English Language and Literature
Find out about the English Language and Literature department's programmes, staff, and accolades, all aimed at building confident, creative users of English.
Head of Department
Mdm Salwati Salim
Subject Head
Mr Kelvin Chen
Senior Teacher (English Language)
Mdm Dian Khairyani Mondzi
Teachers (English Language)
Mr Daniel Keng (Literature Co-Ordinator)
Mr Er Siong Chye (Upper Sec AYH)
Mr Foo Chuan Chian James
Mrs Serena Ong
Mdm Rahidah Tajammul Shah
Mr Sobri Omar
Teachers (English Literature)
Mr Daniel Keng (Literature Co-Ordinator)
Mr Foo Chuan Chian James
Miss Alysia Lim Zhiyan
Department’s Vision
A Community of Avid Readers and Proficient Users of the English Language
Department’s Mission
To nurture a love for the language and inspire learners in the creative application and excellent use of the English Language
Programmes
Live.Lang.Lit Week: a week of learning where students engaged in fun activities outside the classroom setting to explore creative use of the English Language
@m.el.t Instagram: our proudly owned department instragram account that features English Language and Literature related matters for the 21st Century Learner
TeenTalk: inspired by the TedTalk series, this is the school’s signature programme that leverages alternative assessment modes for the 21st Century Learner for our Secondary Three cohort
Lit-Art Inter-Disciplinary Project: a collaboration with Art Department for Secondary 1 Literature Curriculum
MSS Reading Programme: a Learning Hub initiative to develop English Language and Literature ambassadors through oral, reading and public presentation activities that include Bibliophile Awards, Author / Genre of The Month and BookFlix
Signature Programme: TeenTalk
Debuted in 2018, the MSS TeenTalk team leveraged the school’s Learning Journey to Nanyang Polytechnic in 2017, and initiated and developed the level-wide programme to develop 21st Century (communication & information) skills for the Secondary Three cohort.
Established as the department’s signature programme, MSS TeenTalk programme encourages and nurtures competencies such as being a confident speaker and having a critical and inventive mindset.
Some of the benefits and outcomes of the The MSS TeenTalk include:
availing Secondary Three cohort to the benefit of an assembly program as a platform to share their area of interest publicly and confidently
intensive mentoring structure by respective EL teachers who train Secondary Three cohort in research and public speaking skills on a public platform (in-class presentation and assembly programme)
students’ increased level of confidence in public speaking.
MSS Library Reading Programme
World of Books: This is our annual MSS Library programme to introduce students to the wonderful world of books ranging from various themes such as From Print to Screen, Fantasy World and Thrillers etc. In this programme, students are exposed to interesting authors and receive recommendations of books that would pique their interest in reading through class-based activities, short movie screening and mass book borrowing.
Book Giveaway event 2019
This inaugural book giveaway event was extremely well-received by students. Throughout the three days, we gave away a total of 251 books to staff and students. Through the giveaway, we hope that students could find the joy and pleasure of reading, thereby building a strong reading culture in our school.
Book Giveaway event 2020
This is the second time year we are having this event and throughout the three days, we gave away a total of 112 books to staff and students. We hope that students will continue to find the joy and pleasure of reading, thereby contributing to the building of a strong reading culture in our school.
Book Giveaway event 2022
This year, we gave a total of 250 books to our Sec 1 – 3 students, ranging from picture books and interesting genres like auto/biographies, self-help books and the favourite, fiction.
Lit-Art Interdisciplinary Programme
A collaboration between Literature Unit and Art Unit from the ELL Department and C&T Department respectively, this programme is designed to immerse Secondary One students into the world of Literature and use Art as an alternative mode of expression for students to represent their learning and understanding of the Literature texts.
Accolades
2020 MOE Innergy Award
Lit-Art Interdisciplinary Project
2020 Anglo-Chinese Junior College Orator’s Trophy
Semi-Finalists (Senior League)
Chin Jia Yang (4E1)
Certificate of Participation (Junior League)
Chin Jia Yang (4E1)
Le Thi Kim Quyen (2E1)
English Global Olympiad (by ITAC and CEFR)
Certificate of Participation
Sarah Ang (1E1)
Najwah Iman Mohammad Raffi (1E2)
Ellsee Talavera (2E2)
Certificate of Commendation
Oh Zheng Feng Alson (1E1)
Dominque Kassandra (1E2)
Le Thi Kim Quyen (2E1)
Chai You Ting (2E2)
2020 Regional English Language Centre (RELC) Singapore Scholarship
Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Linguistic with Distinction:
Ms Chua Kai Qing
2019 Singapore Book Council’s 10 Word Short Story Competition
Top 20 Best Overall Submission: Toh Yong Sheng from 3E1
Weekly Runner Up: Muhammad Syafiq Bin Supri from 3E1
2019 CFP-GBRJ’s Academic Research Conference 2019
Best Paper Presentation: Mdm Dian Khairyani Mondzi on ‘A case study of ICT implementation and integration in school’
2019 International Youth Leadership & Innovation Foundation Ambassadors
Tea Lila (3E1) and Jia Yang (3E1).
2019 Management & Leadership Schools (MLS) Programme (NIE)
Dr J.M. Nathan Memorial Prize for Curriculum (Team) Project:
Mdm Salwati Salim
2019 Outstanding Contribution Award (Individual Category)
Mdm Dian Khairyani
2019 Outstanding Contribution Award (Team Category)
TeenTalk and ELL Internal Publication Team
2019 MOE Service Excellence Award (MSEA) Gold Category
Ms Yip Xin Yi Eunice
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