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Notes for the learners

English for Life Grade 4

Welcome! We hope that you will find the activities in English for Life (Grade 4) exciting and informative.

English for Life

The book has been designed for use by learners doing English as a Home Language. In Grades 4 to 6 you will use English for different purposes and also think about how English works as a language. We have tried to make your task as easy as possible by including notes and checklists that will guide you.

You will be expected to take responsibility for your own learning as well as to work with and assist others to master the following language skills:

Listening and speaking

You will talk individually, in pairs and in groups. Consider your friends as speech partners who can make an important contribution to your success.

Reading and viewing

Interesting and varied reading texts have been chosen to help you perfect your reading and comprehension skills. You will have fun with cartoons, advertisements and other visual texts. A number of literary texts such as tales, myths, stories and poems have been included. You will also be expected to read from the English for Life Core Reader (Grade 4).

Writing and presenting

The secret of good writing is practice! Most of the writing activities that you do will not be formally assessed which means that you can experiment and develop your own style with useful input from your peers and your teacher.

Language and sentence structure

It is important to know how language is used and the activities and notes provided will give you valuable background and information. Take time to study the notes and use them to improve your language skills, especially when writing.

Assessment

A variety of self-assessment tasks has been given in each module. These will help you assess your progress and cope well in tests and exams.

Enrichment activities

Some enrichment activities have been added to extend you and to give those of you who want to do extra work an opportunity to prove yourselves.

Enjoy your English classes!

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