ENGLISH DEPARTMENT BOOKLET2011-2012

AHMED BIN HANBAL INDEPENDENT SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR BOYS

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In accordance with the school Vision and Mission Statement, the Department of English seeks to empower the students by stimulating and developing their imaginative, critical and moral faculties, as a high level of fluency in English is a prerequisite to effective learning, successful communication, and critical thinking.

Align its practice with the School’s mission statement.Sustain an environment of challenging and collaborative learning.Assist disadvantaged students to meet the required linguistic standards and skills.Engage in ongoing professional development.

The English Department is dedicated to: • Expose students to a variety of critical orientations and foster appropriate argumentative skills.• Train students up to and beyond curriculum standards in terms of critical, imaginative, and interactive skills.• Engage in and promote academic research.

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DEPARTMENT STAFF

Mr Mohamed Saeed

Mr Abdulkareem Tayara

Mr Ahmed Hassanein

Mr Midhat Abulhassan Mr Mohsen Attia

Mr Anwar Maalej Mr Montassar Abid

Mr methgal Abu HasanenDepartment Coordinator

Mr Abdelwahab Namr

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The English courses are designed to meet the English language learning needs of

students who are working at Grades 10, 11and 12 of the Qatar English Curriculum Standards. It is expected that all students entering these courses will have satisfactorily completed the previous grades’ courses. Students will also be expected to have sat the school’s diagnostic tests which are used to inform teachers of the specific learning areas / skills that each student needs to concentrate on in order to develop his skills in English.

Some students will be literate to Grade 8-9 and stronger in oral skills. These students will need a strong foundation in written and oral language skills to bring them to the standards expected at Grades 10,11 and 12.

Opportunities for multi-levelling: Students in the class who are at a higher level than foundation could be directed to an Advanced Standards Course.

The members of the English Department promote an intellectually, emotionally and socially safe environment through good, thoughtful and challenging planning. The department has also succeeded in establishing positive and collaborative relationships with parents when individual programmes are to be designed to meet their child’s needs.The Department is building a sustainable resource base, particularly in levelled readers and other reading materials, which provides the opportunities for extension and enhancement of the syllabus and teaching programmes.

Course rationale: Grades 10, 11 and 12 English at ABHSS

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The interest in debating has always been one of the priorities of the English Department staff.

This commitment stems from a will to guarantee an active communication with the community and to meet the requirements to develop the learners’ creativity. Thus, the department has engaged in a series of workshops enabling students to wield acquire the suitable techniques to foster speech as a skill in order to lead the debates effectively. These workshops have been presented by a number of specialists thanks to a great cooperation with the Qatar Foundation.

The workshops are introduced in a chronological order. Our debate trainers take into account the inception of a debates generation armed by the freedom of speech with relevant techniques. More workshops, mini-debates, conversation groups, quizzes and competitions to promote English are to be carried out throughout the academic year.

DEBATING

DEPARTMENT RESOURCES

The English department relies on several types of resources in order to deliver a high quality course that meets to the requirements of the curriculum standards set by the SEC for each grade and

responds to the needs and aspirations of our students. The resources are:

1. Coursebooks

2. Graded readers

3. Online resources

4. Local newspapers and magazines.

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PUBLICATIONS

Ahmad Bin Hanbal Independent Secondary School for Boys

Academic Year 2009 - 2010

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Teachers use ICT and different media in classes

What students need in the 21st century are materials and resources

that motivate them by meeting their interests. Teachers vary their

Modern teaching methods fostering students’ learningFollow up the students in need of academic support

The English teachers give students professional support

to improve their learning and academic results. Based on an accurate test

results analysis, they are able to identify the learning areas

needing support.

teaching techniques, use ICT, use different media, encourage

cooperative learning and create positive learning environments.

A remedial programme has been implemented to

cater for students disadvantaged by educational

background

The members of the English Department promote an

intellectually, emotionally and socially safe environment

through good, thoughtful and challenging planning.

Safe environment: The department has also

succeeded in establishing positive and collaborative

relationships with parents when individual programmes

are to be designed to meet their child’s needs.

The tests analysis covers all

the language skills and compares

between each level classes

The analysis is used as a basis on which remedial programmes are designed to foster the students’ strengths and overcome their weaknesses.

The English Department has published three brochures about its activities and vision, as well as a magazine.

With the help of some enthusiastic students, I have started a webcast project. The webcast aims at achieving a higher involvement of the students in activities that respond to their aspirations and enable them to use the language in an active way outside the class.

PODCAST

Please have a look at: http://englishpodcast.wikispaces.com/

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