MAKING THE JOY OF LEARNING ALIVE IN THE LEARNING OF MALAY LANGUAGE USING THE LEGENDA SINGAPURA APPS

Abstract

Injecting the Joy of Learning in the daily teaching and learning has been the most crucial taske for a teacher to ensure the teaching and learning of Malay Language stays relevant to the pupils in Singapore. The Malay Language curriculum have include the stories from the Legends of Singapore to safeguard tradisional Malay literature that is rich in moral values. To ensure pupils are able to appreciate the literature in a fun way. Malay Language Centre of Singapore took the initiatives to produce The Legend of Singapore Apps to support reading activities. In this apps, there are 6 legends equipped comprehension exercises, selected proverbs, Malay quatrains, language games and an apps with recording functions. Pupils are able to practice reading and able to correct their readings on their own with the helps of narrator. This research involves 400 pupils and 20 teachers from 5 primary schools. A few sessions of co-teaching with the Master Teachers were conducted to study on the efficacy of the apps. Study shows 94% of pupils enjoy reading the stories using the apps and 87% of the pupils believed their reading qualities can be improved. This show the apps created by MLCS are able to value add on the teaching and learning in the classroom.