5th 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, places and rules at school 2. school clubs 3. countries 4. national days and celebrations

Theme 2:
Classroom Lİfe

Sub-themes

1. classroom rules and language 2. school subjects 3. timetables 4. classroom objects 5. days of the week 6. time

Theme 3:
Personal Life

Sub-themes

1. basic body parts and physical features 2. clothes 3. daily routines and activities

Theme 4:
Family Life

Sub-themes

1. family members’ routines 2. family members’ hobbies and activities

Theme 5:
Life In The Neighbourhood & City

Sub-themes

1. places for recreation and attractions in the neighbourhood and city 2. different types of houses

Theme 6:
Life İn The World

Sub-themes

1. basic food types 2. ordering in a restaurant 3.food events in the city

Theme 7:
Life İn Nature

Sub-themes

1. types of animals in nature 2. wild animals in nature 3. their habitats

Theme 8:
Life İn The Universe & Future

Sub-themes

1. planet Earth 2. holidays 3. school holidays, places, activities, and plans for holidays


Functions