8th Grades

Curriculum and Characteristics of English Teaching and Learning Environment

The objectives of the English curriculum of Grades 9 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:
Friendship

Functions

1. Acepting and refusing / Apologizing / Giving explanations and reasons 2. Making simple inquiries

Theme 2:
Teen Lİfe

Functions

1. Expressing likes and dislikes 2. Expressing preferences 3. Stating personal opinions

Theme 3:
İn the Kitchen

Functions

1. Describing simple processes 2. Expressing preferences 3. Making simple inquiries

Theme 4:
On The Phone

Functions

1. Following phone conversations 2. Stating decisions taken at the time of speaking

Theme 5:
The internet

Functions

1. Accepting and refusing / Making excuses

Theme 6:
Adventures

Functions

1. Expressing preferences / Giving explanations and reasons 2. Making comparisons

Theme 7:
Tourism

Functions

1. Describing places 2. Expressing preferences 3.Giving explanations/reasons 4.Making comparisons 5.Talking about experiences

Theme 8:
Chores

Functions

1. Expressing likes and dislikes 2. Expressing obligation 3. Expressing responsibilities

Theme 9:
Science

Functions

1.Describing the actions happening currently 2. Talking about past events

Theme 10:
Nature

Functions

1. Making predictions about the future (Giving reasons and results)