Grade 12

Proficiency Description for the Four Skills

READING:
Students show good understanding of a variety of authentic reading material from the target cultures.
They show an ability to summarize and comment a paragraph of independent reading.
They can consult certain reference sources as appropriate. They cope readily with unfamiliar topics.

SPEAKING:

Students speak rather fluently and freely with good pronunciation and intonation.
They use a wide range of language in discussing about factual and non-factual material, developing an argument and giv
Their language is largely accurate with few mistakes of any significance.

LISTENING:

Students show good understanding of spoken accounts of contemporary culture and society of the target language co
They summarize and report on a range of concrete and abstract subjects.
They are able to recognize particulars of a spoken exchange when listening.
They draw inferences, recognize attitudes, emotions etc.
They need little repetition.

WRITING:

They express or justify ideas, opinions or personal points of view.

They develop the contact of what they have seen, read or heard.
They write multiple paragraphs essays in which spelling and grammar are generally accurate and the style is appropria
They write independently on a range of factual and imaginative topics.

THE AIMS:
The English program for class 12 aims at:
Making students independent and able to do research in their field of interest
Teaching students complex reading, listening and writing techniques
Developing the critical thinking skills
Enabling students face the European standard tests

THE OBJECTIVES:

The English language program for class 12 has as its main objectives:
To develop the analytic and synthetic language skills in students making them able to skim and scan broader informati
To enable students managing life situations easily by using the language correctly
To create in students the ability to compare and contrast different cultures
To encourage students use their critical reading and thinking skills
Communication
The students are able to analyze and think critically in different situations by using a complex language skillfully.
Students are also able to support their opinions by giving reasonable arguments.
The language standard is higher and students manage unknown situations.
Culture

The cultural awareness of students is higher and students are able to write and speak about famous people, values, co
Language
Students become more accurate in using the language, they become more fluent in the process of speaking.

Students are confident in using more difficult and complex grammatical structures when giving their opinions about m
Class 12 program is in accordance with B2 descriptors of CEFR.

32 WEEKS x 2 CLASSES/WEEK = 64 HOURS

PERCENTAGE SPECIFIED TABLES ACCORDING TO THE CURRICULA AND THE PROGRAMME
TOPICS
NEW TOPICS
REINFORCEMENT
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Revisions
Tests
Projects
Writing Practises (w/p)
Grammar and Function Practices (gr/fp)

TOTAL

HRS
44
20
4
4
4
6
2
64

Chapters

Hrs

Types

SHOWBIZ

Students will be able to:

talk about fame,celebrities and various forms of art

learn how to define people,places, things and ideas

and give additional information about them

learn how to use infinitives and -ing forms

learn how to express critisism, absence of necessity,

possibility and make deductions in the past using

appropriate modal verbs

expand their vocabulary by leaening words easily

confused, adj. deriving from verbs and nouns using
Module 4

appropriate phrases with in and out of /noun suffixes

learn how to write an informal letter based on

prompts and a review

acquire skills and strategies that will help them in

exams
8
9
10
11

EXPRESS YOURSELF

Students will be able to:

12

talk about festivals, celebrations and various ways of

communication and conveying messages

13

learn how to emphasize an action rather the doer of

14

the action using the Passive Voice

Module 5

express purpose, result and contrast using

appropritae clauses

15

learn how to use the cousative form

16

expand their vocabulary by learning words easily

confused, phrasal verbs, idioms, compound nouns
learn how to write an informal letter describing an
event and an essay expressing their opinion
aquire skills and strategies that will help them
in exams

17
18
19
20
21
22

BODY AND MIND

Students will be able to:

23

talk about education,fitness, health and well being

24

learn how to report statements,questions,commands

and requests

25

 learn how to refer to imaginary or unreal situations in

the past, make wishes and express regret

26

learn how to use inversion for emphasis

expand their vocabulary by learning adj+prep

27

expressions with come/get/put

Module 6

learn how to write a letter of application and a report

28

aquire skills and strategies that will help them

in exams

29
30
31
32

of authentic reading material from the target cultures.

t a paragraph of independent reading.
appropriate. They cope readily with unfamiliar topics.

good pronunciation and intonation.

about factual and non-factual material, developing an argument and giving reasons.
takes of any significance.

ccounts of contemporary culture and society of the target language concerning factual and imaginative speech.
rete and abstract subjects.
ken exchange when listening.
otions etc.

onal points of view.

en, read or heard.
spelling and grammar are generally accurate and the style is appropriate to the content.
and imaginative topics.

search in their field of interest

nd writing techniques

tests

ctives:
skills in students making them able to skim and scan broader information connected with other subjects taught at school.
ily by using the language correctly
d contrast different cultures
g and thinking skills

ically in different situations by using a complex language skillfully.

s by giving reasonable arguments.
manage unknown situations.

nd students are able to write and speak about famous people, values, compare, judge different events and happenings.

nguage, they become more fluent in the process of speaking.

and complex grammatical structures when giving their opinions about matters that do not necessarily relate to their everyday life.
riptors of CEFR.

RRICULA AND THE PROGRAMME

PERCENTAGE (%)
70%
30%
20%
18%
20%
30%
12%
100%

Com

Hrs

Types

Com

hours
UNIT 7: FAME /reading- how celebrities spend .

vocabulary- words easily confused

Grammar -relative clauses/ w.book exercises

Listening and vocabulary

Speaking/ describing pictures

exam practice- w.book ex

Writing an informal letter (using prompts)

PROJECT:

selecting the materials

UNIT 8: THE ARTS/ Reading for gist

8
9

Vocabulary -phrases with in and out of

10

grammar- inf/-ing ; w.book exercises

11

listening and vocabulary (nouns suffixes)

12

Speaking (options) and modal verbs

13

exam practice /w.book exercises

14

Writing a review (content and organisation)

15

Writing ( language focus)

16

ROUND UP : Reading

1st h

17

Examination practice (w.book exercises)

18

Listening and self assessment

19

Reinforcement: w.book exercises

20

Written test

21

PROJECT: Presenting the first draft

22

1st h
2nd h

UNIT 9: CELEBRATIONS /reading- scaning a text

23

vocabulary- words easily confused/verb GO

24

Grammar -passive voice w.book exercises

25

Listening and vocabulary

Speaking/ speculating and making decisions

26
27

exam practice- w.book ex

28

Reinforcement: w.book exercises

29

Written test
UNIT 10: COMMUNICATION/ Reading for gist/guessing

30
31

Vocabulary -phrases with come

32

grammar- clauses of purpose, result

listening and vocabulary (parts of the body)
Speaking (pictures) and causative forms
exam practice /w.book exercises

33
34
35
36

Writing an opinion essay(content/ organisation)

Writing ( linking words)
ROUND UP : Reading
Examination practice (w.book exercises)

37
38
39
40

Listening and self assessment

Reinforcement: w.book exercises
Written test
PROJECT: Presenting drafts/editing

41
42
43
44

UNIT 11: THE MIND /reading-ESP: fact or fiction?

vocabulary- adjectives +prepositions
Grammar -reported speech/ w.book exercises

45
46
47

Listening for details and vocabulary

Speaking/ solve a problem/ reported questions

48
49

2nd h

3rd h
3rd h

exam practice- w.book ex

Writing a letter of application (layout)
Writing (lsnguage and style)
UNIT 8: THE BODY/ Reading for gist/scanning

50
51
52
53

Vocabulary -lexical set (the body)

54

grammar- conditionals/3 ; w.book exercises

55

listening and vocabulary (phrasal verb bring)

Speaking (speculating) and inversion
exam practice /w.book exercises

56
57
58

Writing a report (content and organisation)

59

ROUND UP : Reading -Boston University

Examination practice (w.book exercises)

60
61

Reinforcement: w.book exercises

Written test

62
63

4th h

PROJECT: Group presenting

64

4th h

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ppenings.

to their everyday life.