Literacy+in+the+MYP

//"Language is fundamental to learning, thinking and communicating, and permeates the whole curriculum."//
From: MYP: Language A Guide, IBO 2009

As MYP Language A teachers we want our students to be able to communicate effectively and be critical readers and writers. MYP language A builds on experiences in language learning that students have gained during their time in the PYP. Knowledge, conceptual understanding and skills will have been developed through transdisciplinary units of inquiry or independent language inquiry. In the MYP we build on these understandings through the study of language and literature.

We want to enable our students to:
 * Aims of the Language A in the MYP**
 * use language as a vehicle for thought, creativity, reflection, learning, self-expression and social interaction
 * develop the skills involved in listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing and presenting in a variety of contexts
 * develop critical, creative and personal approaches to studying and analysing literary and non-literary works
 * engage in literature from a variety of cultures and representing different historical periods
 * explore and analyse aspects of personal, host and other cultures through literary and non-literary works
 * engage with information and communication technology in order to explore language
 * develop a lifelong interest in reading widely
 * apply language A skills and knowledge in a variety of real-life contexts.

Please follow the links below to pages that explore best practices in oral communication, written communication and visual communication. Please share your ideas, successes, problems and questions - together we will hone our practice and grow!

Visual Communication: viewing & presenting
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