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In Private Efdal Primary
School, foreign language is
taught through the use of
audio and visual
instruments.
• Our institution has 9
foreign language teachers,
all graduates of eligible
universities of whom two are
native speakers with
pedagogical formations
(teaching certificates).
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Starting from 4 year-old
group in kindergarten,
applied courses within the
English programme are
directed by native speakers
of English. Until
the end of 5th grade, our
students' academic skills
and motivation are kept at
its highest. At this point
its been observed that our
students are actively able
to use the four skills
(reading, writing, speaking,
and listening). With this,
foreign language usage
capacity of our students
increase rapidly. At the end
of 8th grade, our students
are able to understand what
they read, produce
compositions with
introduction-body-conclusion
of 200-250 words, apply
English to their daily
lives, watch and understand
films, documentaries,
competitions, shows on TV
channels that broadcast in
English.
Foreign Language Activities
To help our students
approach English, not as
just a lesson but as a part
of their lives, our English
programme has various
distinctions. These
distinctions are as follows:
• Activity Hours:
The
lessons in activity hours
are designed to be hands on
(kinaesthetic learning) and
are usually conducted out of
class (garden, sports hall,
canteen, music room, art
room, science lab, etc.) or
in class with a different
physical set up. For
example: to teach the
imperatives, the lesson can
be carried out in the
kitchen of the canteen
making a cake. Or, the
classroom can be set up like
a restaurant and the
students can practice
different roles such as
waiter, cashier, customer,
etc.
• Power Point Presentations:
These are done in
kindergarten- 5th grade. The
aim is to revise what has
already been learned through
the use of computers by
power point presentations.
The students are quite
attentive to these
presentations due to the
fact that they use
audio-visual effects.
• Storytelling: Believing
that storytelling is an
important technique in
understanding, remembering
and communicating, it is
implemented from
kindergarten to 5th grade
according to a lesson plan.
• Reading Hours: Starting
from 2nd to 5th grade, they
are done once a week.
Students choose various
reading books from their
in-class English library and
fill out a 'Book Report' to
be evaluated by their
teacher. Every month the
students who have read the
most books are awarded
'Reader of the Month'
certificate.
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Skills: Starting from
kindergarten, every class
level has two hours of skill
lessons intended for
reading,understanding,
speaking and listening,
directed by native speakers
of English who have
pedagogical formation. The
aim of these lessons which
involve various games is for
our students to experience
English in the presence of a
native speaker who has the
culture of the second
language. This also provides
the students with an
opportunity to develop their
confidence and speaking
skills.
• English Day: On this day
parents are invited to see
their children in theatrical
plays, short films, and
musicals that they have
prepared for all year long.
• Individual Tutoring:
Just
as in Turkish, Maths,
Science and Social Studies,
students’ incompetencies are
dealt with throughout the
year via individual teaching
sessions by their teachers.
These sessions are topic
based and may continue until
there's an improvement on a
certain topic / skills or
may be planned to be held
through out the academic
year.
• Vocabulary Evaluation:
Applied in 2nd and 3rd
grade, students get a chance
to revise and remember the
vocabulary they learn
through out the academic
year by various
competitions, tournaments,
and games that take place
twice a semester.
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Monthly Theme Parties:
Applied in 1st grade at the
end of every unit, these
parties aim to revise the
topic and activate the
students. For example: if
the unit's theme is clothes,
the students may come to
school with free dress code
on the party day. In the
English lessons the topic
and acquisitions are
reinforced through various
games.
• The English department
provides educational tools
which have been imported
after much research, that
are used in every level. For
example, the talking pen
(Say Pen) which helps
students listen to what they
are reading, is one of the
students’ favourites. It
helps in pronunciation and
revision of learnt
structures. Digital quiz
books, a magic sphere that
prepares quiz shows between
the students, also adds
colour to the English
department.
• Activities to prepare the
students for the placement
test (SBS) are done in 4th -
8th grade. Preparative tests
are evaluated in terms of
class level, and individual
level. After each test the
teacher determines who need
extra revision for the
particular topic.
• To help our students
understand the importance of
learning a foreign language
through experience and
helping them increase their
self-confidence, summer
school programmes abroad are
planned every year.
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