Content:
- This program helps students explore languages and cultures and how each can shape people’s perceptions of the world. Students develop the ability to think logically in the English language, and at the same time confidently communicate and practice their reading comprehension skills.
- Syllabus Overview:
- Reading
- Writing
- Listening
- Speaking
- Use of English
English as a first language
- Grade 7/Year 8
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- Reading: Comment on the main structural features of works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
- Writing: Practice essay planning to form and build solid ideas
- Listening & Speaking: Express opinions on other works and issues through speech, gestures and movements
- Grade 8/Year 9
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- Read: Discuss how authors use text structures to create an emotive effect in a variety of poetic works and genres
- Writing: Practice using appropriate approaches in essay planning to generate, organize, and form concrete ideas
- Listening & Speaking: Expressing empathy and understanding with a character through speech, gesture, and movement
- Grade 9/Year 10
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- Reading: Analyzing the influence of text structure in literary and poetic works
- Writing: Choose whether to plan an essay before you begin to write
- Listening & Speaking: Explore complex ideas and problems in drama productions, build a character, and apply dramatic approaches with confidence.
