ENGLISH LANGUGE COMPONENT

Scope :

English as a communicative language programme for the Special Education is planned to the ability and achievement of each individual. The core of it is the concept of lifelong education geared towards the gentle development of the whole person intellectually, spiritually, emotionally and able to interact among society. Functional language skills are taken into consideration for employment purposes. The content of the English language skills can be integrated with other skills of learning across the curriculum.

Objectives

By the end of tertiary education, pupils should be able to achieve the following:

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listen, imitate and understand simple spoken English speak and respond clearly in situations read and understand simple messages write simple information using simple language use language ac%uired to function in the society be employable

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MAIN OBJECTIVES 1. G eeti!"s e&p essio!s 'upils should be able to: . greet a person at different times during the day . . . .! #!$ soci#%

CONTENT

)reetings E(change greetings

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use polite e(pressions

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*ppropriate body gestures

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." telephone e(pressions

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+ommon telephone e(pressions ,sage of the telephone public telephone - mobile phone

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Telephone messages

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Pe so!#% $et#i%s 'upils should be able to: !. state his-her own personal details !. . Self awareness of self and others !. ." 'ersonal /etails !.! state his-her friend.s personal details !.!. Friends. personal details !.!.! 0ntroduce self-others !. .! *wareness

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MAIN OBJECTIVES !." fill in forms re%uiring personal details particulars

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CONTENT 0nformation re%uired in the forms

!.".! 1arious types of forms

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)#*i%+ *e*be s 'upils should be able to: ". name and differentiate members of the family ".! identify gender of family members "." seek the numbers of brothers and sisters one has ".". Family hierarchy ".!. )ender of family members ". . Family members

".".! Siblings

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P%#ces i! t-e sc-oo% 'upils should be able to: #. identify and recognise . places around the school #. .! #. . /ifferent places surroundings in school Spatial areasmall area3 #.! identify directions #.!. /irections awareness 2big

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MAIN OBJECTIVES .. T-i!"s i! t-e c%#ss oo* 'upils should be able to: $. identify things in the classroom $. .

CONTENT

4on5living things in the classroom

$.! identify parts of the classroom

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'arts of the classroom

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T-i!"s #t -o*e 'upils should be able to: &. identify things in the kitchen &. . Things in the kitchen kitchen &.! identify things in the living room &.!. Things in the living room things in the living room &." identify and recognise things in the bedroom &.". Things in the bedroom things in the bedroom &.# identify and recognise things in the bathroom &.#. Things in the bathroom area bathroom &.#.! /angerous things in the &.".! /angerous &.!.! /angerous &. .! /angerous things in the

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MAIN OBJECTIVES P# ts o1 t-e bo$+ 'upils should be able to: 6. identify parts of the body 6. . 6.!. 6.".

CONTENT

'arts of the body 'arts of the head 'arts of the limb

6.! identify parts of the head 6." identify parts of the limb

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C%ot-i!" 'upils should be able to: 7. identify different kinds of clothing 7. . /ifferent kinds of clothing

7.! clothes at the supermarket - shop

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/ifferent types of clothes and other items at the supermarket - shop

7.!.! Buy clothes with assistance from a sales assistant

7." buy clothes

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'references of clothes

7.".! 'rice of clothes 7."." 'urchase and payment

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MAIN OBJECTIVES 'upils should be able to: 8. identify different types of food 8. .! 8.! state kinds of food one likes or dislikes 8.!.! 8." order food and drinks 8.". 8.".! 8."." 8.!. 8. .

CONTENT Edible and non5edible things /ifferent types of food 9hat one likes to eat - drink 9hat one dislikes to eat-drink 'reference of food and drinks 'rice of food - drinks :rder for food, drinks and payment

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) 5its6Ve"et#b%es 'upils should be able to: ;. identify different types of fruits ;. . /ifferent types of fruits - vegetables

;.! buy fruits and vegetables from market-supermarket

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'references of fruitsvegetables 'rice of fruits and vegetables 'urchase and payment

11. P%#!ts 'upils should be able to: . . /ifferent kinds of flowers 94

MAIN OBJECTIVES identify flowers .!.

CONTENT

.! identity trees

/ifferent kinds of trees

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T #!spo t#tio! 'upils should be able to: !. identify the different !. . /ifferent modes of transportation modes of transportation

!.! use public transportation

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Types of public transportation Fare Schedule 0mportance of road signs and traffic rules. !.".! <oad signs and

!." interpret various road signs and traffic rules.

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indicators . !."." Traffic rules

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MAIN OBJECTIVES 1(. N5*be s 'upils should be able to: ". name and differentiate numerals ". . ". .!

CONTENT

:rdinal numbers +ardinal numbers

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know monetary value

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=oney denominations

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use specific numerical values with the correct measurement

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,nit of measurements.

".".! 1olume "."." 9eight ".".# >eight ".".$ /istance

".# understand and manage monetary transactions

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Salary E'F - S:+S: Banking

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C#%e!$# 'upils should be able to: #. name the days of the week #.! name the months of the year #.!. =onths of the year months #.!.! Special occasions #. . #. .! /ays of the week /aily routines

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identify dates indicated in

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+alendar 2day to day3.

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MAIN OBJECTIVES the calendar

CONTENT #.".! Special dates 5 # ?uly !;;! " *ugust !;;!

1.. Ti*e 'upils should be able to : $. Tell the time $. . $. .! $. ." $. .# $.! Tell time with regards to Time specific situations $." <ead time5table $.". $.".! $."." $.!. Time =inutes >our /uration Time associated with time specific situation +lass time5table 'ersonal time5table Scheduler

1/. Co%o5 s 'upils should be able to: &. recognise different colours &.! associate colours of ob@ects &.!. &.!.! &.!." &.!.# 'rimary - Secondary colours :b@ects with natural colours +olourful ob@ects Traffic lights 97 &. . /ifferent colours

MAIN OBJECTIVES 10. S-#pes 'upils should be able to: 6. identify shapes 6. .

CONTENT

/ifferent shapes of ob@ects

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A!i*#%s 'upils should be able to: 7. identify domestic animals 7. .! 7. ." 7. .# 7.! identify wild animals 7.!. 7.!.! 7." assist and work in pet shops 7.". 7.".! 7."." 7. . /ifferent kinds of animals /omestic animals >abitat 'ets 9ild animals >abitat Feeding animals +aring of animals )rooming animals

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I!sects 'upils should be able to : 8. identify common insects 8. . 8. .! 8. ." +ommon insects >armful insects 4on5harmful insects

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Occ5p#tio! 'upils should be able to: !;. identify types of !;. . Types of occupation

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MAIN OBJECTIVES occupation !;. .!

CONTENT in their surroundings 0ndicate one.s ambition

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identify places of work

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/ifferent places of work. 4ature of services Types of business and services offered

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