Competence Aims vg 1

Language learning

The aims of the studies are to enable pupils to

  • exploit and assess various situations, working methods and strategies for learning English
  • describe and evaluate the effects of different verbal forms of expression
  • assess and comment on his/her progress in learning English
  • use a wide selection of digital and other aids independently, including monolingual dictionaries

Communication

The aims of the studies are to enable pupils to

  • understand and use a wide general vocabulary and an academic vocabulary related to his/her own education programme
  • understand oral and written presentations about general and specialised themes related to his/her own education programme
  • express him/herself in writing and orally in a varied, differentiated and precise manner, with good progression and coherence
  • select and use appropriate reading and listening strategies to locate information in oral and written texts
  • select and use appropriate writing and speaking strategies that are adapted to a purpose, situation and genre
  • take the initiative to begin, end and keep a conversation going
  • read texts from different genres and with different objectives
  • write formal and informal texts with good writing structure and coherence based on themes that interest him/her and which are important for society
  • read and write texts related to his/her own education programme
  • select and use content from different sources independently, critically and responsibly
  • use technical and mathematical information in communication
  • produce composite texts using digital media
  • select an in-depth study topic within his/her own education programme and present this to the other pupils

Culture, society and literature

The aims of the studies are to enable pupils to

  • discuss social and cultural conditions and values from a number of English-speaking countries
  • present and discuss international news topics and current events
  • give an account of the use of English as a universal world language
  • discuss and elaborate on English texts from a selection of different genres, poems, short stories, novels, films and theatre plays from different epochs and parts of the world
  • discuss literature by and about indigenous peoples in the English-speaking world