Mother Tongue Languages

Department Focus

In Damai Secondary School, the Mother Tongue Languages (MTL) teachers adopt various teaching pedagogies and infuse ICT components into daily MTL lessons. In addition, teachers leverage on Differentiated Instruction (DI) strategies to support students in their learning. The department strives to equip students with crucial language and 21CC competencies to help widen their horizons and enable them to tap into opportunities in the regional and global environment in the future. The MTL department seeks to adopt innovative teaching and learning strategies to build a solid foundation for students in learning MTL as well as cultivate a strong interest in their respective Mother Tongue languages and cultures.

Curriculum

In Damai Secondary School, the MTL teachers adopt various teaching pedagogies and infuse ICT components into daily MTL lessons. The department strives to equip students with crucial language and cultural competencies to help widen their horizon and enable them to tap into opportunities in the regional and global environment in the future.

Signature Programmes
MTL Fortnight Activities
The objectives of these activities are:

To create a conducive environment to promote MTL usage and learning beyond MTL lessons

To provide opportunities for students to enhance their knowledge and develop a passion for their mother tongue and culture

This year, Damai Secondary School conducted a range of activities related to MTL and culture for the students to participate in. Among these activities were hands-on sessions on traditional arts and crafts, performing arts appreciation and vlogging.

Students were guided in creating fan paintings（扇画） with ink	Students had the opportunity to don traditional Chinese Opera costumes during a performance by Tok Tok Chiang Wayang.
Model of a mini kampung house made of wood with students in the background making the craft.	Students were guided to play Angklung and Genderang harmoniously.

Reading Programmes
To instill an interest in reading in our students, the secondary one to three students embarked on the Reading Programme. Students of every level were assigned at least one reading material and teachers utilise class discussions, online games and other class activities to reinforce students’ understanding of the text.

Kahoot game to consolidate the students’ learning

Pertandingan Bahas 4PM Peringkat Menengah 2024

In February 2024, three Secondary 3 students participated in the annual Malay Debate Competition organised by the Malay Youth Literary Association (4PM). The students prepared themselves for the topics and trained hard. Their efforts bore fruit as one of them, Nabilah Maisarah (302), received the Excellent Debater award.

Nabilah Maisarah (302) presenting her arguments to the panel of judges