Mother Tongue Languages

Vision

Responsible leaders who are articulate, confident and expressive users of MTL

Mission

We aspire to help our students acquire the proficiency and ability to use MTL confidently, learn to appreciate the diverse culture, traditions and history of their roots. With these, they will be able to thrive in the rapidly changing global society.

By the end of a Bartleyan's education in Bartley Secondary School, a Bartleyan will be able to:

• Communicate confidently and competently in Mother Tongue Languages in various context and situations

• Have deeper appreciation of their culture and diversity

• Have strong and good character, who care for the wider community and contribute to society.

• Be an independent and life-long learner.

Signature Programmes

The MTL Department aims to provide a holistic MTL learning experience for our students through careful planning of meaningful programmes and activities. Students are exposed to many different learning experiences from Secondary 1 to Secondary 4. Some of our key programmes are:

1. Language and cultural immersion programme
We believe in making the language come to life outside the textbooks. Our department has developed the language and cultural immersion programme with Indonesia and Beijing, China partner schools. Language and cultural immersion programme familiarize the students with the Malay and Chinese Languages and culture through many interactive activities.

2. Mother Tongue Fortnight
Activities during the MTL fortnight also serve to further enhance the students' appreciation for traditional culture.

3. ICT Project Work
Introduce ICT project work to sec 1 and sec 2 Students.

4. Local Learning Journeys to Cultural Heritage-related sites of Singapore.
Through these activities we hope to inspire the love of the language in students and equip them with competencies to become active learners and proficient users of MTL.