Elementary level

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

The objectives of this level are:

•To enable students to have a greater phonological awareness;

•To make them feel more confident in expressing themselves;

•To prepare them to read, understand and interpret more difficult texts (some will be subject related);

•To enable them to use the writing process for self-expression and to cope with academicdemands;

•To increase their vocabulary and grammatical awareness;

•To make the subject material, topics and themes relevant to the interests of the students

In the Intermediate programme, students should aim to:

Oral/Aural

• Define familiar vocabulary in their own words, using alternative phrases or expressions;

• Show basic competence in spoken English in familiar situations and role sets;

•Negotiate the transactions needed for daily life and to function adequately in basic social situations;

• Understand more complex instructions and explanations;

•To give oral presentations, perform role-play situations and to be able to communicate inclass discussions.

Reading

• Explore narrative order: identify and map out the main stages of the story: introductions, build-ups, climaxes or conflicts and resolutions;

• Compare and contrast poems and stories on similar themes, particularly their form and language, discussing personal responses and preferences;

• Reading for gist and general understanding;

• Reading for specific information

• Use and understand spelling patterns (identifying phonemes);

• Understand longer and more difficult texts, some of which will be subject related;

• Use context to identify meaning of new vocabulary;

• Identify different types of text, e.g. their content, structure, vocabulary, style, layout and purpose;

• Identify features of newspapers, articles, headlines and advertisements;

•Predict newspaper stories from evidence of headlines;

• Identify features of instructional texts including: noting the intended outcome at the beginning, clearly setting out sequential stages, language of commands, e.g. imperative verbs;

• Identify the key features of explanatory texts including: purpose, structure, use of connectives of time and cause and effect, use of passive voice, presentation.

Writing

• Use longer and more complex sentences;

• Use paragraphs in writing to organise and sequence the narrative;

• Understand the differences and use of different writing styles such as descriptive writing, report writing, note taking, prose, functional writing;

• Use punctuation when constructing sentences.