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which tests the pupils ability to read and understand simple sentences and write
neatly and correctly should be employed.
Lower Secondary English Curriculum (grade 6-8), 2064 BS
Below are the major components of the curriculum.
a) General Objectives
b) Specific Objectives (Grade as well as skill wise)
c) Time allotment
All lessons integrate four language skills. Below are the guidelines showing the relative
importance of the different skills.
Skills Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
(45- minutes period, 6 days a
week for roughly 180 days in
one academic year.
Listening 30% 25% 20%
Speaking 30% 25% 20%
Reading 20% 25% 30%
Writing 20% 25% 30%
d) Teaching and assessment
Teaching principle
� learner centered teaching and learning
� pair work and individual participation
� Avoidance of use of mother tongue in classroom as far as possible
� Integration of four language skills and designing activities accordingly
� Emphasis on task-based activities
Teaching techniques
Answering questions both orally and in writing, story-telling, role play,
demonstration, pair work, group discussion, use of picture cues, silent reading,
reading aloud, using language games, puzzles and chants, completing sentences,
filling the blanks in a cloze exercise, matching sentences and copying into their
answer books, answering comprehension questions, describing pictures in writing,
writing paragraphs by elaborating given guidelines, parallel writing, writing
paragraphs independently and writing letters, thank you note, notes of apology etc.
Assessment
All language skills are assessed. In district level examination, 20% marks should be
allocated to listening and speaking while 80% to reading and writing.
e) Teaching resources ( Text book, Teacher's guide, Cassette tape, other teaching
materials)
f) Elaboration matrix ( Grade wise)
Basic Level English Curriculum (Grades 6-8)- For Piloting
Some of the important features of this revised curriculum are as follows.
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