English Standards

The overall aim of the English standards is to enable students to develop skills in English that commensurate with requirements for further or higher studies or join a workplace where English is the medium of communication or instruction. The standards are focused largely on achieving skilled and functional outcomes for students.

Download Curriculum Standards   To download a full copy of the English Curriculum Standards, you will need to extract (unzip) the following: Full English Curriculum Standards (Zip) The following is a listing of the English Curriculum scope and sequence charts: Kindergarten to Grade 12 (PDF) The following is a listing of the English Curriculum standards by grade:
Kindergarten (PDF)	Grade 8 (PDF)
Grade 1 (PDF)	Grade 9 (PDF)
Grade 2 (PDF)	Grade 10 (foundation) (PDF)
Grade 3 (PDF)	Grade 10 (advanced) (PDF)
Grade 4 (PDF)	Grade 11 (foundation) (PDF)
Grade 5 (PDF)	Grade 11 (advanced) (PDF)
Grade 6 (PDF)	Grade 12 (foundation) (PDF)
Grade 7 (PDF)	Grade 12 (advanced) (PDF)

Structure
 

The English standards are structured based upon developing word knowledge, listening and speaking, reading and writing.

• Systematic vocabulary development is an essential part of the standards. Students should consistently build vocabulary in all aspects of listening, speaking, reading and writing throughout the grades.

• A guide to the number of active words students should acquire is specified for each of Grades K–9 and by the end of Grade 9, students should draw on a repertoire of at least 2600 key words.

• There is also a clear expectation that teaching of language structures will be contextualized in relevant topics with a strong emphasis on active participation by students.

• Listening standards focus on comprehension, developing strategies for guessing and inferring meanings and responding appropriately to interact or demonstrate understanding. It includes standards for pronunciation, accuracy and fluency of spoken production, para-linguistic strategies and language maintenance and repair. It also highlights important strategies for interaction and participation in paired and group discussions.

• There is a strong and increasing emphasis on literacy development across the grades. The standards reflect a similar progression at a commensurately slower rate to that found in many English speaking curricula. As in the listening and speaking standards, this strand begins in each grade by defining a text range which specifies a variety of text types with some quantification to aid student assessment and guide teachers’ planning.