CURRICULUM

PLANNING

This help schools

and teachers to develop a
flexible and balanced
curriculum that suits the
needs, interests and
abilities of their students,
and the context of their
school, in accordance with
the central framework.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

The secondary English

Language curriculum allows for
flexibility and innovation in
curriculum planning. To provide
access to a rich variety of
learning experiences, a balanced
and coherent school-based
curriculum emphasizing the
active role of learners in learning
process should be developed.

When Planning and developing

their own English Language
curriculum at secondary level,
schools and teachers are
encourage to :

Facilitate continuity with the secondary

curriculum through a comprehensive
coverage of the learning targets and
objectives to promote integrative use
of skills and a balanced development of
learning experiences in the
Interpersonal, Knowledge, and
Experience Strand;

Plan and devise appropriate and

purposeful language learning
materials, task and projects to
develop learners language
abilities, critical thinking skills,
creativity, strategies for learning
to learn, and positive values and
attitudes conducive to lifelong
learning;

Set and work on clear and

manageable curriculum goals to
develop a progressive and
appropriate curriculum that
serves to bring about
pleasurable, meaningful and
productive language learning
experiences;

Work closely together as a team

to plan the secondary English
Language curriculum, to
select/develop learning
materials, activities and tasks,
and to collaborate with teachers
of other learning areas on crosscurricular projects;

Use appropriate textbooks and

other language learning
resources, including authentic
materials, to suit their learners
needs and interest;
Make flexible use of class time to
facilitate learning(e.g. the inclusion of
more double or even triple periods per week or
cycle in the school time-table to allow for
continuous stretches of time for English
Language tasks or projects and for outings and
visits);

Collect and reflect on evidence

of effective learning and
teaching to inform further
curriculum development;
Make use of both formative
assessment (e.g. process writing, projects,
portfolios) and summative
assessment to inform learning
and teaching;

GUIDING
PRINCIPLES

The following guiding principles are philosophical

statements to guide the construction and
evaluation of English language arts curricula.

GUIDING PRINCIPLE
1
An effective English Language
arts curriculum develops
thinking and language together
through interactive learning.

GUIDING PRINCIPLE 2

An effective English
language arts curriculum
develops students oral
language and literacy through
appropriately challenging
learning.

GUIDING PRINCIPLE 3

An effective English
language arts curriculum draws
on literature from many genres,
time periods, and cultures,
featuring works that reflect our
common literary heritage

GUIDING PRINCIPLE 4

An effective English
language arts emphasizes
writing as an essential way to
develop, clarify, and
communicate ideas in
expository, persuasive,
narrative, and expressive

GUIDING PRINCIPLE 5

An effective English
language arts curriculum
provides for the study of all
forms of media.

GUIDING PRINCIPLE 6

An effective English
language arts curriculum
provides explicit skill instruction
in reading and writing.

GUIDING PRINCIPLE 7

An effective English
language arts curriculum
teaches the strategies necessary
for acquiring academic
knowledge, achieving common
academic standards, and
attaining independence in

GUIDING PRINCIPLE 8

An effective English
language arts curriculum builds
on the language, experiences,
and interests that students bring
to school.

GUIDING PRINCIPLE 9

An effective English
language arts curriculum
develops each students
distinctive writing or speaking
voice. A students writing and
speaking voice is an expression
of self.

GUIDING PRINCIPLE 10

While encouraging respect for

differences in home backgrounds, an
effective English language arts
curriculum nurtures students sense of
their common ground as present or
future Filipino citizens in order to prepare
them for responsible participation in our
schools and in civic life.

SHUKRAN
JAZILAN!