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| The new syllabus in English aims to build
on the best practice of the past in seeking to develop students’ competence
in language and their appreciation of literature However, this syllabus
attempts to re-orientate English by emphasising certain areas of study.
These are:
In Language 1. Accuracy and appropriateness in language use both oral and written. 2. Thinking Skills: analysis, inference, reasoning, synthesis and evaluation. 3. Advanced Reading and Writing skills: interpreting and composing a range of genres In Literature
2. Reading unseen verse. 3. Approaches to film While some of these areas have always had
a role i.e., thinking skills and general linguistic accuracy, they now
have a profile which should make for significant changes to the subject
in the classroom and the manner in which it will be examined. Other areas,
particularly in the literary domain, are new and bring perspectives which
add further to the innovative stance of this syllabus
The Teacher Guidelines will deal with these areas of emphasis and innovation by outlining methodological approaches and indicating how they will be examined. |
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