English Language and Literature
We are a team of language lovers and enthusiasts raring for literature and language to make a difference in the lives of young men and women who pass through the gates of Outram Secondary School. While aiming to sharpen the tools of our learners enough to add value to their academic results at the end of their term with us, we really hope to nurture young people who are confident, articulate and proficient users of the English Language. Find out about us!
Members
Mrs Cheryl Fan (HOD/EL) |
Mrs Wong Ann Ann (LH/EL) |
Ms Ismath Banu Yasseen (Acting SH/Lit) |
Mr Dawa Tshering Sherpa (HOD/Ed Support) |
Ms Zaiton (HOD/Student Management) |
Mr Abdul Rahman Bin Abdul Rahim (ST/SS) |
Ms Grace Ng Kah-Yi (ST/EL) |
Mdm Shireen Shoban Stephen (ST/Ed Support) |
Mr Samuel Ng Aik Siong (SH/ Ed Support) |
Ms Aqilah Binte Juma’in (SH/Student Leadership & Well-being) |
Mr Prathivmohan S/O Chandramohan |
Ms Diana Bte Othman |
Programmes
We are a team of language lovers and enthusiasts raring for literature and language to make a difference in the lives of young men and women who pass through the gates of Outram Secondary School. While aiming to sharpen the tools of our learners enough to add value to their academic results at the end of their term with us, we really hope to nurture young people who are confident, articulate and proficient users of the English Language. Find out about us!
Oral Skills Programme
The department’s spirally progressive oral skills programme aims to build
confidence in young speakers from Secondary 1 to 3 to represent themselves,
represent others and represent issues in fun and collaborative ways:
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Representing Self (Personal voice) through Drama Pedagogies in Secondary 1
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Representing Others (Empathy by listening, paraphrasing and summarising) through Broadcast Journalism in Secondary 2
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Representing Issues (Social concerns) through Debate in Secondary 3
Multiliteracies Programme
In today’s world where technology and media reaches its arms into every
aspect of our daily lives, bimodal and multimodal texts (Chan & Chia,
2014) such as advertisements, posters, brochures, billboards, moving pictures,
animation, social media platforms such as blogs, facebook, video games,
picture books, digital news and the like proliferate at an unprecedented
speed. At OSS, students learn to appreciate and review multimodal texts
through:
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Principles of Advertising (Bimodal sources) in Secondary 1
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Film Review (Multimodal sources) in Secondary 2
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Understanding Visual Texts through Mirror Reading and OUI Thinking Frame in Secondary 3
ARP@Outram (Applied Reading Programme)
Since 2020, the department embarked on an integrated skills acquisition program named the ARP@Outram. An applied reading program, this department-wide initiative aims to provide a platform for students to share their reading interests with their classmates who will respond to the stories they hear from their peers. Students also learn about pertinent general affairs and topics of relevance through monthly multimodal presentations. These activities throughout the year will activate interest in reading, writing and learning through multimodal media such as videos, images, texts and audio resources.
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Weekly Opening Read
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Monthly News-in-Class Presentations
2020 |
Food Innovation
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2021 |
Our Digital Life
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2022 |
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Creative Writing Activities
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Guided Imagery
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Whose Story is it?
Outram Ink Blog
Read our students’ published works on the students’ blog: Outram Ink
LitE Up!
The Literature and English teams join hands to organize an annual day
of fun for the Secondary 1s and 2s. Games include Spelling Bee, Running
Idioms, Caption This!, Act Up, Choral Reading and the finale, Character
Parade.
Enrichment and Learning Journeys
Secondary 1 (2023)
Literature Drama Appreciation Learning Journey to Act 3 International
Secondary 3 Literature
Jurong West Secondary School Literature Symposium
Selling Dreams Exhibition at the National Library
Watch-a-Play! Drama Appreciation
Visit to the State Courts
Competitions
ACJC Orator’s Trophy (2023)
Certificates of Participation
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Aisyah Binte Sazali from Sec 3/3, and
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Poh Keng Leng, Mark from Sec 2/4
Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition (2023)
Certificates of Participation
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Evangeline Huang Sec 2/4
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Chloe Sidney Hakim Sec 3/4
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Goh Ting Shuen, Vera Sec 3/4
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YEO LER EN |
S1/3 |
Certificate Of Participation |
2 |
ROHAN FATHIMA MARUWA |
S2/2 |
Bronze |
3 |
ISAAC HAMZAH BIN MUHAMMAD ISKANDAR |
S2/2 |
Silver |
4 |
LIM JUNTAO JAVIER |
S2/2 |
Certificate Of Participation |
5 |
TAN ZI CONG JOEL |
S2/2 |
Certificate Of Participation |
6 |
AISYAH BINTE SAZALI |
S2/3 |
Certificate Of Participation |
7 |
CHUA JIA NING ABIGAIL (CAI JIANING) |
S2/3 |
Certificate Of Participation |
8 |
CHLOE SIDNEY HAKIM |
S2/4 |
Bronze |
9 |
HANAH ANG RUI-JUN |
S2/4 |
Certificate Of Participation |
10 |
OKABAYASHI WAKA |
S2/4 |
Certificate Of Participation |
11 |
KOH CHEN LIN, SHERRY |
S3/2 |
Certificate Of Participation |
12 |
SHERLYN ANG XIN YI |
S3/2 |
Gold |
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LIM MING LE JERICHO JAVIER |
S3/2 |
Bronze |
14 |
HEIDI TEH ELIE |
S3/3 |
Certificate Of Participation |
15 |
THAM XIU YI ELISSA SILVA |
S3/3 |
Bronze |
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ALEXIS PANG LI WEN |
S3/4 |
Certificate Of Participation |
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MA BIANCA MARIA CHOU |
S3/4 |
Bronze |
18 |
ALDEN ANG WEN YONG |
S3/4 |
Certificate Of Participation |
19 |
OSTEN KOH JIN HENG |
S3/4 |
Certificate Of Participation |
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TAN JING YI |
S4/3 |
Bronze |
21 |
NICHOLAS NGAN WEI HON |
S4/3 |
Certificate Of Participation |
Live On Festival (Writing Competition)
2023
The Live On Festival is annual competition that encourages participants, in particular youths, to express their thoughts on organ donation and transplantation through art and writing. It is organised by the National Organ Transplant Unit (NOTU), Ministry of Health (MOH).
Jaiaree Rattawit (Special Mention, Junior Category)
Read online https://www.liveon.gov.sg/essay-showcase.html?Essayid=322
2022
Heidi Teh Elie (Special Mention, Senior Category)
Read online https://www.liveon.gov.sg/essay-showcase.html?Essayid=243
The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition (Anglo-Chinese Junior College)
The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition is the world's oldest
international writing competition for schools, established since 1883.
For 2021, the Competition theme was Community in the Commonwealth, and
the essay topics were centered round the Covid-19 pandemic.
We are pleased to announce the following good results. Bravo, Outram writers!
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TAN JING YI |
S3-3 |
Silver Award |
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ALYSSA TEO XIN RU |
S3-4 |
Silver Award |
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HO ZI LE ZAEYEA |
S2-3 |
Bronze Award |
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LYON KHOW MAEDA |
S3-3 |
Bronze Award |
5. |
NICHOLAS NGAN WEI HON |
S3-3 |
Bronze Award |
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ALYA MAISARAH BINTE MOHAMMAD ZAZALEE |
S2-2 |
Certificate of Participation |
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SHERLYN ANG XIN YI |
S2-2 |
Certificate of Participation |
8. |
LIM MING LE JERICHO JAVIER |
S2-2 |
Certificate of Participation |
9. |
LEE E YU GRACE |
S2-3 |
Certificate of Participation |
10. |
HO CONG THANH |
S2-3 |
Certificate of Participation |
11. |
JAKOB FOK YING NING |
S3-3 |
Certificate of Participation |
Orator’s Trophy (Anglo-Chinese Junior College)
National Schools Literature Festival (NSLF)
OSS Speakability Award
2021 |
Overall Winner: Martin Ethan Mina (Sec 3/4) |
Video Link: Overall Winner
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Write for Kindness Competition
Poetry writing
'Kindness Makes Us Stronger' Sharvin Sekar (Sec 2/4), Koh Chen Soon (Sec2/4)
2021 |
Poetry writing
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‘A Sweet Little Act’ Florence Seah Kah Woon (Sec 2/3) Turmunkh Solongo (Sec 2/3) |
‘The Wounded Wolf and the Warm-hearted Farmer’ Lim Ming Le Jericho Javier
(Sec 2/2) Ngim Adriel Daxin Garcia (Sec 2/2)
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2020 |
Poetry writing |
https://www.kindness.sg/news/congratulations-to-the-write-for-kindness-2020-winners/
Poetry Writing 2019
‘A Helping Hand’ - 2nd place ‘A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed’
- Consolation Prize
2018 Poetry Writing 2018
‘The power of Kindness’ – Champion ‘At the Playground’ – 3rd place
Story Writing
Andrea Seng Jun Xin (Sec 2/3), Adriana Batrisyia Binte Steve Arifianto
(Sec 2/5), Briones Cheyanna Carlyn Javier (Sec 2/5), Diana Hue (Sec 2/5),
and Tan Swee Ling (Sec 2/5)
Singapore Secondary Schools Debating Championships (SSSDC) 2019
In our first foray into SSSDC, the team won 2 out of 3 rounds in the preliminaries
and Justine Hari Muruga (Sec 4/5) won Best Speaker in Round 2.
Debaters: Maria Reyes (Sec 32), Basil Hia & Brendan Lim (Sec 4/5)
Scrabble Competition 2019
A team of Secondary 4 students took an enjoyable Sunday afternoon out
for intense rounds of scrabble at Jurong Green CC.
Tales of ‘S’ (Civica) 2018
Winning Entry from William Wang Silang (Sec 4/4).
ICAS Writing Competition (University of New South Wales)
30 students took part in 2018 and received certificates of Credit, Merit
and Participation.
Oldham Cup (ACJC) 2017
The team comprising Zander Widjaja, Nguyen Hai Duong (Sec 4/4) and Shyanne (Sec 4/5) won 2 rounds out of 8 in their inaugural outing.
Outram Times
English Resources
For Students
Video Resources
Website Resources
Online Reading
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Short stories for the avid reader. |
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Read your favourite classic online! |
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Learn English is a portal which links to all the British Council's websites for teachers and learners of English |
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Grammar Bytes provides notes, worksheets and interactive practices. |
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English Grammar Online 4 U focuses on learning and applying grammar rules. |
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The Grammar Terrorist Blog |
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An award-winning site for learners of English, the BBC website is chock full of resources for students and teachers alike |
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