , Information technology in a global society (ITGS) , Islamic history,

Philosophy, Psychology , and Social and cultural anthropology)

Group 4: Experimental sciences (Chemistry , Biology , Physics , and Design

Technology , and Environmental Systems)

Group 5: Mathematics and computer science

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Group 6: The arts (Music , Theatre , Visual Arts and Film )

Extended essay (EE) (The extended essay (EE ) is a mandatory core component

and is a research paper of up to 4,000 words giving students an opportunity to conduct

independent research or investigation on a topic that interests them)

Theory of knowledge (TOK) (TOK is a mandatory core component and "flagship

element" and is the only course besides the students' native language that all students take.

It is epistemology course for students with the objective to promote critical thinking

Creativity, action, service (The CAS is to allow IB schools the opportunity to "give

students the means to learn through experience and how to take actions in the service of

others."

Epistemology or theory of knowledge is the branch of philosophy

concerned with the nature and scope (limitations) of knowledge . Itaddresses the questions:

What is knowledge?

How is knowledge acquired?

What do people know?

How do we know what we know?

Much of the debate in this field has focused on analyzing the nature of knowledge

and how it relates to similar notions such as truth , belief , and justification . Italso deals with the means of production of knowledge, as well as skepticism about

different knowledge claims. The term was introduced into English by the Scottish

philosopher James Frederick Ferrier (1808–1864).

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SAT Vocabulary Test (20 Questions)

1. conjugation

n. A small cavern.n. The egg of a louse or some other insect.

n. The state or condition of being joined together.

adj. Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head.

2. recover

v. To regain.

v. To unite.

n. A disturbance or violent agitation.adj. Harsh.

3. pique

adj. Created or formed by the imagination.

v. To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations.

n. Sudden invasion.

v. To excite a slight degree of anger in.

4. sapid

adj. That desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably

adj. Affecting the sense of taste

n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.

v. To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body.

5. Granulate

n. A name wrongly or mistakenly applied.

adj. Characteristic of dwelling in the country.v. To form into grains or small particles.

adj. Characteristic of an erudite person.

6. Voracious

n. A prophet.

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gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. Joseph Addison

Vocabulary Test1. soldier

n. increase of amount, size, scope, or the like

n. a person engaged in military service

v. to rouse to activity or to quickened actionn. a settled course or manner of progress

2. commitment

adj. intermeddling with what is not one's concern

n. an unprincipled politician

v. to bring together or give fixed shape to

n. the act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping3. volatile

v. to regain

adj. changeable v. to blend4. qualify

v. to endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions

n. a title of Jesus

n. a quack

n. passion for getting and keeping riches5. transition

n. passage from one place, condition, or action to another

n. a person of rank or importance

v. to remove the inhabitants from

n. angry or violent difference of opinion

ENGLISH IS A FUNNY LANGUAGE

Let's face it -- English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham inhamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't

invented in England or French fries in France.

We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find thatquicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither

from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing,grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2geese. So one moose, 2 meese???

Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, that youcomb thru annals of history but not a single annal? If you have a bunch of odds

and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teacherstaught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetar ian eats veget ables, what

does a humanitarian eat?

Sometimes I think all the English speakers speak in tongues

6. devilryv. to deny oneself

n. malicious mischief v. to make more sharp, severe, or virulent

n. the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command

7. mileage

n. a distance in miles

adj. having six angles

v. to introduce, as a fluid, by injection

v. to surpass

8. prowess

n. the whole range or sequence

adj. low-priced

n. strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle

adj. heedless

9. assassinate

v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent personv. to inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox

n. permanence

n. a spiritual advisor

10. generalize

n. a person to whom a donation is made

v. to draw general inferences

n. easen. a meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits

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n. A coming between.

n. Holiness.

adj. Eating with greediness or in very large quantities.

7. Specializev. To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course.

v. To overwhelm with a flood of water.

v. To protect.

v. To drive out or away.

8. Excretionadj. Capable of being thrust out.

n. A sorcerer.adj. Measureless.

n. The getting rid of waste matter.

9. Plutocracyn. Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case.

n. A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money.adj. At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion.

n. The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.

10. wantonnessn. The feudal system.

adj. Farthest from the front.

n. An artificial trance-sleep.

n. Recklessness.

11. prurient

n. Sudden invasion.

adj. Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires.

n. The sharp striking of one body against another.

v. To draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively.

12. illuminate

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v. To supply with light.

adj. Different.

v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).

v. To last longer than.

13. awryad. Out of the proper form, direction, or position.

n. A labyrinth.

adj. Impartial.

n. Rational self-esteem.

14. counter-claim

n. A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.n. That which nourishes.

v. To study plant-life.

v. To reveal in trust or confidence.

15. peterv. To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value.

adj. Ingenuous.

adj. That may be allowed.

adv. Without intention.16. ambulance

n. A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.

v. To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned

n. Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning.v. To make stale or trite by repetition.

17. inundation

adj. Characterized by intelligence.n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.

n. Inadequacy.

n. Flood.

18. imminence

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hard nuts with their teeth. Juveniles and infants, lacking the enormous jaws of their mothers, couldnot usually open nuts, so instead took bits and pieces from their mothers' mouths. Sometimes amother would refuse to share, causing the youngster to throw a violent tantrum.

Perhaps my most vivid memory, though, is of that scorching day I came face to face with a largeadult male on the ground. He was just ambling along, head down, oblivious to my presence. Thenhe stopped dead in his tracks less than twelve feet (3.6 m) away. For long seconds he stared andstared. Strangely, I felt no fear. I simply marvelled at how magnificent he looked with his coatblazing orange in the full sunlight. Abruptly, he whirled around and was gone. My confrontationwith this big male seemed to bear out a traditional belief that the wild orangutan is mild andretiring.

Rarest of the apes , wild orangutans are restricted to diminishing ranges on the islands of Borneoand Sumatra. It has long been illegal in Indonesia and Malaysia to own, kill, or export them, butuntil recently the laws were not strictly enforced. The threat of extinction still hangs over the

orangutan because of the slaughter of mothers by poachers trying to capture their infants and thewholesale destruction of their habitat by logging and agricultural land-clearing operations. For years captive orangutans have been bought at high prices for zoos and laboratories around theworld, though lately conservation groups have reduced the illegal trafficking.

But what do you do with "repossessed" young orangutans ? Without expert guidance theseunfortunate animals usually die from disease, malnutrition and neglect. Rod and I hoped to teachthem the ways of the forest, and how to become "wild" again.

1. The "not-so-wild subjects" refer to(A)orangutans in the zoos.(B)captured orangutans.

(C) young orangutans accustomed to captivity.(D) completely tame orangutans2. In social behaviour the orangutan is different from other primates in that

(A)it is sociable.(B)it is aggressive in company.(C)it seeks the company of younger orangutans.(D)it is very often seen alone.

3. The writer was quite convinced that orangutans(A)are always solitary creatures.(B)have close family relationships.

(C)must of necessity socialize at times.(D)only live in pairs.

4. In their nesting habits orangutans seem to be

(A)constant nest builders.(B)occasional nest builders.(C)builders of rain shelters only.

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(D)lovers of overhead platforms.

5. In their eating habits orangutans are

(A)only leaf and fruit eaters.

(B)only nut and bark eaters.(C)vegetarians.(D)fussy eaters.

6. When on one occasion the writer came face to face with a large male orangutan, thepredominant feeling she had was one of

(A)fear (B)curiosity(C)wonder.(D)strangeness.

7. On this occasion the behavior of the orangutan seemed to confirm the belief that

members of the species are(A)gentle and shy.(B)poor sighted.(C)cowardly.(D)stupid.

8. Wild orangutans are described as "rarest of the apes" because

(A)they fetch high prices.(B)they are found only in Borneo and Sumatra.(C)it is illegal to own, kill or export them.

(D)they are diminishing in numbers.

9. "repossessed" orangutans are those animals that have been(A)taken away from illegal captivity.(B)returned to their rightful owners.(C)declared safe and tame.(D)made "wild' again.

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.We can infer from the passage that the writer's attitude towards orangutans is one of

(A)utter indifference.(B)interested concern.(C)apprehension.(D)wonder and curiosity.

English language did you knows ~

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http://www.did-you-knows.com/did-you-know-facts/english-language.php

Did you know no words in the English language rhyme with the words angel,

angst, breadth, bulb, depth, eighth, month, ninth, orange, purple, scalp or twelfth

Did you know the least used letter in the alphabet is QDid you know 'I am.' is the shortest complete sentence

Did you know skiing is the only word with double i

Did you know dreamt is the only word that ends in mt

Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell

JASON

Did you know there are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous'

(they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous)Did you know the oldest word in the English language is 'town'

Did you know 'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English

language with three consecutive double letters

Did you know the word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language

with just one vowel

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English is a Funny Language!

Egyptology parisology pogonotrophy hors d'oeuvre derivation

Words aren't always what they appear to be. Some are easy to figureout by context or its constituent parts e.g. (7) . Even if youhave never seen this word, you would guess that it has something todo with Egypt and you'd be right because it means the study of Egyptian antiquities. What about the word (133) ? Would youhave guessed that it means the use of equivocal or ambiguouslanguage? How about (51) ? Did you know that it refers to thegrowing of a beard?

What about your favorite (33) ? (pronounced ohr DERV). We allknow that this is an extra little dish outside of and smaller than themain course. It is usually served first. We also know that it is of Frenchorigin but did you know that when translated to English it meansoutside of (hors) job or work (oeuvre)?

The word (851) has little to do with potatoes and sextet hasnothing to do with sex. That's what the English language does -- oftenleading us on, only to make things limpid in the end. Hopefully, youalready know that limpid means clear or transparent. ( potatory adj. Of,relating to, or given to drinking) and A sextet is a formation containing exactly sixmembers. It is commonly associated with vocal or musical instrument groups)

Not long ago, I went into a store in Toronto and came across a shelf with fondue sets. The first set was labelled, "Cheese Fondue." I figuredout that one quite quickly. It was for making fondue dipped in cheese.Fondue ~ a dish eaten by dipping small pieces of food into the contentsof a pot, usually melted

The second one was, "Chocolate Fondue." That's easy too! One doesnot have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that it was for makingfondue dipped in chocolate. The third one however was a bit morechallenging. It was "Stainless Steel Fondue!" Would you have fonduedipped in stainless steel?

Similarly, I recently received a questionnaire from my church askingparishioners to indicate which events should be included in the socialcalendar. Two of the choices were "Lobster Dinner" and "Pastor'sDinner."

The (960) of some words remains intact when one or moreletters are added to the original word. A few examples include small

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and smaller or big and bigger. However, there are other words thatcompletely lose their meaning and even their pronunciation with theaddition of only one (170) . One such example is iron and irony. Theirony here is that iron has nothing to do with irony.

Letter word mores positive contagious

quarantine absurd commonsense

In grade school we learn that many words change into their plural formwhen we add the letter "s" to the end e.g. pen become pens and bookbecome books. Did you know that the same action would totallychange meaning of some words? Well, "more," the comparative of much or many become "130) " which means "the customs of andconventions embodying the fundamental values of a group or society."

Did you know that negative could be (197) ? What do I mean?What kind of results would you like to get if you did a blood test for a(145) disease? A negative one of course! Right! A negative resultwould be good (or positive).

Here's another example. If I say, "We all live on both sides of thestreet." You will probably say, "That's (NR7) !" Maybe so, but if you are traveling north on my street, my house is on the east side andif you are travelling south, my house is on the west side. So, I live onthe east or west side of the street depending on the direction you aretraveling. Still absurd?

What do you think of this statement which came up during aconversation about flying in an airplane? "Falling fifty feet during flightis the kind of experience that you must actually experience before youcould gain experience with that kind of experience." Does this notmake perfect sense to you?

SBS 2, 7, 12, 32, 33, 51, 56, 63, 130, 133, 145, 197SMRT 61, 851, 960, 980, NR7

Same word, different meaning ...

Many English words have the same spelling but different

meanings. Some words can be used as verbs in the past or

present tense and the same word could also be a noun. Consider

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I s aw you saw that plastic toy saw with an electric saw .

The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert .Since there is no time like the present , he thought it was time to

present the present .I had to put down my foot when you asked him to foot

the bill again.

The bandage was wound around the wound .

The farm was used to produce produce .

The dump was so full that it had to r efuse more refuse .

We must polish the Polish furniture.I wore my red coat to apply the first coat of red paint.

When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

I did not object to the o bject .

The insurance was invalid for the invalid .

There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row .

They were too close to the door to close it.

The buck does funny things when the does are present.

A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow .

The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a t ear .

I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

How can I i ntimate this to my most intimate friend?

The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a manwere to shoot his wife or mother in law (or both) at a range of

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five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but notnecessarily a good man.~ G.K. Chesterton

English is a very peculiar language that I will grantThere is no egg in the eggplant,

No ham in the hamburgerAnd neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.

English muffins were not invented in England,French fries were not invented in France.

We sometimes take English for granted, but if we examine itsparadoxes we find that:

Quicksand takes you down slowly,Boxing rings are square,

And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

If writers write, how come fingers don't fing?If the plural of tooth is teeth,Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth?

If the teacher taught,Why hasn't the preacher praught?

Why do people recite at a play,Yet play at a recital?Park on driveways andDrive on parkways?

How can the weather be as hot as hell on one dayAnd as cold as hell on another ?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language where a house can burnup as it burns down,

And in which you fill in a form, by filling it out And a bell is only heard once it goes!

English was invented by people, not computers ,And it reflects the creativity of the human race

(Which of course isn't a race at all.)

That is why:When the stars are out they are visible,But when the lights are out they are invisible.

And why it is that when I wind up my watch It starts,But when I wind up this poemIt ends.

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Now and again I have had horrible dreams, but not enough of them to make me lose my delightin dreams. To begin with, I like the idea of dreaming, of going to bed and lying still and then,by some queer magic, wandering into another kind of existence. As a child I could never understand why grown-ups took dreaming so calmly when they could make such a fuss aboutany holiday. This still puzzles me. I am mystified by people who say they never dream and

appear to have no interest in the subject. It is much more astonishing than if they said theynever went out for a walk. Most people -- or at least most Western Europeans -- do not seem toaccept dreaming as part of their lives. They appear to see it as an irritating little habit, likesneezing or yawning. I have never understood this. My dream life does not seem as importantas my waking life, if only because there is far less of it, but to me it is important. As if therewere at least two extra continents added to the world, and lightning excursions running to themat any moment between midnight and breakfast. Then again, the dream life, though queer andbewildering and unsatisfactory in many respects, has its own advantages. The dead are there,smiling and talking. The past is there, sometimes all broken and confused but occasionally asfresh as a daisy. And perhaps, as Mr. Dunne tells us, the future is there too, winking at us. Thisdream life is often overshadowed by huge mysterious anxieties, with luggage that cannot be

packed and trains that refuse to be caught: and both persons and scenes there are not asdependable and solid as they are in waking life, so that Brown and Smith merge into oneperson while Robinson splits into two. and there are thick woods outside the bathroom door and the dining room is somehow part of a theatre balcony: and there are moments of desolationor terror in the dream world that are worse than anything we have known under the sun. Yetthis other life has its interests, its gaieties, its satisfactions, and, at certain rare intervals, aserene glow or a sudden ecstasy, like glimpses of another form of existence altogether, that wecannot match with open eyes. Daft or wise, terrible or exquisite, it is a further helping of experience, a bonus after dark. another slice of life cut differently, for which, it seems to me,we are never sufficiently grateful. Only a dream ! Why only ? It was there, and you had it. "If there were dreams to sell," Beddoes inquires, "what would you buy ?" I cannot say offhand, butcertainly rather more than I could afford. 1. The writer's bad dreams

(A)occur frequently.(B)occur occasionally.(C)spoil his delight in dreams.(D)puzzle him.

2. What is the writer's attitude to dreams ?

(A)He dislikes them.(B)He likes them.(C)He finds them irritating.(D)He considers them unimportant.

3. What does the writer feel about people who say they do not dream ?

(A)He believes them without feeling strongly about it.(B)He disbelieves them with no strong feelings about it.(C)He is puzzled by what they claim.(D)He is amazed that such people exist.

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4. According to the writer, most Western Europeans

(A)do not dream.(B)prefer sneezing or yawning to dreaming.(C)seem to regard dreaming as an irritating habit.

(D)accept dreams as an essential part of life. 5. To the writer dreaming

(A)is unimportant.(B)is like sneezing and yawning, but more pleasurable.(C)opens up a whole new world of experience for him.(D)overshadows his waking life.

6. The "lightning excursions" refer to the writer's

(A)travels to other continents. (C) holiday trips

(B)short trips into dreamland. (D) catnaps 7. According to the writer, an ecstatic dream occurs

(A)often. (C) at rare intervals(B)once in a lifetime. (D) every time one dreams

8. We may have a dream experience "that we cannot match with open eyes". This means thatthe dream experience(A)is an unbelievable one.(B)cannot be seen.(C)is not like any experience in real life.(D)cannot be understood when we are awake.

9. The writer's answer to the question at the end of the extract shows that he

(A)would love to be able to dream more.(B)would like to have fewer dreams.(C)cannot afford to dream any more.(D)does not mind whether he dreams more often or less.

10. Which statement about dreams is not made by the writer ?

(A)Dreams can be bewildering at times.(B)Dreams can bring us back into the past.(C)Dreams can reveal mysterious anxieties.(D)Dreams are more important than our waking life.