1. English language skills at British Council
The British Council in Singapore teaches English to young learners using a suite of programmes designed to incorporate active learning and hands-on exploration to develop students’ speaking confidence and socialisation skills.
With a mandate to advocate British education and training that is aligned with the syllabus set by the Singapore Ministry of Education, their courses focus on providing a strong foundation in English and a love for learning so that students can advance their written and verbal communication skills.
To get the best value for their courses, make sure to register early because that’ll entitle your child to a $100 discount. Also, take advantage of the free trial classes so that your child can get first-hand experience of what their courses offer before signing up.
Nasir Ahmed on âThis Is Usâ (NBC)
âNew Mexico isn t what I imagined,â Esther starts complaining. When he seems distracted, she indirectly asks what s keeping him busy. âYou don t talk much, do you?â Nasir then explains how he just can t get his mind off a book on Advanced Computer Programming.
Nasir explains the mathematical concepts and Esther carefully listens to him but says, âI have no idea what you are talking about. But I love hearing you talk.â It s love at first sight for Nasir and Esther right from that moment.
Nasir Ahmed and Esther on âThis Is Usâ (NBC)
Scientists develop a computational approach to understand how infants perceive language
Languages differ in the sounds they use. The Japanese language, for example, does not distinguish between r and l sounds as in rock versus lock. Remarkably, infants become attuned to the sounds of their native language before they learn to speak. One-year-old babies, for example, less readily distinguish between rock and lock when living in an environment where Japanese, rather than English, is spoken.
Influential scientific accounts of this early phonetic learning phenomenon initially proposed that infants group sounds into native vowel- and consonant-like phonetic categories through a statistical clustering mechanism known as distributional learning.