SCHOOL LIFE:

Sub-themes: Greetings and introductions at school; places, and people at school; days of the week; national and religious days and celebrations.

Target Vocabulary in Use (with revisional vocabulary):

People in the school: A teacher, a pupil (pupil), a headmaster/headmistress (principal-AmE.), a friend, a boy, a girl, a kid.

Places in the school: A classroom, a lunch hall (lunchroom), a canteen, a library, a sports hall, a garden, a playground, a teacher’s room.

\*National and religious days, festivals, and celebrations: “29 October Republic Day”, “23 April National Sovereignty and Children’s Day”, “19 May Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day”, “15 July Democracy and National Unity Day”, “30 August Victory Day”, “Eid al-Fitr (Eid-al-Ramadan)”, “Festival of Sacrifice (Eid-al-Adha)”.

\*(Relevant language content and (communicative) activities related to these national and religious days, festivals, and celebrations will be developed and integrated across all themes and in all appropriate sections wherever and whenever possible.)

\*Local Cultural, Social, and Moral Considerations of the Theme

In this theme, specific examples, cases, situations, events, and practices reflecting Turkish social, cultural, and moral customs, traditions, and heritage will be included across all sub-themes. This consideration will be age-and-level appropriate and selected with the Turkish learners’ social and cultural context in mind. A table for this section is provided in the introduction to the whole English Language Curriculum.

Target Language Chunks in Use:

Language Chunks (“To be-present”): What’s/is it/this? It’s/is a/an…

Function: Asking what things and places are.

Language Chunks (“To be-present”): Who’s she/he? She’s Mr Aras. He’s my English teacher. This is Mr/Mrs/ Miss Hopkins. She/He is a teacher/headmaster., etc.

Where is she? She is in the garden.

Function: Introductions and telling names.

Preposition: in.

Language Chunks (“To be-present”): What’s your name? I’m/ am… / My name is…

Function: Introductions, asking and telling names.

Language Chunks (Imperatives): Come here, please.

Function: Giving commands, making requests (polite or firm) and giving instructions or directions.

Language Chunks (“To be-present”): What day of the week is it? What day is it today? It’s/is Monday today.

Function: Asking and answering days of the week.

Personal Pronouns: I, he, she, it, we, you, they.

Function: Referring to the speaker as the subject.

Demonstrative pronoun: This.

Function: Referring to something specific that is close to the speaker in space, time, or context.

WH-question words: What, who, where.

Function: Asking what a thing is, who a person is.

Greetings:

Good morning! Hello!, Hi!..

How are you? I’m fine, thanks! And you?

Target Social Language in Use:

Excuse me!, Sorry!, That’s OK!, Sure! Goodbye!, Bye!, See you tomorrow!, Hurray!, Welcome!, Well done!, Thank you!, Nice!, Really!, That’s great!, Let’s start!, Look!, Good morning everybody!, Can I sit here?, Nice to meet you!

Target Phonological Sounds in Use:

a, b

Vowel a:

a: (/ae/, /aeı/, /ə/, /a:/, /eɪ/, /a:/, /a/, /ɔː/, /eə/)

Consonant: b

b: (/b/)

\*No pronunciation symbols will be provided in any material written for the pupils, only the sounds in the words including them will be practised through pronunciation activities in the theme.