Contemporary Literature from Singapore

Literature in Singapore is written in the country’s four official languages: Chinese, English, Malay, and Tamil. Since 1999, with the state’s implementation of the Renaissance City Plan to revitalize arts and culture in Singapore, there have been various initiatives to increase the visibility of contemporary Singaporean writing both within the country itself and on an international scale. Translation plays a key role in bridging the linguistic and literary divides wrought by the state’s mother tongue policies, with several works by Cultural Medallion winners in different languages translated into English, which remains at present the shared language in Singapore. Literary anthologies are also invaluable forms through which the concepts of a national literature and national identity are expressed and negotiated. Writings about gender and sexuality have also become more prominent in single-author collections or edited anthologies, with writers exploring various inventive and experimental narrative forms. A number of poets and writers are also established playwrights, and theater has historically been and continues to be an extremely vital form of creative expression and cultural production. Graphic novels, crime and noir fiction, and speculative and science fiction publications are also on the rise, with the awarding of the Singapore Literature Prize to Sonny Liew’s The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye signaling that these genres merit serious literary consideration

ENG 1001G-025: Composition and Language

U ovom radu obradili smo geometrijsku optiku kroz okvire nastave fizike i kroz sustav školstva općenito. Objasnili smo ulogu drţavne mature u procesu obrazovanja uĉenika te kakav status ima geometrijska optika na državnoj maturi i koja se ključna znanja i vještine iz geometrijske optike očekuju da ih učenik usvoji tijekom svog srednjoškolskog obrazovanja. Predložili smo mogućnost upotrebe besplatnih aplikacija i programa kao što su Kahoot i Algodoo. Pomoću Kahoot programa osmislili smo primjer testa čija je svrha motivirati učenike na suradnju i učenje kroz igru te nastavniku dati povratnu informaciju o usvojenosti gradiva dok nam je Algodoo program pomogao pri vizualizaciji izabranih problema u cilju što boljeg metodičkog pristupa odabranoj temi. Svrha ovog rada je bila pokazati kroz odabranu temu način na koji bi mogao poboljšati rad u učionici, a samim time i cjelokupni obrazovni sustav.This paper examines geometric optics within the context of physics lessons and the education system in general. The role of the State Matura exam within the students' education process is closely analysed as well as the role of geometric optics within the Matura exam. The focus is particularly put on the knowledge and skills of geometric optics that are students required to master through their secondary education. As an innovative idea the usage of free applications and programmes, such as Kahoot! and Algodoo, is introduced. A free gamebased learning platform Kahoot! enabled the author to create an example of a test whose purpose is to motivate students to cooperate and actively learn through play while also giving the teacher a feedback on students' assessment. On the other hand, Algodoo programme provides better visualisation of the chosen topic problems so as to achieve a more suitable methodological approach to the topic itself. Finally, the purpose of this paper is to display a different approach to the teaching of geometric optics which can not only improve the classroom activities but also consequently improve the very education system