KURIKULUM BAHASA

INGGERIS SEJAJAR TAHAP

PENGUASAAN CEFR
English Language Education
Reform in Malaysia

… and US
 Baseline Study 2013
Preschool The weakest skill:
78% below A1 Speaking
Teachers
Year 6 32% at B2
31% at C1 No clear purpose
On average at A1 of learning English

Form 3
On average at A1 Not benchmarked
to international
Form 5 standards
On average at A2

*n=20000+ students from 426 schools *n=1000= teachers from 426 schools
 ▸Common
What is
CEFR?▸European

▸Framework
▸Reference
 What is CEFR?
 a single framework for all aspects of
language teaching and learning:
planning, instruction, and assessment
& a common criteria for a description
of language competencies.

 designed by the Council of Europe

The reason for choosing CEFR
O The need for international
standard
O Benchmarking
O Alignment
O Calibration
CEFR
level
 Roadmap (2015-2025)
Baseline Study Curriculum Targets
aspirational targets
results
Preschool
Preschool Preschool Years 4+ and 5+
78% below A1 Working towards A1
A1

Year 6 Year 6 Year 1 - Working towards A1

On average at A1 A2 Year 2 - A1 low
Year 3 - A1 mid
Year 4 – A1 high
Form 3 Form 3 Year 5 – A2 low
On average at A1 B1 Year 6 – A2 mid

Form 5 Form 5
On average at A2 B1/B2 Form 1 – Revised A2
Form 2 – A2 high
Common European Framework of Reference for Form 3 – B1 low
Languages: The Global Scale Form 4 – B1 mid
A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2 Form 5 – B1 high
Independent User Proficient User
Basic User (Basic)
(Intermediate) (Advanced)
 Framework
• CEFR standards are used
to frame EL curriculum
• Continuation from
Preschool, Primary and
Secondary curriculum
Curriculum Content Layout
What • Curriculum framework
are we • Syllabus
improving? • Schemes of Work (SoW)
Modular configuration
Separation of Listening and
Speaking skills
Grammar component
Moved to the Syllabus and
incorporated in the 4 skills
Curriculum Targets:
Appropriate to the
aspirational targets and
Baseline results
Assessment
• Assessment scale is
based on the CEFR
levels
• Performance
standards are based
on 3 levels
New textbooks
• Off-the-shelf textbooks:
Primary: Superminds 1
Secondary: Pulse 2
THE FIRST FIVE
YEARS OF
IMPLEMENTATION
 CEFR
FAMILIARISATION
(2016)
 CEFR
Language Material
Evaluation,
Differentiation,
Adaptation
and Design
(August 2017)
 CEFR-CI
CURRICULUM
INDUCTION
(October 2017)
 CEFR-CI
O develop an understanding of how to use
new CEFR-aligned curriculum for the
teaching of:
O Listening
O Speaking
O Reading and
O Writing Skills

(Focus skill and complementary skill)

 CEFR-CI
O For each of the skills, teachers were
exposed to:
O Strategies to teach
O Types of activities
O Lesson planning (template provided)
O Writing of Lesson Objective (F/C)
(Clear, Observable, Achievable,
Measurable)
 Lesson Plan Template
Subject
Form
Duration
Theme
Topic
Focus Skill
Complementary Skill
Content Standard
Learning Standard
Learning Objective
Cross Curricular Element
Pre-lesson
Development
Post-lesson
Reflection
 CEFR-CI
Apart from the four skills, the training also
focused on:
O Tracking (on-the-run, diagnostic and
planned)
O Monitoring progress
O Evaluating materials
(adapt / create / digital)
O Differentiated Learning
O Micro Teaching
 CEFR-CI

O Textbook-based lessons
O Pulse 2:
Form One: Units 1 – 5
Form Two: Units 6 – 9
Scheme of Work (112 lessons)
Form One:
Textbook (Pulse 2) Units 1 – 5
Every unit MUST be completed in 11
lessons (total 55 lessons)
Remaining 57 lessons are for:
- Non-textbook lessons (54 lessons)
- PBL - project-based lessons (3)
Scheme of Work (112 lessons)
Form Two:
Textbook (Pulse 2) Units 6 – 9
Every unit MUST be completed in 11
lessons (total 44 lessons)
Remaining 68 lessons are for:
- Non-textbook lessons (66 lessons)
- PBL - project-based lessons (2)
Textbook-based lessons (11)
Speaking
Reading ( 2 lessons )
Language Awareness 1
Listening
Enrichment Activity
Language Awareness 2
Action-oriented Task ( 2 lessons )
Writing
Literature in Action
Non-Textbook lessons (6)
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Language Awareness
Literature in Action
 Textbook and Non-textbook lessons (112)

Textbook Non-textbook PBL

Form 1 - Unit 1 – 5 9 topics 3
(55 lessons) (54 lessons)
Form 2 – Unit 6 – 9 11 topics 2
(44 lessons) (66 lessons)
Kurikulum Bahasa Inggeris
Sejajar dengan Tahap
Penguasaan CEFR
Selari PAK21
 Quality
How do we student
Implementing measure
and monitoring outcomes
How do we progress?
achieve it? progress
What was
done? Smart
Benchmarked
against partnership
National
Aspirations international
standards
DRIVEN BY NATIONAL ASPIRATIONS