Curriculum Shule Direct Tanzania Secondary School Form 4 English Language (New)

English Language (New) Form 4 Syllabus

  1. Demonstrate mastery of English language skills
    1. Use appropriate grammar and vocabulary in oral and in written language tasks
      1. Prepare and deliver short speeches about common topics (e.g., entrepreneurship, corruption, child rights and security, gender education, cyber security education, disaster management, health and reproductive education, drug abuse, life skills, financial management education, taxation)
      2. Compose different types of essays (narrative, descriptive, argumentative and expository) using correct grammar and vocabulary
  2. Comprehend oral and written information
    1. Read texts for comprehension
      1. Discuss the author’s motives in a given text
      2. Deliver an oral presentation about the content of a text
      3. Draw inferences (conclusions) from a text
    2. Comprehend oral messages with increasing difficulty
      1. Deduce the main ideas from an oral presentation or language task
      2. Examine information from oral sources
      3. Relate the core messages of an oral presentation to real life experiences
    3. Construct meaning from a variety of texts
      1. Explore strategies for deriving meanings of words from given texts (e.g., contextual guessing)
      2. Synthesise ideas and draw conclusions from multiple and diverse texts
      3. Write a single text from information and opinions derived from a variety of texts
      4. Make inferences about a variety of texts
      5. Relate the core messages from multiple and diverse texts to real life experiences
  3. Communicate effectively in different contexts
    1. Use appropriate grammar and vocabulary for oral communication in a variety of contexts
      1. Express feelings and emotions depicted/ portrayed in various social contexts using appropriate phrases (e.g., I am saddened..., I am upset..., my condolences... I feel happy... hurray...)
      2. Deliver different kinds of planned and unplanned speeches (e.g., informative, persuasive speech) on different topics
      3. Negotiate solutions to various problems using appropriate formalaic language (e.g., Would you mind..., don’t you think..., is it possible..., if I were you...)
    2. Create a variety of texts for different communicative purposes using the appropriate tone and register
      1. Write application letters for various purposes (e.g., job application, school admission)
      2. Write speeches on a variety of topics, including cross- cutting issues
      3. Write Curriculum Vitae (CV) for different purposes
    3. Conduct a socio- cultural analysis of functional texts
      1. Analyse different functional texts in terms of purpose, content, organisation, format and design
      2. Read a variety of functional texts (e.g., recipes, product manuals, transport schedules, forms, brochures, and menus)
      3. Comment on the usefulness of different functional texts
      4. Compose functional texts to serve various purposes
  4. Provide basic English language services to the community
    1. Apply principles of editing and proofreading in a variety of texts
      1. Edit and proofread texts in a school context (e.g., school rules and regulations, essays/ compositions)
      2. Editandproofread short texts in contexts outside the school (e.g. posters, flyers, user manuals)
    2. Apply principles of interpretation to provide simple authentic interpretations
      1. Interpret messages in informal contexts (e.g., family conversations and peer conversations) (from English to Kiswahili and vice versa)
      2. Interpret messages in small formal settings (e.g., classroom and subject group discussions) (from English to Kiswahili and vice versa)
      3. Interpret messages in large formal settings (e.g., church, mosque and meetings) (from English to Kiswahili and vice versa).
    3. Apply principles of translation to produce simple authentic translation
      1. Translate texts in contexts outside the school (from English to Kiswahili and vice versa)
      2. Translate a variety of short texts (e.g., advertisements and functional texts) (from English to Kiswahili and vice versa)
      3. Translate a variety of long texts (from English to Kiswahili and vice versa)
    4. Manage short translation and editing projects using Computer- Assisted Tools
      1. Desribe the use of Computer- Assisted Tools in translating and editing
      2. Use Computer- Assisted Translation Tools to translate and edit short simple texts
  5. Appreciate and create literary works
    1. Appreciate the aesthetics and value of literature
      1. Assess the language used in a selected novella
      2. Compare own values and perspectives with those implied in a selected novella
      3. Dramatise episodes from a selected novella
    2. Evaluate the context in which literary texts are written, read and understood
      1. Examine the socio-political and cultural issues portrayed in a selected novella
      2. Relate the context of the story in a selected novella to real life experiences
    3. Analyse genres of literature and appreciate their conventions
      1. Analyse techniques of critiquing literary texts based on their conventions
      2. Critique a selected novella based on form and content
    4. Createsimpleliterary works
      1. Apply literary skills to compose short stories on various topics
      2. Publish the short stories on various platforms (e.g., note boards and online platforms)

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