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CURRICULUM GOAL
By the end of the language programme, the curriculum aims to produce a learner who is:
knowledgeable
articulate confident of good character
PRINCIPLES
Learning is fun, meaningful, purposeful
activities are contextualized, meaningful and purposeful; fun-filled activities integration of language skills in meaningful contexts
Teaching is learner-centred
learners needs and salient learner factors (environment, family, language use contexts, entry behaviour)
exploiting ICT to and facilitate and encourage meaningful language practice has as much to do with what a teacher does as what learners do with the new technologies
Character-building infused
SOCIO-CULTURE moral values social ethics citizenship globalization life-long learning real-life skills
Informational LSRW Aesthetic GRAMMAR INTERPERSONAL VOCABULARY AESTHETIC establish & SOUND SYSTEM respond to maintain texts relationships Aesthetic be involved social Inter-personal in personal interaction expressions
Objectives of Component
To enable students to : - improve their proficiency through reading - respond to text - draw lessons and insights from slices of life - understand and appreciate other cultures
LEARNING OUTCOMES
3.1
a.
b. c. d.
3.2
a. b.
c.
Manpower Development Creates awareness of social problems Mould future Malaysians Creates awareness of environmental concerns Personal development Language Development
Approach :
light, with an emphasis on enjoyment
CURRENT CYCLE
GENRE POEMS SHORT STORIES NOVELS PLAYS TOTAL 6 1 1 11 1 20 FORM 1 3 3 1 1 FORM 2 FORM 3 FORM 4 6 5 1 FORM 5 TOTAL 9 8 3
2 1 1
2 1
2 2
10 4
1 1 4 3 1 5
1 3
3 2 19
IMPLEMENTATION
Year 2010 Forms 1 and 4 Year 2011 Forms 2 and 5 Year 2012 Forms 3
LIST OF TITLES
POEMS - FORM 1 The River Mr. Nobody POEMS - FORM 2 I Wonder Jeannie Kirby Valerie Bloom Anonymous
Heir Conditioning
POEMS - FORM 3 A Fighters Lines Leisure POEMS FORM 4 In the Midst of Hardship He had such quiet eyes POEM Form 5 Nature Are You Still Playing your Flute
M. Shanmugalingam
SHORT STORIES
FORM 1
Flipping Fantastic Jane Langford
Form 2
One is One and All alone Nicholas Fisk
Form 4
Qwertyuiop The Fruitcake Special Vivien Alcook Frank Brennan
PLAYS
Form 2
Rumpelstiltskin Form 4 Gulp and Gasp John Townsend Angela Lanyon
Novels
Form 1 (Graphic Novels)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
(Jules Verne) Black Beauty (Anna Sewell) Boscombe valley Mystery Novels Form 3 and Form 5 TO BE DECIDED LATER
CHALLENGES
to overcome
Students : low proficiency not motivated large classes no reading habit Teachers : low proficiency not motivated fear of literature non readers
lack of techniques/strategies