Unit 3 The National English Curriculum
• Objectives:
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Get the students to know about the background of
the design of the National English Curriculum.
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• Linguistic knowledge: Phonetics;
Vocabulary; Grammar; Functions; Topics
• Language skills: Listening; Speaking;
Reading; Writing
• Cultural awareness: cultural knowledge;
The new curriculum is designed to promote students’ overall language ability, which is composed of five interrelated components, namely, language skills, language knowledge, affects, learning strategies and cultural understanding. Each component is further divided into a few sub-categories. Language teaching is no longer aimed only for developing language skills and knowledge, but expanded to developing learners’ positive attitude, motivation, confidence as well as strategies for life-long learning along with cross-cultural knowledge, awareness and capabilities.