Language Planning at Subject Level 2004/2005
Subject :
Level
: Form One
Sample
Implementation Plan
Language Objectives
(Language Skills & Focus Areas)
Language Skills:
Listening and Speaking
A. Classroom Practices
- To practise note-taking skills
Conduct at least X small group activities requiring students to
perform tasks in spoken English in a year.
II. Design an output to assess task completion ( e.g. pictures,
questionnaires, matching or ordering worksheets, etc.)
III. Use at least ( %) English in teaching
- To practise questioning techniques
B. Collaboration
- To practise communication skills, e.g.
agreeing and disagreeing, explaining,
justifying, etc.
1. Each colleague to prepare X small group activities, accompanied by
student output tasks in a year and to share the materials with
members of the department.
Focus Areas:
Student listening and speaking
Teacher speaking
-- To use English as the medium of
instruction
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I.
Sample
Language Planning at Subject Level 2004/2005
Subject : _____________
Level : _____________
Language Objectives
(Language Skills &Focus Areas)
Language Skill selected:
Writing
Focus Areas:
Sample
Implementation Plan
A. Classroom Practices
I. Set aside class time for students to complete worksheets under supervision
II. Include elements of extended writing tasks in worksheets. ( X topics per year)
I. To teach students to perform extended writing tasks III. Teach subject-specific sentence structures and provide models for students
(X structures per year)
with diminishing language support
A. Word level—gap fill, labeling etc
B. Sentence level—sentence modeling, sentence
rewrite etc using subject-specific sentence
structures
C. Paragraph level—write a paragraph using topic
sentences, connectives etc
D. Text level—write extensively on the genre
appropriate to the subject—lab reports, essays,
B. Assignments
I. Design worksheets which include an element of extended writing. ( X
worksheets per year)
II. Provide language support for writing tasks.
III. Design assignments requiring students to write extensively eg. Projects,
reading reports, lab. reports, long questions etc.
IV. Provide self-assessment or peer assessment checklist to assess outcome
C.Tests and Examinations
I. Introduce an element of extended writing in tests or exams
A. First Exam (X no. of questions. Weighting X%)
B. Second Exam ( Y no. of questions. Weighting Y%)
C. Final Exam (Z no. of questions. Weighting Z%)
D.Monitoring
I. Monitor through checking the exam papers.
II. Keep a file of students’ writing assignments for inspection purposes
III. Monitor through students’ worksheets
E.Collaboration
I. Each member of the department to prepare X sets of worksheets and to share
them among other colleagues of the department
II. Keep the worksheets in a resource bank for future use
III. Select a topic (
) and collaborate with language teachers.
Language Planning at Subject Level 2004/2005
Subject : _____________
Level : _____________
Language Objectives
(Language Skills &Focus Areas)
Language Skills selected:
Reading
Focus Areas:
Sample
Implementation Plan
A. Classroom Practices
I. Set aside class time ( X minutes per lesson) for the practice of reading aloud
subject-specific vocabulary
II.
Assign students to look up the meaning of vocabulary in the dictionary and
I. Reading aloud :
encourage students to keep a note-book for quick reference
A. To be able to read subject-specific vocabulary
III.
Prepare a glossary of vocabulary and related sentence structures after each
aloud
lesson
B. To be able to spell/ write out in a dictation
IV. Prepare games/activities that require students to read purposefully in class.
subject-specific vocabulary
( X games/ activities per term)
II. To catagorise information related to a topic by using
V. Set aside class time for the reading of text book/ reference materials/ notes
a structured overview
(X minutes per unit)
III. To be able to distinguish the organization of a text by
B.Assignments
using conventions of the layout of a text
IV. To be able to locate information by using skimming I. Design assignments which require a reading component.
II. Assign reading tasks in class / as homework from reference materials,
and scanning techniques
publications or web-sites. (X topics per term)
V. To develop a reading habit of subject-specific
III. Dictionary work assignments ( X units a year)
reference materials
C.Tests and Examinations
II. Introduce a reading element in tests or exams
A. First Exam (X%)
B. Second Exam ( Y%)
C. Final Exam (Z%)
D.Monitoring
I. File copies of reading materials in a resource bank of the department for
future use
II. Monitor through courtesy visits
III. Ask students to keep a file/ notebook of vocabulary and reading assignments
and retain for inspection purposes
IV. Monitor through checking the exam papers.
E.Collaboration
I. Each member of the department to prepare X sets of reading materials and to
share among other colleagues of the department
II. Select a topic (
) and collaborate with language teachers.