ALL ABOUT THIS COURSE

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS

This course includes reading and tasks from the following Stage 9 Student Textbook (ISBN 978-0-00-836408-3) and the Stage 9 Workbook (ISBN 978-0-00-836419-9). These are required resources for this course.

The English Handbook and Study Guide (EAN: 9780620325837) is recommended as a useful addition for revision of grammar.

Additional notes, worksheets and videos are also included in this course.

AIMS

The aims of the Lower Secondary 9 curriculum are to enable students to develop skills and understanding in three areas: reading and writing. They will learn how to communicate effectively and respond to a range of information, media and texts to:

• become confident communicators, able to apply their reading and writing skills effectively in everyday situations and in studying a range of subjects

• see themselves as readers, engaging with a range of texts for information and for pleasure, including texts from different times and cultures 

• see themselves as writers, using the written word clearly and creatively for a range of different audiences and purposes 

• develop a broad vocabulary and an understanding of how to apply grammar and linguistic conventions appropriately 

• develop skills to evaluate written texts, making decisions about how convincingly they represent different values and opinions. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In this course, we will cover Reading and Writing, not Speaking and Listening. 

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CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK

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