English Curriculam components For Junior High-school 2020

Introduction

Alignment with the (CEFR)

The importance of adopting the CEFR.

6 Principles to Guide Teaching Practice

A. Principles underlying language learning and language teaching

Table 1

Language learning

Language Teaching

B. Principles underlying beginning language learning and teaching

Table 2

Beginning Language Learning

Beginning Language Teaching

C. Principles underlying the selection of materials

11 Material Features

D. Principles underlying the design of tasks

13 Tasks Features

E. Principles underlying classroom assessment

9 classroom assessment

F. Principles underlying the integration of ICT

9 principles of integrating ICT

Levels of Progression

English Curriculum 2020

1. Pre-basic User

2. Basic User I

3. Basic User II

4. Independent User I (4-point Bagrut)

5. Independent User II (5-point Bagrut)

CEFR Global Scale

1. Pre-A1

2. A1

3. A2

4. B1

5. B2

Revised English
Curriculum 2018

1. Pre-foundation

2. Foundation

3. Intermediate

4. Proficiency

Communicative Competences

Linguistic competence

Sociolinguistic competence

Pragmatics

Basic User II – A2 (Intermediate)

Activities

Reception

Spoken Reception

Written Reception

Production

Spoken production

Written production

Interaction

Spoken interaction

Written interaction

Mediation

Communicative competences

Linguistic

Phonological control

Orthographic control

Sociolinguistic

Pragmatic

Spoken fluency

Plurilingual and pluricultural competence

Grammar

Grammatical Structures for Grades 7, 8 and 9

Can-do descriptors

Clauses

Verb forms

Noun Forms

Adjective / adverb forms

Global Can-do Statements

Basic User II- A2 (Intermediate)

Reception

Spoken reception

Written reception

Production

Spoken production

Written production

Interaction

Spoken interaction

Written interaction

Mediation

Reception

Production

Interaction

Language Activities

Reception

Spoken Reception

Written Reception

Production

Spoken Production

Written Production

Interaction

Spoken Interaction

Written Interaction

Mediation

Reception

Production

Interaction

Can-do Statements

global can-do statements

operative can-do statements

Domains (4 Domains)

Educational domain

Occupational domain

Public domain

Personal domain

Vocabulary

The Lexical Bands

Pre-basic User (Pre-A1)

Pre Band I

Grade 3 and/or first months of
Grade 4.

Basic User I (A1)

Band I Core

Grade 4 – Mid-Grade 5.

Band I Core II

Mid-Grade 5 – End Grade 6.

Basic User II (A2)

Band II Core I

Grade 7 – Mid-Grade 8.

Band II Core II

Mid-Grade 8 – End Grade 9.

Independent User I (B1)

Band III (4 points)

Grade 10 – Grade 12.

Independent User II (B2)

Band III (5 points)

Grade 10 – Grade 12.

Vocabulary Targets For The Five Levels.

Pre-basic
User (Pre
A1)

Receptive
per level

200

Productive
per level

200

Cumulative
receptive

200

Cumulative
productive

200

Basic User I
(A1)

Receptive
per level

1200

Productive
per level

1000

Cumulative
receptive

1400

Cumulative
productive

1200

Basic User II
(A2)

Receptive
per level

2000

Productive
per level

800

Cumulative
receptive

3400

Cumulative
productive

2000

Independent
User I (B1)

Receptive
per level

900

Productive
per level

500

Cumulative
receptive

4300

Cumulative
productive

2500

Independent
User II (B2)

Receptive
per level

1100

Productive
per level

500

Cumulative
receptive

5400

Cumulative
productive

3000

Grammar

grammar component

Format of the grammar component