GCBA Foreign Language Curriculum Design
http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/areas/educacion/curricula/dle_web.pdf
LEVEL 1: 1°, 2° & 3° GRADE
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE
- EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES Home life. School life. Free time. Food and drinks (likes & dislikes)
- THE WORLD OF COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY Postcards, short letters, emails, posters, etc Advertisements TV and radio
- PERSONAL AND SOCIAL LIFE Personal information about oneself and other people Family and friends Festivals, celebrations, birthdays Citizenship, sharing with others; school canteen, queuing up, breaks, summer school Respect for other cultures, religions, beliefs and children's rights Healthcare and prevention; health and hygiene habits
- THE WORLD AROUND US Nature: the universe, planets, seasons, the weather animals, plants Institutions: school, hospital, museum, zoo Neighbourhood, taking care of it City of Buenos Aires, places to visit: parks, museums
- THE WORLD OF IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY Poems (limericks, nursery rhymes), songs, puns, tongue twisters Characters from children's stories and cartoons Children's stories, traditional tales, comics Music in the English language Drawing and painting Learners' production of arts and crafts
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LEVEL 2: 4°, 5° & 6° GRADE
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE
- EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES: Home life: helping at home, helping at home, domestic routines
School life: activities, preferences, timetables
Leisure activities: pets, sports, entertainment, likes, toys, games, hobbies, outings
Holidays activities
Shopping
Food and drink: buying, preferences, likes
- THE WORLD OF COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY: Cards, letters, emails / Advertising / TV and radio / Internet / Electronic games / Telephone / Computers, computer programmes
- PERSONAL AND SOCIAL LIFE: Other people: description, opinion, jobs
Family and friends, relationships
National customs and ways of behaving
Life in the city and in the country
Festivals, celebrations and special occasions: personal, local, national
Citizenship: sharing with others, the school canteen, queuing up, breaks, summer school, expected behaviors
Respect for other cultures, religions, beliefs and children's rights
Healthcare and prevention; health and hygiene habits, physical and phychological aggression
- THE WORLD AROUND US: Houses and housing
City of Buenos Aires: places of interest, local environment, ecology
Nature: the universe, planets, seasons, the weather, animals and plants
Institutions: school, hospitals
Argentina: places of interest (historical and tourist), regions, different communities and their language
- THE WORLD OF IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY: Fictions, tales, legend and superstition, myths, comics
Drawing, painting
Music in the English language lesson
Ciname, films and videos
Characters from children's stories and cartoons
Learners' production of arts and crafts
Poetry, songs, puns, tongue twisters
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LEVEL 3: 7° GRADE
