The establishment of Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (SCCL) was announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 6 September 2008, and was opened by Founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on 17 November 2009.
The objective of SCCL is to enhance the effectiveness of teaching Chinese as a second language in a bilingual environment and to meet the learning needs of students from non-Mandarin speaking homes.
Through the provision of quality training, SCCL hopes to enhance the teaching literacy, competency and professionalism of Chinese language teachers. It further strives to promote the development of Chinese culture and language in Singapore.
SCCL also focuses on researching innovative teaching and learning strategies, and through the promotion of effective Chinese language pedagogy in a bilingual environment, hopes to develop unique and effective teaching methods to strengthen the position of SCCL as the regional teaching and research centre for Chinese as a second language.
Freelance Illustrators for Chinese Picture Books
Singapore Centre for Chinese Language Ltd is planning to publish a series of Chinese graded readers of the winning entries of the “Creativity, No Boundaries!” National Children’s Story Writing Competition. The works will be published into Chinese picture books and will be distributed to all Singapore primary schools. As part of the effort to promote the creation of art by Singaporeans, SCCL is seeking local talents to be our freelance illustrators for the graded readers series.
Requirements:
- Art background is required.
- Experience in drawing picture books is preferred.
- Able to create artworks, illustrations and design layouts for picture books. Good knowledge of children’s picture books is an added advantage.
- Good communication and reading skills in Chinese, to liaise with Chinese-speaking associates
Interested applicants are invited to send us your résumé, academic certificates, portfolios or related websites.
(All applications will be in strict confidence. We regret that only short-listed candidates will be notified.)
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