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SIMULTANEOUS AND COMMON expressing their own culture in English. that develop all language skills. In addition,
REVISION PROGRAMME activities for consolidation, differentiation,
IDIOMATIC EVERYDAY SOCIAL
The curriculum includes a ‘revision LANGUAGE EXPRESSIONS and reflection are included in the themes.
programme’ at the beginning of each The English Language Curriculum includes THE UNIQUE THEMATIC MODEL
textbook. It helps students review ‘idiomatic everyday social language The English Language Curriculum follows
what they learned before and supports expressions’ from real-life situations to a thematic model based on eight
balanced English learning across Türkiye.
connect classroom learning with everyday main themes. These themes represent
CULTURAL AND MORAL language. These expressions are used important life concepts for all years and
FOUNDATIONS in every theme and level to make the levels. Each main theme is divided into
language more current, relevant, fluent, sub-themes that explain these ideas in
The English Language Curriculum also
emphasises the importance of helping authentic, and meaningful. The ultimate more detail.

students recognise their cultural identity goal is for students to internalise and use DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING
Receptive
1- Listening/Watching-Comprehension
and respect national and moral values. The the language more naturally. In differentiated learning, ‘enrichment’ and
2- Reading-Comprehension
Skills
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
themes and content are designed in line REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF ‘supporting’ activities consider students’
FIELD SKILLS
Productive
3- Speaking-Expression
with students’ cultural backgrounds and THEMES FOR IN-DEPTH LEARNING
Skills different abilities, learning pace, and
these values. Therefore, the programme 4- Writing-Expression
The English Language Curriculum has been needs. These activities help provide fair
includes activities related to sports, arts,
simplified by considering the number of and equal learning opportunities for all
1- Grammaring: Selection and Use
literature, celebrations, ceremonies, and weekly class hours. Therefore, the number students. The expected outcomes may
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
2- Vocabulary: Selection and Use
social solidarity. These activities help of themes has been reduced. The themes change according to students’ individual
SUPPORTIVE SKILLS
students connect with their national, 3- Pronunciation: Selection and Use
are organised to allow deeper learning performance.
cultural, and global environments while
and to provide enough time for activities
Unique Thematic
Approach
Eight basic topics with
sub-topics at all levels to Standard and Simultaneous
cover almost all Nationwide Revision
concepts of life in an Programme
adjacent, interwoven and
integrated way Standardised and carefully
designed revision programme
Reduction in the Number for all levels to be
of Themes for implemented at the same time
In-depth Learning throughout Türkiye
Technological
Studying themes in Orientation
depth and using all skills
effectively in the Using technology to
allocation of time THE ENGLISH understand life better,
LANGUAGE to learn deeply, to think
critically, and to
Approach-based CURRICULUM improve life in the most
Learning human way
Socio-Cultural
• Holistic Approach Integration
• Semi-Holistic/Semi-Inductive
Approach
• Inductive Approach Taking into account the
foreign language needs,
cultural background and
Multi-dimensional social contexts of
Assessment and Türkiye along with global
Evaluation awareness and
intercultural
understanding
Emphasis on practice, Post-Method
performance, Pedagogy
competency and
process-oriented Four Field Skills and
assessment and Three Supportive Skills
evaluation Choosing and using the
most appropriate
• Listening/Watching-Comprehension techniques and
activities according to
• Reading-Comprehension
• Speaking-Expression learners’ diverse
• Writing-Expression learning needs and
characteristics rather
• Grammaring: Selection and Use than a specific and
• Vocabulary: Selection and Use single teaching method
• Pronunciation: Selection and Use
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