This section contains a brief statement about each of the three strands in the English syllabus. The English language knowledge and literacy skills developed in each strand are fundamental to learners’ academic success in all subjects in the Primary and Secondary Curriculum.
The skills of listening and speaking constitute the first ways that children develop proficiency in any language. Developing these skills in English, usually a non-community language, involves understanding the ways in which learners in classrooms receive (listen to) and express (speak…
Reading is an active and conscious process which involves making meaning from print (words and ideas) and graphic information (illustrations, diagrams etc). This strand equips learners with the necessary language knowledge to read different types of texts with comprehension. Language knowledge…
Writing enables learners to express their thoughts and make meaning through the creation of texts in print and on screen. Learners draw on their knowledge of language and their own and others’ ideas and experiences and other texts, which may…