• Fluent oral and written communication using vocabulary from Bands 1-3, knowledge of syntax and linguistic register suitable for familiar and unfamiliar social contexts.
• Communicating with language speakers from a variety of cultural backgrounds and language levels. Developing oral and written fluency based on a sense of self-efficacy.

 2. Written and Spoken Reception

• Reading a variety of printed and digital texts in different lengths, complexity and genres, books, tables and charts.
• Extracting information from texts while applying linguistic knowledge and vocabulary for a variety of purposes.

 3. Written and Spoken Production incorporating communicative and linguistic competences

• Organization and presentation of ideas and information written or spoken in a variety of subjects using vocabulary (Bands 1-3), linguistic knowledge, dialogue patterns and register suitable to the target audience.
• Written and oral products may vary from simple to complex and may vary in length, genre and register (eg.,formal, informal, argumentative).
• Writing and presenting a research project (mini paper) that includes integrating sources of information and answering a research question on a chosen subject.
• Written products may appear in print and/or in digital media.

 4. Appreciation of Literary texts to enhance language acquisition

• Reading a variety of literary texts of different lengths and different genres in order to enhance language acquisition.
• Developing awareness of the differences between English as a second / foreign language and the first language of learners in vocabulary, morphology, linguistic knowledge and cultural and social conventions.
• Appreciation of literary works written in English.
• Developing critical thinking and tolerance towards a variety of cultures, values and perspectives.

 5. Oral and written vocabulary for receptive and productive uses

• Identification, understanding, reading, writing and pronunciation of 5,400 words, language chunks and expressions that appear in the curriculum 2020 in all three levels of study.

 6. Grammar in context

• Recognition of complex grammatical and syntactic rules according to the curriculum 2020
• The application of linguistic knowledge in different contexts in accordance with the objectives and lists in the English curriculum.

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