ENGLISH DEPARTMENT 2015-16

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

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I.E.S TORRE DE LOS ESPEJOS (UTEBO)

Who are we?

What are we going to learn?

Extracurricular activities

How are we going to learn?

How are we going to evaluate?

What are we going to need?

Useful Resources

Contact

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I.E.S. TORRE DE LOS ESPEJOS, UTEBO

WHO ARE WE? I.E.S Torre de los Espejos is a public comprehensive mixed secondary school . It was established in 2009 as a response to the growing population of Utebo town, located on the outskirts of Zaragoza. We offer compulsory secondary education, from 1st to 4th years of E.S.O., and optional further second level Education -1st and 2nd years Bachillerato.

WHAT GENERAL EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES DO WE SEEK?

The English Department seek to achieve the following aims:

• To help them value English as a means of international communication

• To provide pupils with the sociocultural knowledge of the English-speaking world .Learning a foreign language provides greater cultural enrichment and allows pupils to develop still their awareness of a mulicultural society. Language learning is a key factor in understandingand appreciating cultures.

• To awaken pupils' interest in literary, musical art and every type of manifestation of the English-speaking world.

• To provide pupils with the tools and strategies to become communicately competent in English and to be able to use both oral and written English in real situations of everyday life

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Within the POLE framework, we organise a variety od complementary and extracurricular activities aiming at fostering the pupils' improvement of English communicative competence

• CULTURAL TRIP TO LONDON FOR 4 YEARS ESO PUPILS

• ENGLISH WEEK FOR 2 YEARS ESO

• ENGLISH THEATER

• LITERARY CONTESTS, MOVIES ETC.

HOW DO WE INTEND TO ACHIEVE THE EDUCATIONAL GOALS?

In order to achieve the general educational aims and foster students' linguistic skills in English, we find it essential to encourage its use through a communicative methodology which provide students with real situations for communication in the classroom like interactions or role-plays.

• GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY-30%
• READING- 15%
• WRITING-15%
• LISTENING-10%
• SPEAKING-10%

20 % OF THE FINAL MARK CORRESPONDS TO

• HOMEWORK - 10%
• ATTITUDE- 10%

THE FINAL MARK IN EACH EVALUATION CORRESPONDS TO THE FOLLOWING LINGUISTIC ASPECTS AND SKILLS

HOW DO WE EVALUATE?

THE FINAL MARK IN THIRD EVALUATION WILL DEPEND ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA

• FIRST EVALUATION- 20%
• THIRD EVALUATION-50%
• SECOND EVALUATION-30%

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO NEED ?

ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FOR E.S.O. ENGLISH: REAL ENGLISH ADVANCED, BURLINGTON BOOKS ( STUDENT'S BOOK AND WORKBOOK)

AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY AN ENGLISH NOTEBOOK

1st Cycle E.S.O: ONE ENGLISH READING BOOK 2nd Cycle E.S.O: TWO ENGLISH READING BOOKS

USEFUL RESOURCES

The high school's website

The English Department's blog

CONTACT

HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH: LANGUAGE LEARNING & COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES By Yaiza Fernández, 1 Bachillerato