English Topics - Form Four

 

TOPIC 1: Expressing Oneself

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1. Expressing One's Feeling, Ideas, Opinion, View and Emotions

   • Express personal ideas, feelings, opinions, views and emotions on a variety of issues in different contexts

 

TOPIC 2: Listening For Information

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1. Listening to Instructions

   • Respond appropriately to instructions

2. Giving Instructions

   • Give instructions

3. Listening for Main Ideas and Taking Notes

   • Make summary notes

4. Dictations

   • Write down correctly what is read

 

TOPIC 3: Reading Literary Works

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1. Identifying and Analysing Setting main Plot and Characters

   • Describe characters, setting and plot of literary works studied

2. Identify Themes

   • Relate works studied with personal and national experiences

3. Interpreting Poems

   • Interpret poems

 

TOPIC 4: Speaking Using Appropriate Language Content And Style

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1. Starting Intervening and Closing a Conversation/Discussion

   • Use appropriate expressions for starting, intervening and closing a conversation/discussion

2. Negotiating Solutions to Problems

   • Use appropriate language to resolve a problem/conflict

3. Seeking and Giving Advice

   • Give advice using appropriate language

 

TOPIC 5: Writing Using Appropriate Language Content And Style

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1. Writing Narrative Compositions/Essays (Of Not Less Than 250 Words)

   • Write an account of event/that happened in the past

   • Writing events in the past

2. Writing Expository Compositions/Essays

   • Write factual information on a topic/subject

3. Writing Descriptive Composition/Essays

   • Write vivid descriptions of people/place/events

4. Writing Argumentative Composition/Essay

   • Present contrasting views of a given topic

5. Creative Writing

   • Write a work of art using literary devices and skills

6. Writing Speeches

   • Write a speech

   • Deliver a speech

7. Writing Curriculum Vitae (CV)

   • Write his/her own CV

 

TOPIC 6: Writing Application Letters

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1. Writing Letters of Application for Jobs

   • Write letters of application for jobs