Teaching English in The Elementary Grades - Chapter 1 - The K-12 English Curriculum

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The K-12

English
Curriculum
TEACHING ENGLISH IN ELEMENTARY GRADES
(LANGUAGE ARTS)
What we need
today:
English Curriculum Guide (2016)
Matatag Curriculum Guide
What are your earliest
memories of learning
English?
Learning Outcomes:
1. Discuss the rationale of English Education Curriculum in the
Philippines.
2. Describe the characteristics of target learners of the K-12
Curriculum.
3. Explain and analyze the major curricular goals of the K-12 English
Curriculum.
4. Analyze the components of the K-12 English Curriculum.
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Curriculum, Philosophy,
Framework, and
Rationale
?

Did you know?


The Legal foundation of the K-12 Curriculum is the
ENHANCED BASIC EDUCATION ACT OF 2013.
RA 10533 – An Act Enhancing the Philippine Basic
Education System by Strengthening its Curriculum and
Increasing the Number of Years for Basic Education,
Appropriating Funds Therfor and Other Purposes, also
BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM

What changed
when our
Educational
system went from
BEC to K-12?
K to 12 CURRICULUM
, ,

The K-12 ENGLISH Curriculum is also


known as LAMC or Language Arts
Multiliteracy Curriculum.
?

Language is used by
WHY LAMC?
people to convey everyday
● Language is the primary ideas , it also carries with
instrument of thoughts we use
the culture of the people
to bring ideas into the world
around us and make meaning
using it.
out of the human experience
Culture is the language
Language is the foundation of

itself. (Guessabi 2017)
all human relationships.
Framework
of the K to
12 English
Curriculum
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Guiding Principles
of K-12 English
Curriculum
GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Language
acquisition and
All languages learning is an Learning requires
are interrelated active process meaning
and that begins at
interdependent. birth and
continues
throughout life.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Language learning
Learners learn Successful involves recognizing,
accepting, valuing and
about language language learning building on students’
and how to use involves viewing, existing language
it effectively competence, including the
listening, use of
through their speaking, reading non-standard forms of
engagement and writing the language, and
extending the range of
with and study activities. language available to
of texts. students.
In what ways can we improve the the teaching
of the following areas of English in the
Philippines?

READING WRITING SPEAKING LISTENING


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The Learners in
the Eyes of K – 12
Curriculum
WHO ARE THE
GENERATION Z
The Generation Z or
commonly known as GEN-Z
was popularized by William
Strauss and Neil Howe in
their book Generations. The
term Gen-Z describes people
born after 1997.
4 TYPES OF
LEARNERS
MODEL PROPOSED BY BERNICE
MCCARTHY
Type 1

IMAGINATIVE LEARNER

• Feeling and reflective


• Speak about experience
• Listen and responds to
others
Work with others
Type 2

ANALYTICAL LEARNER

• Reflect and think


• Knowledge oriented
• Ponders on concepts
• Acquire facts

Work alone
Type 3

COMMON SENSE
LEARNER
• Think and learn by doing
• Active problem solving
• Experiment ways of doing things
• Find verbal complexity and
abstract concepts difficult

“get their hands dirty”


Type 4

DYNAMIC LEARNER

• Create and act as their way to


learn
• Find meaning in experience
• Think of creative way to tackle
problem
• Trial and error

“get their hands dirty”


What learning style/s
do you think is more
representative of
today’s learners?
What do you think are the
current challenges that the
teaching-learning process
could have? How could we
address these challenges?
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The Goals of K to
12 Curriculum
, ,

The primary goal of teavhing is to


ensure that the knowledge is passed
on to the next generation of humans.
?

LAMC aims to create learners with skills in:


● Interpersonal communication
● Understanding and learning content from other
learning areas
● Academic independence
The K to 12 English Curriculum and Its
Desired Outcomes
Literacy
Elements from
the Commentary
on Multiliteracy
Think about ways or techniques to teach each
of the competencies below

LINGUISTIC STRATEGIC
COMPETECE COMPETENCE

SOCIOLINGUISTIC DISCOURSE
COMPETECE COMPETENCE

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