English

A.Objectives

The English Language Education Key Learning Area (KLA) is an integral part of the school curriculum that provides students with a wide range of learning experiences to enhance their:

• English language proficiency for study, work and leisure;
• personal and intellectual development, and social skills;
• cultural understanding; and
• global competitiveness.

The overall aims of the English Language Education KLA curriculum are:

• to provide every student of English with further opportunities for extending their knowledge and experience of the cultures of other people as well as opportunities for personal and intellectual development, further studies, pleasure and work in the English medium; and

• To enable every student to prepare for the changing socio-economic demands resulting from advances in information technology; these demands include the interpretation, use and production of materials for pleasure, study and work in the English medium.

Main Concerns:

• Optimize learning and teaching, enhance students' confidence, and enable students to take the initiative to learn, enjoy learning, and be willing to learn
• Promote values education and cultivate physically and mentally healthy students
• Maintenance of national security and national security education measures
• Establish a language-rich environment that provides students with a wide range of learning experience