Vocabulary
Celebrate / 祝う (動詞) – to enjoy a special event
We celebrate Language Week at school.
学校でランゲージウィークをお祝いします。
Contest / コンテスト (名詞) – a game or competition
The students joined a colouring contest.
生徒たちはぬり絵コンテストに参加しました。
Storytelling / ストーリーテリング (名詞) – the activity of telling stories
Storytelling is fun and helps us learn new words.
ストーリーテリングは楽しくて、新しい言葉を学ぶのに役立ちます。
Costume / 衣装 (名詞) – clothes worn to look like someone else
She wore a costume of her favourite book character.
彼女はお気に入りの本のキャラクターの衣装を着ました。
Prize / 賞 (名詞) – something given to a winner
He won a prize in the spelling bee.
彼はスペリングビーで賞をもらいました。
Article
Language Week at St George’s School
St George’s School recently held a Language Week for its primary students. Teachers and students celebrated together with many fun activities.
Students joined handwriting and colouring contests, storytelling, arts and crafts, quizzes, and scavenger hunts. These activities helped students enjoy learning English and Malay.
At the end of the week, the whole school came together for performances and friendly competitions. Many students wore costumes of their favourite book characters.
The programme gave both lower and upper primary students a chance to join in. The Malay Department organised spelling, speeches, and storytelling, while the English Department had spelling bees, games, quizzes, and challenges.
School leaders gave prizes to the winners. There were also special awards for the best costumes—one boy and one girl from each group.
Language Week showed how words, stories, and culture can bring students and teachers together.
Source: Borneo Bulletin
Comprehension Questions
Answer the questions following the article in English.
- What event did St George’s School celebrate?
- Name two activities students joined during Language Week.
- What did students wear at the end of the week?
- Who gave prizes to the winners?
- What does Language Week show about the school community?
Summary
Talk about these topics with your tutor.
In your own words, attempt to summarise the article in 4 sentences or less.
Discussion
Discuss these topics with your tutor, and support your answers with examples or experience.
- Which Language Week activity would you like to join? Why?
- Have you ever worn a costume to school? What was it?
- Why do you think learning languages is important?
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