English
Course Contents
Thematic Areas: Education and humanity, Health, sports and adventure, Media and society, History and culture, Ecology and development, Science and technology, Globalisation and economy, Humour and satire, Democracy and human rights, Home life, family and social relationships, Arts, music and creation, Fantasy, Career and entrepreneurship, Power and politics, War and peace, Critical thinking., Text Types: Interviews, book/film reviews, news reports and articles, literary writings, reports, academic publications, letters, essays, news articles, biographies/auto-biographies, product guides, poems, blogs, brochures, emails, travelogues/memoire., Number of Texts: Maximum 21 reading texts of moderate length (not exceeding 2000 words).
Genres and Number of Texts: Short stories (7), Poems (5), Essays (5), One act plays (3). (Total 20 texts), Focus Tasks: Glossary, literary devices, comprehension (short and long, literature-based reading, reading between the lines, appreciation, interpretation), writing a summary, describing the character, comparing and contrasting, critical and creative writing.
Paragraphs, Formal letters (letters to the editors, job application, business letters), Curriculum vitae (CV), Essays (descriptive, narrative, argumentative and expository), News articles, Formal reports based on project works or mini-research, Narratives (personal experiences, stories, events, travelogues, memoire), Descriptions (persons, events), Summaries, Character sketch, Book/film review, Transferring information from para-orthographic texts, Press release, Mechanics of writing, Writing strategies, Process approach to writing