Competences

a. Enable, extend and apply knowledge to scaffold students’ learning experiences to become independent learners;

b. Foster and sustain active participation through (early moving to later) progression of literacy stages by applying different media and digital tools;

c. Deploy established techniques of enquiry to support effective teaching of English;

d. Systematically understand key aspects to evaluate, design and carry out English lessons effective activities to sustain communication and engage students actively;

e. Teaching techniques in LSRW including a multisensory approach towards acquisition which range from very basic to more advanced skills depending on the specific learning needs of each learner;

f. Critically assess, intervene and support the learners’ needs.

Knowledge 

a. Determine coherent/detailed knowledge at basic literacy awareness of phonemic and phonic awareness and maintain a balanced literacy programme in the classroom;

b. Foster a lively and warm perceiving atmosphere in the classroom through chants, nursery rhymes, songs, storytelling and stories using different genres;

c. Convey conventions of concept and conventions of print;

d. Systematically understand and comprehend key aspects in LSRW techniques namely Shared; Guided, Paired, Independent using different genres/styles;

e. Foster and maintain enthusiasm and participation in creative writing and reading (through different genres and level appropriate books/comprehension texts);

f. Consolidate knowledge of the stages in the development of reading, writing, speaking and listening stages by means of scaffolding techniques;

g. Deploy established techniques of enquiry and devise arguments and discussion to critically analyse an evaluate a situation given presented in different modes (listening clip, text, YouTube clip, etc.);

h. Show appreciation in Creative Writing through Shared Writing, Guided Writing and other Writing techniques thus broadening students to become critical writers;

i. Encourage learners to manage their own writing by using Blogs, wikis etc., to expand and enhance their digital tools;

j. Critically evaluate and assess Multiple Intelligences to value, support and maintain constant support in the processes of English acquisition;

k. Systematically identify different reading and writing strategies and techniques;

l. Initiate discussion, and contribute actively to conversation using a range of appropriatelevelled vocabulary;

m. Explain the different steps of a simple procedure using clear and precise instructions types of writing genres;

n. Understand and practise the conventions of social discourse;

o. Demonstrate ability and efficiency in accessing information from a range of sources.

Skills

a. Identify key concepts and skills central to English key aspects language content;

b. Discuss the key concepts and skills in the light of their own teaching experience;

c. Focus on the need to continue to develop their understanding and practice of LSRW;

d. Able to analyse and discuss English in the Early and Primary Years using different genres/ styles;

e. Able to understand, organize, plan and develop English based lessons with the covered content;

f. Use the knowledge gained to help students build better communicative language understanding and skills;

g. Judicial use of a wide range of genres through Shared, Paired, Guided and Independent Models used in reading and writing will be acquired;

h. Extend and apply knowledge to enhance Literacy language acquisition across the curriculum;

i. Critically evaluate the new Literacy challenges in the local and global context.