Mgr. Katarína Balážiová

1. State National Curriculum

2. School National Curriculum

Curriculum Focus on Reading and Writing Literacy in Slovakia

Developlment of National Curricula falls under the competence of Ministry of Education

The Slovak government introduced new national curriculum in 2007. It gives teachers and subject commissions more possibility to adapt educational programmes to the conditions of individual schools and teachers

Each school follows National Curriculum but also has its own State School Curriculum which

reflects individual orientation and objectives of the school and profile of their graduates

State National Curriculum

New school curriculum allows schools to adapt their school educational programme based on state, regional, market demands, school conditions, development of school plans, students´ abilities and interests

The aim is to ensure that all students will be provided with comparable education corresponding to their personal and work needs

State National Curriculum

In terms of reading and writing literacy, according to New Education Act of 2008, the aim of education is:

acquire competencies, especially communication skills, oral and written skills, the ability to use communication and communication technologies in the national language, mother language and foreign language

learn how to identify and analyze problems, know how to solve them

develop cultural competencies and respect for other cultures

Reading and Writing Literacy in Slovak Curricula

International research executed by international research shows that Slovak learners have low reading lieteracy

Reasons:at lessons teachers prefer transmissive model to productive model of of teaching (passive transfer of information to their productive exploration by learners)lack of creativity at lessonsteachers pose questions and often answer them...teachers focus on meeting their lesson plan

and forget to develop students´ competenciesteachers do not devote enough time to individual

needs of students and do not motivate them

adequately

Trainings for Teachers to Promote Reading Literacy in Slovak Learners

The graduate of the school is able to:

use/process this information correctly and draw conclusions

interpret and integrate the ideas and information from the text

solve tasks apply these skills also in his further life

lead a successful communication with others

understand a text he is reading and look up any information he needs

Reading Literacy in School National Curriculum at Golianova Gymnasium

Established school library available for all students of the school

So called literaure spots as parts of individual units of English textbooks

For 2nd year students there is subject: Literature of English Speaking Countries

Promotion of Reading Literacy at Golianova Gymnasium

Aim of the subject:

actively use the knowledge of English language in reading literature

develop reading literacy: deduce main ideas of the text, connect the ideas together

match newly gained information with the old information familiarise with the culture of English speaking countries develop positive attitude towards literature

Aim of the Subject: Literature of English Speaking Countries

students´ presentations

dramatization of literary texts

creative tasks about texts

role-playing of characters

retelling the text

Methods used at lessons

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