success of learners whose Language of Learning and Teaching (LOLT) changes to English in Grade 4. The recording and reporting of learner performance focus on the content/content areas defined in Languages, Mathematics and Life Skills. The table below shows the teaching time that


should be spent per week on each subject in Grades 1 and 2. The teaching time per week in Grade 3 is shown in brackets. Subject


Languages Mathematics


Life Skills • Beginning knowledge • Creative arts • Physical education • Personal and social wellbeing


10 (11) hours 7 hours


1 (2) hours 2 hours 2 hours 1 hour


How Oxford Successful English Grades 1– 3 addresses the time requirements for English as a First Additional Language


Oxford Successful English Grades 1–3 is designed to meet the maximum time requirements of the Grades 1–3 curriculum, i.e. for the subject English First Additional Language Grade 3, four hours per week are allocated for instructional time. The Department of Basic Education does not prescribe how to break down the time into the different components (language skills), although the following suggestions are made in the NCAPS for when the maximum time for the First Additional Language is used:


Skills


Listening & speaking


Reading & Phonics Writing


Language use


3 hours per week


3 hours per week


Grade 1


1 hour 30 minutes


1 hour 15 minutes


15 minutes 1 hour


Grade 2 Grade 3 1 hour


1 hour 30 minutes


1 hour 30 minutes


30 minutes 1 hour 30 minutes


4 hours per week


Time allocation per week


Suggested time allocations are provided for each of the different skills areas that are covered in this course. These suggested times are proposed to guide the teacher in terms of lesson planning, but is merely a guideline and will depend on the needs of the particular class. If the teacher or school uses the minimum time allocation for English First Additional Language, the suggested times for each skill area need to be reduced accordingly.


Planning


A range of planning tools has been provided in Section 3 of this Teacher‟s Guide, including a plan for the year (overview) which provides easy reference to how Oxford Successful English Grade 3 covers the year‟s work. The comprehensive teaching plan in this section gives a weekly breakdown of how Oxford Successful English Grade 3 is organised. Oxford Successful English Grades 1–3 is


organised into 16 themes with four themes per term. Each theme is designed to cover either two weeks or three weeks of teaching, paced according to the NCAPS documents. Each term provides content for 10 weeks of teaching, divided into two five-week cycles as specified in the NCAPS. Each 10 weeks of teaching include opportunities for Formal Assessment as required by NCAPS. The themes in Oxford Successful English Grades 1–3 have been carefully selected to reflect topics which are familiar to learners.


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