Today’s World implies the learning of a second language as one of the most important topics of education.
For us, at Centro Escolar Tlahuilli, education is not just to transfer information, for us education means hope, compromise and responsibility. Our main goal is to form a human being who is constantly growing and developing, our students will have to conquer goals and go for new ones, and be responsible of setting their own limits. Centro Escolar Tlahuilli has an English Department in which its first priority is to have students who enjoy the learning of a second language.
Our English Department is integrated by a team of well-trained teachers, whose compromise and responsibility are shown through their every day work. Our language teaching is organized into cognitive development, affective development, linguistic growth, and cultural enrichment.
The English class is taken daily from 8:00 to 11:00 or from 11:30 to 14:30 hrs.
- We have an Effective Teaching because some of our strenghts are:
- Small class size
- Qualified English teachers
- Regular feedback and comments provided to students and parents
- Give students a strong foundation in core English skills.
- Enable students to use English knowledge in school and life.
- Use of digital platform
- The student is an active party in acquiring language.
- Language proceeds from the general to the specific.
Our students learn to being a self learner; working cooperatively, collaboratively and effectively; and learning content in a second language to communicate successfully.
English Program
At Centro Escolar Tlahuilli we are committed to form bilingual students. All our students present two certificates:
KET, PET. 6th grade of primary school.
COMPETENCES
Text comprehension
- Understand, infer and predict the content of different and diverse texts.
- Compare received information with own experiences and values.
- Activate prior knowledge about the topic qnd Clarify meanings in selected texts.
Literary Analysis Response, & Appreciation
- Understand the content of different and diverse texts.
- Carry out narrations enriching them with the description of characters and places. Recognize, analyse and evaluate the use of literary elements such as mood, tone, theme, point of view, dialogue, figurative language, metaphor, simile, allusion, symbolism, personification, allegory, etc.
- Develop cultural awareness.
Writing
- Elaborate books, newspapers and magazines from the knowledge acquired about this type of publishing.
- Organize ideas in a logical progression, such as chronological order or by order of importance.
- Write introductory, supporting and concluding paragraphs.
English Language Conventions in Writing and Speaking
- Speak comprehensibly and accurately by using Standard English grammatical forms.
- Use English Language Writing Conventions.
- Use orthographic conventions in his/her writing and attain proficiency in phonetic rules for an appropriate interpretation of unknown vocabulary.
Spelling
- Spell independently by using pre-phonetic knowledge, knowledge of letter names, sound-letter knowledge.
- Use sound-letter knowledge to spell.
- Spell high-frequency, irregular words.
Listening and Speaking
- Assimilate procedures regarding routines and rules in the classroom.
- Speak comprehensibly and accurately by using Standard English grammatical forms. Use complete sentences with fluency and confidence.
- Describe clearly and comprehensibly different objects, places and situations. Demonstrate proficiency above the standard level of second language learners.
- Use oral language in discussions to clarify ideas, problem solving, decision taking, debates and extend agreements.
Science
- Use abilities of the scientific method in order to arrive to conclusions and create his/her criteria about sciences.
- Know and use main concepts, principles and processes of scientific reasoning.
- Recognize some physical and chemical characteristics of substances and materials, the effect of certain actions on them and its adequate use.