Brief description of Cycle 2

Purpose of English Language Teaching 

for Cycle 2

The purpose of English language teaching for Cycle 2 in basic education (3rd and 4th grades elementary school) is for students to acquire the necessary knowledge to understand and use the English language to recognize, understand, and use common expressions. Students achieve this goal through participating in social practices of the language via specific activities with the language engaged with the production and interpretation of oral and written texts, pertaining to the familiar, academic, literary formation environments. At the end of this cycle, the students will be able to:

• Express simple opinions and requests in familiar contexts.
• Recognize basic instructions, information, and signs.
• Identify basic aspects of pronunciation and vocabulary used in everyday life contexts.
• Use expressions to refer to personal aspects and needs.
• Respond to spoken and written language in different linguistic and non-linguistic ways.
• Use different strategies to solve everyday problems, as well as to look for information about concrete topics.
• Understand unfamiliar or unknown vocabulary by means of specific strategies.
• Identify the most relevant similarities and differences between their mother tongue and the target language.
• Establish basic social contact with their linguistic repertoire.