7th 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.

Units

Theme 1:
School Life & Education

Sub-themes

1. extra-curricular activities at school 2. competitions and celebrations at school 3. national days and celebrations

Theme 2:
Classroom Lİfe & Learning

Sub-themes

1. technological tools for learning 2. learning activities in the classroom 3. cardinal numbers (500-1000); ordinal numbers (50-100)

Theme 3:
Personal Life & Well-Being

Sub-themes

1. body parts, illnesses, and keeping good health 2. the place of technology in people’s lives

Theme 4:
Family Life & Home

Sub-themes

1. family members’ hobbies (sports, books, films, music, cooking) 2. generation gap in the family: problems and solutions

Theme 5:
Life In The Neighbourhood & City And Social Life

Sub-themes

1. public services in the neighbourhood and city 2. life in different kinds of cities

Theme 6:
Life İn The World & Culture

Sub-themes

1. Capitals, landmarks, famous places, and activities in capitals 2. Sports events in different parts of the world

Theme 7:
Life İn Nature

Sub-themes

1. animals and natural resources in nature 2. protecting animals and nature

Theme 8:
Life İn The Universe & Future

Sub-themes

1. space technology 2. life in the future with robots


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