Brief description of Cycle 1

Purpose of English Language Teaching 

for Cycle 1

The purpose of English language teaching for Cycle 1 in basic education (3rd grade preschool, 1st and 2nd grades elementary school) is to raise students’ awareness about the existence of a language different from their own. In addition, it aims to get them acquainted with the foreign language by participating in routine and familiar social practices of the language via specific activities with the language, which promote interaction among students and spoken and written texts from different social environments. Therefore, in this cycle, students will be able to:

• Recognize the existence of other cultures and languages.
• Feel motivated and keep a positive attitude towards the English language.
• Develop basic communication skills, especially the receptive ones.
• Reflect on how the writing system works.
• Get acquainted with different types of texts.
• Start exploring children’s literature.
• Develop learning and metacognitive strategies, which can be transferred to other areas of knowledge. 
• Use some linguistic and non-linguistic resources to give information about themselves and their surroundings.