English

Curriculum

Rationale

Language and literacy are of personal, social and economic importance. Our ability to use language lies at the centre of the development and expression of our emotions, thoughts, learning and sense of personal identity.

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Overview

The ability to communicate is fundamental to life and to learning. Facility in speaking, listening, reading and writing enables learners to express themselves creatively and imaginatively and to communicate with others effectively. It enables learners to become enthusiastic and critical readers of stories, poetry and drama as well as non-fiction.

The ability to communicate is fundamental to life and to learning. Facility in speaking, listening, reading and writing enables learners to express themselves creatively and imaginatively and to communicate with others effectively. It enables learners to become enthusiastic and critical readers of stories, poetry and drama as well as non-fiction.

New technologies have extended the contexts of communication so that learners can speak and listen to others electronically, and can read and write in a wide variety of forms.

Topics in the English Language are organized along four broad themes:

Personal
Public
Educational
Occupational

These provide communicative situations which are relevant for the lower secondary learner in terms of his or her personal communication needs operating effectively, in public at large, progressing through the educational system and entering the world at work.

Syllabus Structure

This page is updated regularly to reflect the latest version of the curriculum.

Theme	Topic
Personal	Personal life and family
Public Education	Finding information
Personal /Public	Food
Public/Education	At the market
Personal/Public/Education	Children at Work
Public	Environment and Pollution
Public/Educational	Urban and rural life
Public	Travel
Personal	Educational Experience of secondary school