ENGLISH PROGRAM IN SUNFLOWER TRILINGUAL SCHOOL
Curriculum Overview
Our curriculum is designed to be a rich, meaningful, challenging, thought provoking curriculum, which will give students a solid foundation in academic skills and social relations. It is also a concrete curriculum based on basic communication skills – listening and speaking, practical experiences, hands-on learning with a student-centered, natural approach so that students can relate their learning to real-life situations, they will be more confident in using language and can apply to reading, writing skills or learning grammar more effectively. Our curriculum offers:
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an international dimension and global perspective,
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to develop our student's awareness of the world as a set of systems, which undergo constant change,
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Opportunities for the student to critically investigate their world,
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to develop moral principles and ethical responsibility,
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emphasis that the process of acquiring knowledge and development of concepts and skills are of fundamental importance,
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all students the opportunity to be fully involved in their learning,
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the ability to expand according to the needs of the STS community.
English Curriculum Design
At STS, Integrated Language Arts represents the student’s ability to read, write, listen, speak, and research information to facilitate effective communication.
Integrated Language Arts occurs across the curriculum in the English language (reports, presentations, and activities), Science (experiments/lab reports, and activities), Math (problem-solving, and critical thinking), and Health (knowing our self).
In addition to learning many different types of writing, they are formally assessed on their writing skills twice a year. Reading and communication are assessed both formally and informally. All classrooms provide time on a regular basis for students to read silently and to take part in discussions related to reading and understanding to follow direction with listening as a skill.
The English Language curriculum is designed to provide an active learning experience in which students will recognize, develop, and apply effective skills and creativity through the integration of English learning from Thai MOE standards and lessons based on listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking. Core substances and standards are:
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Language for Communication,
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Language and Culture,
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Language and other subject groups relationship,
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Language, community and world relationship.