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ENGLISHLANGUAGE & LITERATURE ENGLISHLANGUAGE LITERATURE
The English language and Literature department believes in making the love for language and literature come alive in Zhenghua. Our lower secondary students enjoy a Readers’ Theatre programme and a drama workshop which trains them in skills like articulation and critical thinking. The upper secondary students go through a debates workshop that enables them to formulate arguments and speak confidently and coherently in front of an audience. In addition, our students enjoyed the varied activities organised during our annual English and Literature week.
Externally, students are provided various platforms to immerse in a rich-language environment. Students participated in the ‘Write for Kindness Competition’ and watched an interactive forum theatre performance of Haresh Sharma’s Don’t Know, Don’t Care. Students were also heavily involved in the NSLF this year as well as the 16th Inter-School Philosophy Dialogue. These platforms gave our students the opportunity to explore the subjects in varied ways, building up a better understanding of English and Literature.
Achievements
National Schools Literature Festival, Lower Secondary Choral Speaking – Bronze
• Caitlin Lam (1E2)
• Dzann Ku (1E2)
• Pek Min Xi (1E2)
• Andy Lim (1E2)
• Muhammad Al-Fizrin (1E2)
• Tan Guan Xu (1E2)
• Santos Ena (1N2)
• Jasmine Tan (1N2)
• Shaakira Aliyah (1N2)
• Amir Danish (1N2)
Upper Secondary Set Text Debate
– Winner
• Haziq Zahfran (4E4)
• Dumaguing Ewanne (4E1)
• Ching Phebe (4E1)
• 4Nur’Ariqah Farisya (4E1)
16th Inter-School Philosophy Dialogue
• Gadfly Award - Hayden Chong (3E2)
Write and Burn! Challenge (Poetry Festival Singapore)
• Consolation Prize for Original poem, ‘A Flower in my Room’ - Joshua Nai Yee Le (3E4)
Inter-Schools Philosophy Dialogue 2019
• Gadfly AwardHayden Chong Yi Feng (3E2)
POSB-NLB Literature Quiz 2019 Top 15 Teams Nationally:
• Leong Hong Kit Lucas (1E4)
• Nathan Pow (1E3)
• Nur Dini Ayouni Bte Md Haizuran (1E4)
• Vivian Yii Jia Xien (1E4)
