‫مدة االمتحان الوطني‬ ‫المعامل‬ ‫عدد الحصص في األسبوع‬ ‫الشعبة‬

‫ ساعات‬3 4 5 Arts
‫ ساعات‬3 3 4 Humanities
‫ساعتان‬ 2 3 Sciences

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The 2nd Year Baccalaureate syllabus:

10 Units / (10 themes)

Unit 1: (Formal, non-formal and informal) education )‫ وال ُحر‬،‫ غير النظامي‬،‫ التعليم (النظامي‬/‫التربية‬
Unit 2: Cultural issues and values ‫قضايا و قيم ثقافية‬
Unit 3: Gifts of Youth ‫ب الشباب‬
ُ ‫مواه‬
Unit 4: Women and Power )‫س ْلطة (القوة‬
ُّ ‫النساء وال‬
Unit 5: Advances in science and technology ‫التطورات (أو مظاهر التقدُّم) في العلم والتكنولوجيا‬
Unit 6: Humour ‫الفكاهة‬
Unit 7: Citizenship ‫ال ُموا َطنة‬
Unit 8: Brain drain ‫األدمغة‬
ْ ‫هجرة‬
Unit 9: Sustainable development )‫ستدا َمة (أو ال ُمسْتديمة‬
ْ ‫التنمية ال ُم‬
Unit 10: International organizations )‫المنظمات العالمية (الدولية‬

Grammar lessons:

- Verb tenses (including: the past perfect and the future perfect + the previously studied ones)
- Infinitive vs. Gerund
- Passive voice (with different tenses + with modals) 1- present simple
- Linking words and phrases 2- present continuous
3- past simple
- Phrasal verbs
4- past continuous
- Conditionals (especially Type 3 and Type 2)
5- future simple: will
- wishes (I wish) + regrets (If only) future with: be going to
- Relative clauses (restrictive and non-restrictive)
- Reported Speech (reporting commands, statements, and questions)
- Modals (modal verbs in the present and the past)
 Vocabulary study:

- Collocations + word associations related to the 10 themes

- definitions of key terms
- word formation: suffixes and prefixes and their meanings
- phrasal verbs
- idioms ( = idiomatic expressions)
- synonyms ( = ) and antonyms ( ≠ )
- poly-words

FUNCTIONS:

Communication functions: Rhetorical functions:

- Making and responding to requests - Defining

- Cause & effect
- Expressing lack of understanding + asking for clarification
- Purpose
- Expressing regret
- Addition
- Complaining responding to complaints ( = expressing complaint)
- Concession & Contrast
- Apologising and responding to apologies ( = expressing apology)
- Expressing opinion (asking for and giving opinion)
- Agreeing and disagreeing ( = expressing agreement and disagreement)
- Expressing advice (asking for and giving advice)
- Expressing certainty and uncertainty
- Responding to good and bad news

WRITING:

Format/ Genre of Writing: Types of Writing:

- a paragraph - narrative
- an article - descriptive (describing a person, an event, a place, a process)
- a multi-paragraph essay - argumentative (for and against)
- a formal/ informal letter - expository:
- an e-mail (causes and effects)
- a film review / a book review (advantages and disadvantages)
- a report - persuasive
- a biography - comparison and contrast