Objectives of Teaching English
in the Kingdom
- To enable pupils to survive in the real world using English.
- To give them a foundation for secondary English course.
- To teach them about 1500 of the most useful English words.
- To give them a clear understanding of the basic tenses for the past, present and future.
- To teach them the basic grammatical structures of English.
- To enable them to understand what they hear on a variety of topics.
- To enable them to speak (ask and answer questions, give descriptions , etc. ) on the same variety of topics .
- To prepare them to read simple text by themselves without depending on the teacher for explanations or translation.
- To enable them to write a simple guided paragraph of linked sentences.
Objectives of Teaching English in intermediate Stage:
- To provide student with the linguistic basis that would enable him to participate in transferring other nations scientific and technological advances that can enhance the progress of his nation.
- To produce, in three years, an individual who is able to speak, read and listen with understanding to simple current English and to write a connected passage of up to half a page about a simple subject or incident.
- To give pupils who finish their formal education in the third year intermediate enough knowledge of the language to help them in their vocations.
- To give pupils who precede to the secondary stage a sound foundation on which to build their future studies.
- To lay the foundation of a knowledge of English so that later they can acquire sufficient grasp of the language to enable them to preach their religion to English speakers, and to refute the errors of the enemies of Islam concerning religion .
Aims of Second
Year :
- Give and follow instructions.
- Describe and compare people and things.
- Talk about the future and the past.
- Keep up the grammar and vocabulary which they learned the previous year, understand the grammar and vocabulary taught during the year.
- Listen to conversations, descriptions, etc… to extract the information they need.
- Begin to read letters , puzzles , and very short stories
- Alphabetize letters and spell longer words.
- Write letters and paragraphs by: following prompt words and pictures, forming sentences in answer to questions, rearranging jumbled sentences or substituting similar sentences.
