4th Grades

Curriculum and Characteristics of English Teaching and Learning Environment

The objectives of the English curriculum of Grades 2 to 12 are to expand the basic communicative skills pupils have gained through the integration of the four skills.
İn English as in any other subject area, the material must have relevance to students’ daily lives.
Therefore, language learning must be carried out in context; that is, it must be used in the course of everyday interactions, for true communicative purposes, rather than practiced as an abstract exercise.
Learners/users engage in activities which require actual communication between peers or between students and their teacher, such as creating a game as a group and then playing it with classmates, rather than rehearsing prepared material (e.g., taking turns reading a printed dialog from a textbook or reciting memorized lists of verb forms)
The curriculum covers a wide age period, between six and thirteen, and thus developmentally speaking, the curriculum has to serve young learners and adolescents.
The curriculum covers a wide age period, between six and thirteen, and thus developmentally speaking, the curriculum has to serve young learners and adolescents.
That’s why learning strategies are handled in different dimensions within the curriculum.

Themes

Theme 1:
School Life

Sub-themes

1. people at school 2. daily routines and activities at school 3. activities at present, favourite activities 4.favourite months 5. national days and celebrations

Theme 2:
Classroom Lİfe

Sub-themes

1. school subjects and classroom activities 2. favourite school subjects and classroom activities now and in the past 3. time, seasons of the year, favourite seasons

Theme 3:
Personal Life

Sub-themes

1. physical appearances and personality 2. clothing and clothing preferences 3. hobbies and abilities now and in the past 4. weather 5. comparisons

Theme 4:
Family Life

Sub-themes

1. family members’ jobs 2. family members’ long-lasting habits 3. family members’ errands (now and in the past) 4. places for services in the neighbourhood 5. comparisons

Theme 5:
Homes & Houses & Neighbourhoods

Sub-themes

1. life on the seaside 2. sea/marine animals and their habitats 3. activities of sea/marine animals 4. dangers for sea/marine animals 5. types of houses by the water

Theme 6:
Life İn The City & The World

Sub-themes

1. healthy and unhealthy food 2. national and international dishes 3. countries 4. holidays


Functions