Our Curriculum
Curriculum:
Scope of Listening
The scope of listening includes words of different natures, types, and subjects:
- Nature: narrative, descriptive, lyrical, expository, discursive
- Types: oral instructions, dialogues, stories, reports, speeches, plays, dramas, movies, etc.
- Topics: life, culture, society, art, history, etc.
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Aims | Description | ||
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | |
Understanding content
| Pronunciation Understand common words in daily life and their basic usage | Recognize inappropriate sounds, words or grammar in speech | |
Catch the main message of a conversation | Catch the main message and important details in a conversation | ||
Hear the different meanings conveyed by changes in tone and inflection | |||
Listen for different points of view in a conversation | |||
Understand the actual meaning behind the words | |||
Understand relationships between passages, e.g. cause and effect, transitions | Understand the relationship between segments and the focus of a conversation | ||
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