30 YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENTS!
The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition is the world’s oldest schools international writing competition. Previous winners include Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore, writer Elspeth Huxley and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Mei Fong, demonstrating that the competition is a stepping stone to something more.
ELC students have been entering and winning awards in this competition for over thirty years.
Our Winners for 2024
Read the winning essays here!
ELC students win awards in Queen’s Commonwealth essay competition
80 students from the English Language Centre (ELC) won awards in the 2024
Commonwealth Essay Competition.
The 9 gold awards were bagged by Philemon Ang Yang Zhe, Amanda Kimberly Julian, Libby Goh Jiao Qian, Charlotte Chong Qi Xuan, Chua Beng Teck, Alexander Chan Zie Kang, Tan Pei Jia, Chua Poh Hui and Benedict Lau Shu Xian.
The 19 silver awards went to Lyron Ean Lin Qiang Fu, Lois Alvis Ho Yao Wei, Ho Wei Ting, Fyon Chiam Yi Shian, Nathan Kee Yong, Joshua Chong Qi Xiang, Isaac Sim Mao Zhe, Chloe Toh See Yin, Emily Bong Jia Yii, Voon Loke Yi, Ethan Sia Shou Heng, Bryan Chung Wei Lun, Nicole Foo, Louis Alexander Tie Yu Wei, Zachary Chen Zhu Zhe, Joshua Yu Yen Shen, Ben Yap Zhe Seng, Tan Peng Ung and Annisa Maulida Ngu.
There were 12 bronze winners. Their names were Solomon Goh Kian Ping, Shin Hae In, Isaac Lau Yu Ze, Marcus Lau Yi Cheng, Ambrie Lim Jia Xing, Goh Phei Xin, Chloe Tzeng Yu Tong, Benjamin Chen Zhu Rong, Lee Shion Rycc, Elsa Liu Xin Yue, Cadence Tok Jing and Aidan Iskandar Adenan.
40 students received certificates of participation. All these students were competing with thousands of other entrants from around the world from 56 different countries. The award-winning essays were given recognition for their creativity, originality and high standards in their writing skills.
ELC principal, Christina Lau congratulated the winners for their achievements.
“This year, we are delighted to have students from our Lower Secondary class receiving gold and silver awards. These students are learning English as a foreign language unlike our Oxford Advanced classes, where students have strong background in spoken and written English. Special credit goes to our ELC teachers for motivating their students to showcase their writing ability and submit their entries, many of them for the first time.”
The gold, silver and bronze award winners are eligible to receive 20, 19 and 18 merit points respectively in their schools. Those who get the certificates of participation will receive 17 merit points. This was announced by Encik Zainuren Bin Hj. Mohd Nor, Pengarah, Bahagian Sukan, kokurikulum dan Kesenian, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia, in his letter, dated 19 December 2023 to Ms Bernice Narayanan, Chairman of the Royal Commonwealth Society of Malaysia.
Located at Fortuneland, Rock Road, ELC is still handling enrolment for its 2025 classes.
For more information, call 082-250950/011-5557 2509
READING CAMPAIGN
16 students, aged 8 to 16, at the English Language Centre, recently were awarded RM30 MPH gift vouchers each for completing at least ten outstanding book reviews. The reading campaign which started in January and ended on 7/7/23, encouraged students to cultivate the habit of reading. Mdm. Christina Lau, the principal said,’ We want our students to find joy in reading books of different genres to widen their knowledge and to improve their vocabulary and writing skills.’ Students at ELC look forward to going to the school library every week with their teachers. They fill in their own library forms with the book title, the author’s name and checked-out dates. Similar campaigns like this will be organised in the future and all students here are encouraged to participate and be awarded for their effort in writing book reviews.
P2F
Primary 2F students working on writing practice and having their library period.
C3F GROUP WORK
Preparing a writing plan and brainstorming vocabulary.
COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Over the years, we have continually developed new methods in helping students make the most of their tuition.
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