AIMS:
1. To enrich your vocabulary
- To provide opportunities to express yourself and
speak in English
- To develop your ability to read and understand
different types of written texts.
- To introduce short stories and poems written by
English-speaking writers.
- To develop reading skills through independent
reading (extensive reading)
- To develop writing skills
- To learn how to use grammatical structures
correctly
- To learn skills required for preparing a project.
- To learn presentation skills: for example, how to
introduce a project in front of an audience
- To learn how to use the dictionary
- To enjoy music, films, television, discussions and
lectures in English
TOPICS:
- Grammar:
Modals, semi-modals, review of present simple and progressive; past
simple and progressive; future tenses; temporals; present perfect simple;
past perfect simple; 1st conditional; passive; relative
pronouns, basic reported speech, questions; the correct use of
prepositions
- Writing:
Writing a letter and a composition expressing an opinion or
describing an event/person/place, and a book review in 3 paragraphs, 120
words
- Reading Comprehension: looking for main ideas;
drawing conclusions; enriching your vocabulary based on a written test;
learning strategies for answering Unseen questions
- Literature:
Short stories and poetry
- Extensive Reading: Improving your fluency in English
through independent reading of 3 books chosen by the student (with the
agreement of the teacher).
- Project:
Using various sources to write an in-depth, structured paper on a
specific topic.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES:
1. Results for Four Points -
Student's book and practice book
2. Grammar in Focus
3. Oxford
English-English Hebrew Dictionary
4. Extensive Reading
books
5. The Internet
Assessment:
Tests
(or Project) 40%
Quizzes 20%
Unseens 25%
Homework
and class work 15%
These percentages may change depending on
the number of quizzes and assignments given during the semester. |