LESSON 3: GOALS OF K TO 12 CURRICULUM

THE PRIMARY GOALS OF TEACHING IS TO ENSURE THAT KNOWLEDGE IS PASSED ON THE NEXT
GENERATION OF HUMANS.

AS A LANGUAGE CURRICULUM, THE K TO 12 ENGLISH CURRICULUM FOCUSES ON MORE THAN JUST

INSTILLING. THE CAPACITIES TO USE THE LANGUAGE TO THE LEARNERS. BEYOND TEACHING THE
CONVENTIONS, PRINCIPLES OR SKILLS.

 INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
 UNDERSTANDING AND LEARNING CONTENT FROM OTHER LEARNING AREAS
 ACADEMIC INDEPENDENCE

GRAMMATICAL LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE

REFERS TO ONE'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE RULES OF THE LANGUAGE.

THIS REFERS TO GRAMMAR, LEXICON, PHONOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX

SOCIOLINGUSTIC COMPETENCE

REFERS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE LANGUAGE TO BE

USED IN PARTICULAR SITUATIONS (FORMALLY, FRIENDLY, COURTEOUS, SARCASTIC ETC.) AND THE
APPROPRIATE RESPONSE OF THIS SITUATION

DISCOURSE COMPETENCE

BEING ABLE TO COMPREHEND AND PRODUCE ORAL AAND WRITTEN TEXT IN VARIOUS MODES OF
COMMUNICATION (SPEAKING, READING, WRITING).

STRATEGIC COMPETENCE

STRATEGIC COMPETENCE ENABLES A SPEAKER TO KEEP THE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL OPEN

THROUGH THE USE OF VARIOUS STRATEGIES INCLUDING REQUES FOR CLARIFICATION, REPETITION,
SLOWING DOWN OF SPEECH OR THE USE OF HAND OR FACIAL GESTURE

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCER THEORY

LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE -KNOWLEDGE OF LEXICAL ITEMS, MORHONOGY, SYNTAX, SEMINTICS AND

PHONOLOGY.

STRATEGIC COMPETENCE - OVERCOME LANGUAGE GAPS, ACHIEVE CONVERSTION FLUENCY AND

MODIFY TEXT AND AUDIENCE.

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

SOCIOLINGUISTIC COMPETENCE - SOCIOLINGUISTIC ASPECT USE AND RULES OF DISCOURSE

DISCOURSE COMPETENCE - HOW IDEAS ARE CONNECTED THROUGH PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION,

COHESIVE AND TRANSITION DEVICES.