Visual · checklistEN

Is your tutor teaching the new PSLE English Oral format?

5-item checklist parents can use to verify their tutor is preparing for the 2025 format, not the pre-2025 one. PACT, photographs, opinion-only conversation, decoupled reading.

Quick check · PSLE English Oral
Is your child's tutor
teaching the new format?
40 marks, not 30
Oral now worth 20% of the grade
PACT preamble
Purpose, Audience, Context, Tone
Photographs, not posters
Real photos with no text
All opinion-based questions
No more sub-prompts
Reading ≠ conversation
Different topics; no link
Free 2026 study guide inside
psleprep.sg

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