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? Cultural awareness ensures students use language appropriately
The overall descriptors for comprehensive language competence (i.e. a combination of all five general objectives) for Levels 1 to 9 are presented below: Level Descriptors 1 Students are curious about English and enjoy listening to people speaking English. They can: ? Play games, do actions and activities (e.g. colouring, joining lines) according to simple instructions from the teacher ? Perform simple role plays ? Sing simple English songs ? Say simple rhymes and chants ? Understand simple stories by with the aid of pictures ? Communicate simple personal information ? Express simple feelings and attitudes ? Write letters and words ? Take interest in foreign cultural customs met during learning English 2 Students show a sustained interest in and enjoyment of learning English. They can: ? Use simple English greetings and exchange personal information and information about family and friends ? Perform dialogues, songs, rhymes and chants about content they have studied ? Understand and narrate simple stories with the aid of pictures ? Write simple sentences with the aid of pictures or prompts ? Participate and cooperate actively and happily ? Take the initiative to ask for help ? Enjoy learning about other countries’ cultures and customs 3 Students show a positive attitude and the beginnings of self-confidence towards learning English. They can: ? Understand short and simple stories about familiar topics that they hear ? Exchange information about familiar topics (e.g. school, family life) with the teacher or classmates ? Read and understand short stories and other simple written material ? Write simple sentences with the aid of examples or pictures ? Take part in simple role plays and activities ? Attempt to use suitable learning strategies to overcome difficulties encountered during study ? Identify cultural differences that are present when communicating in a foreign language 4 Students can identify their own learning needs and targets and are fairly self-confident about learning English. They can: ? Listen to and understand dialogues and short stories in everyday communication ? Communicate information and simple opinions about familiar everyday topics ? Write brief and simple letters ? Attempt to use different educational resources ? Gain information from oral and written materials to extend their knowledge, solve simple problems and describe results ? Help each other to overcome difficulties encountered during learning ? Plan and arrange sensible learning activities ? Actively explore learning strategies suitable for themselves !- 5 6 7 8 9 ? Take note of cultural differences between China and other countries during study and communication Students show clear motivation and a positive, active attitude towards learning English. They can: ? Listen to and understand the teacher’s statements about familiar topics and take part in discussions ? Exchange information with others and express opinions about various topics in daily life ? Read and understand texts, newspapers and magazines suitable for Grades 7 – 9, overcoming the barrier of unknown words to understand the main ideas ? Use appropriate reading strategies according to the purpose of reading ? Draft and edit short compositions according with the aid of prompts ? Cooperate with others to complete tasks, solve problems and report results ? Assess their own learning and summarize their own learning style ? Make use of a wide variety of resources ? Further increase their understanding and awareness of cultural differences Students show further motivation to study English and a growing awareness of autonomous learning. They can: ? Understand the viewpoints expressed in oral or written materials and state their own view ? Effectively use oral or written language to describe personal experience ? Plan, organize and carry out a variety of English learning activities with the teacher’s assistance ? Take the initiative to exploit a range of learning resources and gain information through multiple channels ? Adjust their own learning objectives and strategies according to the results of self-assessment ? Understand the cultural background to and connotations of language during communication Students show clear and sustained motivation to study English and a clear awareness of autonomous learning. They can: ? Exchange information, ask questions, give opinions and advice about a fairly wide range of topics ? Read and understand original texts and newspapers that have been adapted for senior middle school students ? Show nascent skill in writing compositions such as notices and letters of information ? Take the initiative to plan, organize and carry out a range of language practice activities ? Take responsibility for using a wide variety of learning resources to promote study ? Monitor their own learning to continue to form learning strategies suitable for themselves ? Understand cultural differences in communication and further form wide cultural awareness Students show strong self-confidence and ability to learn autonomously. They can: ? Communicate fairly naturally with other English speakers about familiar topics ? Express evaluative comments about the content of oral or written materials ? Write coherent and fully structured short compositions ? Take responsibility for planning, organizing and carrying out a range of language practice activities such as discussion, decision making, and reporting experiment and survey results ? Use the internet and various other resources to gather and process information effectively ? Consciously evaluate learning outcomes and form effective English learning strategies ? Understand the cultural connotations and background during communication and adopt a respectful and tolerant attitude towards cultures of different countries Students are autonomous learners. They can: !- ? Listen to and understand the main content of speeches, discussions, debates and reports on familiar topics ? Discuss and express their attitudes and opinions about topics of universal importance inside and outside China, such as the environment, population, peace, development, etc ? Act as an interpreter in everyday life ? Make the most of a variety of opportunities to use English for real communication ? Read popular science and literature articles with fairly wide ranging subjects with the aid of a dictionary ? Use common genres/text types to complete ordinary writing tasks and have nascent ability to write in a literary way ? Expand and enrich learning resources autonomously ? Display strong global awareness Table 1: The Overall Descriptors for Comprehensive Language Competence
Part 3: The General Objectives in Detail
Detailed descriptors for Levels 2 and 5 of each of the five general objectives are presented in the
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following tables. Please refer to the translation of the senior English curriculum (available from the VSO Programme Office) for Level 6 – 9 descriptors. Descriptors for Language Skills Level 2 Writing Other Listening 5 Skill Listening Speaking Reading Students can: 1. Understand simple live or recorded speech with the aid of pictures and images 2. Understand simple stories with the aid of pictures 3. Understand simple questions during classroom activities 4. Understand common instructions and respond appropriately Students can: 1. Speak with clear pronunciation and can convey intonation 2. Take part in simple dialogues about familiar personal and family information 3. Use some common daily expressions (e.g. greetings, farewells, thanks, apologies, etc.) 4. Tell simple stories with the teacher’s help Students can: 1. Read and recognize all words studied 2. Read aloud simple words according to spelling rules 3. Understand short and simple instructions in textbooks 4. Understand information expressed in simple texts like greetings cards 5. Understand simple stories or short passages with the aid of pictures and form the habit of reading for overall comprehension 6. Read aloud accurately all the stories and passages studied Students can: 1. Copy example sentences 2. Write simple greetings 3. Write short and simple headings and descriptions to fit pictures or objects 4. Use capitalization and punctuation with basic accuracy Students can: 1. Use simple English to play games 2. Perform short stories or fairy tales with the teacher’s help 3. Say 30-40 simple nursery rhymes or chants 4. Perform 30-40 English songs 5. Understand English cartoons and programmes of a suitable level (on average 20-25 minutes per week) Students can: 1. Understand speakers’ intentions according to their stress and intonation 2. Understand and extract information and viewpoints from talk about familiar topics 3. Understand the main ideas, using contextual clues to deal with unfamiliar words 4. Understand stories and narratives spoken at near natural speed, including their cause and effect structures 5. React in a suitable way to what is heard 6. Take simple notes about what is heard !- Students can: 1. Provide information, express simple views and opinions and take part in discussions about simple topics 2. Exchange information and cooperate with others to complete tasks 3. Correct oneself appropriately during speech 4. Inquire for information and ask for help effectively 5. Carry out situational dialogues according to different topics 6. Perform short plays in English 7. Uuse natural pronunciation and intonation and an appropriate tone during the above activities Students can: 1. Infer the meaning of new words from the context and word formation rules 2. Uunderstand the logical relationships between each sentence in a paragraph 3. Pick out the main ideas in texts and understand the plot in stories, predicting its development and possible endings 4. Understand reading material of different common genres/text types 5. Use appropriate reading strategies to find information according to different reading purposes 6. Use dictionaries and other reference material to carry out learning 7. Hhave read material other than that included in the textbook, totaling over 150 000 words Students can: 1. Gather and organize material according to the purpose of the writing 2. Ddraft short letters and passages independently, editing them with the teacher’s guidance 3. Use common linking devices to express oneself fluently and logically in writing 4. Write simple descriptions of people or things 5. Wwrite simple paragraphs, instructions and explanations according to prompts given in pictures or tables Table 2: Level Descriptors for Language Skills Objective N.B. The original includes Language Skills descriptors for Levels 1,3,4,6,7,8 and 9 Descriptors for Language Knowledge Speaking Reading Writing Level 2 Vocabulary Knowledge Pronunciation Students can 1. Know incorrect pronunciation can affect communication 2. Know how to say the alphabet 3. Understand simple spelling rules 4. Understand words have stress patterns 5. Pronounce clearly with natural intonation Students can: 1. Learn the 600-700 words and 50 or so common expressions associated with the topics for this unit 2. Uunderstand words are formed from letters
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