TOPICS
Objectives and
Target Learners for this Course
The objectives of teaching/learning English at secondary school level are to
enable the learner to
· Read widely for pleasure and for information;
· Perform a variety of writing tasks according to
the required conventions;
· Use ones knowledge of English to demonstrate
awareness and consciousness of basics of society and the part one can play in
its development;
· Use ones knowledge of English in furthering ones
education;
·
Communicate effectively with other speakers of English both inside and outside
the country.
Content
Selection and Organisation
The themes, topics and notes under each topic in
this syllabus have been very carefully selected and organized so at to promote
achievement of the objectives of education and those of this syllabus. The
syllabus replaces the 1979 English syllabus for secondary schools.
Choice and Use of
Instructional and Study Materials
There will be a periodic issuance of lists of
approved and recommended books for use in schools. Nevertheless, the learners,
teachers and parents may be free to choose other books and textual material for
reference at home or in school and public libraries. Teachers will also be
expected to guide and advise learners on how best to use books and other textual
materials provided by the school or available in the market or in the class,
school or community libraries.
Methods of
Teaching and Learning
The teacher of English will be free to use any
teaching method considered effective in promoting learning. It is however,
worthy for the teacher to note that all professional and experienced teachers
agree that language material presented in a coherent, systematic and
comprehensive manner, language items being learned in small assailable units and
learners being given an opportunity to practice using the language in meaningful
situations makes language learning successful. Aids like real objects, pictures,
drawings,, photos, tables and charts should be used to make the meaning of new
language items clear. Opportunity for the learner to practice a new language
items in a variety of contexts and recycling it in later lessons is essential.
None of the four languages skills; i.e listening, speaking, reading and writing
should be trivialized in a language programme or lesson.
