Mother Tongue Languages
Meet the dedicated team behind the Mother Tongue Languages department, and discover the programmes and achievements that bring Chinese, Malay, and Tamil language learning to life.
Our teachers:
Mother Tongue Languages department staff and roles
Head of Department / Mathematics | Wee-Loh Wee Sin (Mrs) |
Subject Head / Chinese Language | Woong Choy Wan (Ms) |
Assistant Year Head / Secondary 2 | Rosezalina Asmoin (Mdm) |
Teacher / Chinese Language | Chen Liping (Ms) |
Teacher / Chinese Language | Eng Chia Lee (Ms) |
Teacher / Chinese Language | Fu Rong (Ms) |
Teacher / Chinese Language | He Meiyu (Ms) |
Teacher / Chinese Language | Heng Yuan Hao (Mr) |
Teacher / Chinese Language | Lim Chen Xi (Ms) |
Teacher / Chinese Language | Tracey Tey (Ms) |
Teacher / Malay Language | Aidil Bin Md Idris |
Teacher / Malay Language | Hamizah Begum Binte Mohd Hanif (Ms) |
Teacher / Tamil Language | Mohideen Nizar Anwar (Dr) |
Teacher / Tamil Language | Arul Praveen (Mr) |
Teacher / Tamil Language | Rajamanickam Renuka (Mdm) |
MISSION
Through our curriculum and various enrichment programmes, we seek to develop each Clementeen to be a proficient and confident user of their own Mother Tongue Language and to develop students’ interest in their own Mother Tongue culture. We nurture Clementeens who are able to exhibit the distinctive values or beliefs of their own Mother Tongue Culture.
KEY PROGRAMMES
Mother Tongue Fortnight Programme
To enhance students' understanding and interest towards their own Mother Tongue culture through experiential learning, the Mother Tongue department organized the Mother Tongue Fortnight Programme for all students. A range of interesting MTL activities, such as Chinese paper cutting, opera mask painting, bean drawing, clay modelling, Malay Scabble, Indian Poetry Workshops, were organized to expose students to their individual Mother Tongue culture.
CULTURAL IMMERSION TRIP TO BEIJING 2019
In order to cultivate cross-cultural skills, socio-cultural sensitivity and global awareness, the Mother Tongue department has organized an overseas cultural immersion trip to Beijing from 29 Oct to 3 Nov 2019. Besides local school visits and attending a lecture in Peking University, students also had the opportunities to visit famous cultural sites such as the Great Wall of China, Forbidden Palace and Yuan Ming Yuan. Visits to the National Museum of China and Science and Technology Museum had also enhanced students’ understanding of the history of China and the vast advancement of technology.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
AY2024
Mother Tongue Languages student competition award results AY2024
Award Name | Award Type |
13th National Create Your Own Newspaper Competition (2024) 7th National Text Recital Competition | 3rd Prize Silver CHEN ZI YI (Sec 1 Symphonic Band) Bronze YSABEL LIM YUN YING (Sec 2 Drama Club) |
