English Curriculum

English Curriculum

1. Unified general baccalaureate (BGU)

   • Epistemological foundations and pedagogical responses
     • Refer to
       • how students learn languages
       • how they should be taught
     • Maintains a constructivist approach
       • Knowledge is developed and expressed through the English language as
         • foreign language
         • content language
         • integrated learning
   • According to the CLIL framework expressed as the 4Cs, language facilitates
     • communication
     • cultural awareness and understanding
     • cognition
     • content
     • Main Objetives
       • Access greater flexibility of mind, creativity, enhanced linguistic intelligence, and critical thinking skills through an appreciation of linguistic differences.
         • Get direct access to the main points and important details of the updated English language texts.
           • Interact quite clearly, confidently, and appropriately command of the spoken language (CEFR B1 level).
             • Access greater mental flexibility, creativity, improved linguistics intelligence and critical thinking skills through an appreciation of linguistic differences.
               • Deploy a range of learning strategies.
   • 21st Century skills developed through learning English
     • Global Engagement
       • To develop learners ’understanding of the world, of other cultures and their own through English
     • Social and thinking skills
       • To develop the personal, social and intellectual skills to participate productively in an increasingly globalized world that operates in English
     • Foundation for lifelong learning
       • Create a love for learning languages ​​to encourage students motivation to keep learning English in EGB and BGU.

2. Main objectives

   • Participate
     • Productively in an increasingly globalized world that operates in other languages.
   • Create
     • A love for language learning through engaging and positive learning experiences
   • Develop
     • The personal, social and intellectual skills necessary to reach their potential.
     • Students understanding of the world, other cultures, and their own.
     • The ability to communicate your ideas through the foreign language.

3. Basic general education (EGB)

   • Epistemological foundations and pedagogical responses
     • Communication, cognition, content, culture (cultural awareness and intercultural understanding).
       • Language of learning: the what of communication (language systems and skills).
       • Language for learning: the how of communication (learning strategies, communicative skills).
       • Language through learning: the why of communication (new knowledge, multiple perspectives).
   • Encounter socio-cultural aspects of their own and other countries in a thoughtful and inquisitive manner, maturely, and openly ​​from the secure standpoint of their own national and cultural identity.
     • Draw on this established propensity for curiosity and tolerance towards different cultures.
       • Through selected media, participate in reasonably extended spoken or written dialogue with peers from different backgrounds.
         • Express ideas and opinions effectively and appropriately in the English language.
   • Curricular Threads
     • Communication and Cultural Awareness
     • Oral Communication: (Listening and Speaking)
     • Reading
     • Writing

4. Coding for planning

   • O.ELF 2.1 Identify main ideas and details of written texts.
     • O.ELF 2.2 Assess and appreciate English as an international language.
       • O.EFL 2.3 Independently read level-appropriate text in English.
         • O.EFL 2.4 Develop creative critical thinking skills
           • O.EFL 2.5 Use in-class library resources to enrich competencies in the four skills.