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	Speaking & Listening

Our goal is for our students to be able to communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the English language.

We achieve this through the in-class application of controlled teaching materials in the form of the English Language & Literacy Programme, as well as total immersion methodologies and direct teaching practises. We aim to enable your child to excel in the English language learning that they will be exposed to in their classroom communities.

Universal goals of the English Language & Literacy Programme:

Speaking - engage in oral communication in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes and audiences:
	To speak with clear diction
	Speak with appropriate intonation
	Choose words with precision
	Organise ideas prior to speaking
	Use words and / or gestures, including body language such as eye contact with facial expression, to communicate
	Reading aloud and reciting
	Sharing ideas and experience
	The use of appropriate terminology including vowels, consonants, blends, etc

Listening - process, understand, interpret and evaluates spoken language in a variety of situations:
	Sustain concentration

Reading - process, interpret and evaluate written language, symbols and text with understanding and fluency:
	Understand how word order affects meaning
	Decipher new words, and confirm or check meaning
	Focus on meaning derived from the text as a whole
	Identify and describe characters, events, and settings in fiction
	Respond imaginatively in different ways to what they read

Writing - engage in written communication in a variety of forms for a variety of purposes and audiences:
	Use a clear structure to organise their writing
	Use the texts they read as models for their own writing
	The connections between punctuation, and sentence structure, intonation and emphasis
	The importance of clear and neat presentation
	How word choice and order are crucial to meaning

Phonics (Phonemic Awareness):
	The development of phonemic awareness is an essential skill for reading, writing, listening and talking. Our approach to phonics ensures that phonetic skills are embedded within meaningful and purposeful texts and reading activities.