SS1 English Language

Oracy Skills: Spoken English

1. Selected consonant sounds (j, z, etc.)
2. Consonants followed by /w/
3. Consonants followed by /j/
4. Syllabic consonants /l/
5. Consonants sounds followed by K + W
6. Consonants followed by /J/ and /U/ sounds

Vocabulary Development

1. Vocabulary Associated with Home and Family
2. Vocabulary Associated with Agriculture
3. Vocabulary Associated with Fishing and Animal Husbandry-Fishing
4. Vocabulary Associated with Animal Husbandry
5. Vocabulary Associated with Religion – Traditional Religion

English Grammatical Structures

1. Nouns and Noun Phrases with the Definite Articles
2. Countable and Uncountable Nouns
3. Introducing Nominalization of adjectives and verbs

Literacy Skills: Writing for Effective Communication

1. Continuous writing – Narrative
2. Letter Writing – informal letter
3. Record Keeping

Oracy Skills: Reading for Comprehension and Effective Study

1. Reading to comprehend main ideas or story line
2. Reading to comprehend supporting details
3. Reading to comprehend word-meanings through context
4. Reading to identify the writer’s mood, tone and purpose and the relationship between purpose and tone
5. Reading for Summary

Oracy Skills: Listening for Comprehension

1. Listening to grasp main points or ideas (in a speech, conversation, lecture, poem, recorded material, radio broadcast and short debates)

Listening to identify a speaker’s mood, tone and purpose.