tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22076194.post1025645250371363972..comments2014-10-22T12:41:38.654+01:00Comments on My Kind of London: Sheila Corneliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10733012820447377725noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22076194.post-27941945807764442632009-02-08T09:16:00.000+00:002009-02-08T09:16:00.000+00:00Katy, thanks for your comments. Yes, it was an exc...Katy, thanks for your comments. Yes, it was an exciting time for me. <BR/><BR/>Subjects in the curriculum seemed much the same, although there was more emphasis on sport and self-discipline in terms of home study. There was an afternoon of extra curricular activities every week, and I had a drama group. <BR/><BR/>The currriculum in Singapore schools was already standardised at a time when the National Curriculum was just being introduced in England - it happened while I was away.<BR/><BR/>The students I taught did O level English Language and Literature, regulated by the Cambridge exam board. I remember teaching Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth, as well as book of Singapore Short stories and poems by Singapore and Malaysian writers. The English Language text books reflected Singapore contexts.Sheila Corneliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10733012820447377725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22076194.post-61291226224413832872009-02-08T08:55:00.000+00:002009-02-08T08:55:00.000+00:00Sheila, your time teaching in Singapore must have ...Sheila, your time teaching in Singapore must have been fascinating. Did you think there were a lot of differences between their curriculum and ours?Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333746085472824454noreply@blogger.com