中学水平英语语言教育关键领域

JinStar has a wide and varied range of English courses at Key Stage 3.  All of these courses build on knowledge learnt during the Key Stage 2 courses and prepares students for Key Stage 4 learning and the beginning of their IGCSE courses. Our English language courses focus on reading, writing, speaking and listening we also embed spelling, punctuation and grammar rules.  Students can learn the different genres of non-fiction writing as well as how to read and analyse a text. We also offer courses in literature such as Shakespeare and Creative Writing courses. All of our key Stage 3 courses have been written by a professional English teacher with experience at this stage. They all follow the English National Curriculum.

今之星在KS3学习阶段设计并研发了一系列英语语言的学术课程。本阶段所有课程的教学内容，与前一个学习阶段（KS2阶段）的学习内容有着紧密的衔接；同时，KS3阶段的课程也是为学生在后续的KS4阶段学习以及A-LEVEL课程的学习做好准备。今之星KS3阶段的学术英语课程将会根据阅读、写作、口语和听力等不同语言学习的能力而展开针对性教学。在不同的语言能力训练过程中，课程还将融入高阶词汇拼写规则、标点符号和语法等必要知识点的学习。通过课程的学习，学生能够知晓不同文学类型的非小说题材，以及这些题材所要求掌握的阅读理解能力和文本分析的能力。除此之外，我们还为KS3阶段的学生们精心设计了文学类课程的学习，例如：莎士比亚文学和创意写作课程。所有KS3阶段的课程，皆是由具备专业学术背景和具备丰富私校教学经验的英语老师而撰写；所有课程的教学内容皆遵循英国国家课程体系的教学标准与学术要求。

JinStar English Language Course in Secondary school will focus on developing the following abilities:

今之星中学阶段的英语语言课程，将重点培养以下能力：

阅读理解（Reading Comprehesion）

Reading a wide range of high-quality, challenging, classic literature and extended literary non-fiction, such as essays, reviews and journalism. This writing should include whole texts. The range will include:

• at least one play by Shakespeare.

• works from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.

• poetry since 1789, including representative Romantic poetry.

• re-reading literature and other writing as a basis for making comparisons.

 解读各类文本题材文章的能力；学生们将会涉猎的题材包括：语言理解难度较高的经典文学题材、纪实文学题材（非小说类）、学术论文、评论文章和新闻期刊的报导题材。其中，学生将会重点学习一篇莎士比亚的戏剧、一部分19-21世纪的英国现代文学作品节选、古典浪漫诗歌的阅读理解以及学术期刊的比较性阅读

• Read in different ways for different purposes, summarise and synthesis ideas and information, and evaluate their usefulness for particular purposes.

  按照不同的学习目标进行阅读，能够总结归纳阅读文章的观点，分析文本的有效信息，评估作者写作目的的有效性；

• Draw on knowledge of the purpose, audience for and context of the writing, including its social, historical and cultural context and the literary tradition to which it belongs, to inform evaluation.

  能够合理利用写作目的、目标读者和文章中涵盖的背景知识（社会、历史和文化、语言习俗），为阅读理解的评估提供论证依据

• Identify and Interpreting themes, ideas and information.

  能够辨析并解读文章的主题思想和有效信息

• Explore aspects of plot, characterisation, events and settings, the relationships between them and their effects.

  能够探究文章情节设置、人物性格和事件设定之间的联系，以及彼此之间的作用和影响

• Seek evidence in the text to support a point of view, including justifying inferences with evidence.

  能够从文本中寻求特定观点的证明依据，利用论据内容证实推论的合理性存在

• Distinguish between statements that are supported by evidence and those that are not, and identify bias and misuse of evidence.

  能够辨析文本中的事实陈述是否有论据作为支持，并且能够辨别其中的论证谬误和无效论证

• Analyse a writer’s choice of vocabulary, form, grammatical and structural features, and evaluate their effectiveness and impact.

  能够分析出作者所选取词汇、语法结构的目的，并分析其作用和对文本语境描述的作用和影响

• Make critical comparisons, referring to the contexts, themes, characterisation, style and literary quality of texts, and draw on knowledge and skills from wider reading.

  能够参考阅读文本的内容、主题、人物特征、写作形式和文学性，做出批判性的内容比较；具备从广泛阅读中汲取知识和技能的能力

学术写作（Academic Writing）

• Write formal and academic essays as well as writing imaginatively.

  掌握正式英文书面写作和学术论文的写作，写作内容具有想象力

• Write for a variety of purposes and audiences across a range of contexts.

  能够根据不同写作目的和写作受众进行写作

• Understand why sentences are constructed as they are and to use Standard English.

  理解标准英式写作的句式结构和书写逻辑

• Adapt their writing for a wide range of purposes and audiences: to describe, narrate, explain, instruct, give and respond to information, and argue.

  能够根据不同的写作目的和受众调整写作的内容，根据需求去进行描写、陈述、解释、指导、提供并反馈信息，以及进行辩论

• Select and organise ideas, facts and key points, and citing evidence, details and quotation effectively and pertinently for support and emphasis.

  能够有效地筛选并整合观点、事实与关键点，能够有效引用论据、细节和他人陈述在写作中作为论据，并强调观点

• Make notes, draft and write, including using information provided by others.

  会掌握从笔记到起草大纲再到正式写作的完整写作流程，在过程中能够使用到他人提供的信息

• Restructure their writing, and amend its grammar and vocabulary to improve coherence, consistency, clarity and overall effectiveness.

  能够重组写作结构，修正写作的语法错误，增进词汇使用的连贯性和内容的一致性，让写作内容更加清晰，写作文章能够成为一个整体

语法和词汇表达（Grammar and Word Expression）

• Understand the relationships between words and nuances in meaning.

  理解词汇之间的联系，理解含义中得细微差别

• Understand and use appropriate vocabulary, including linguistic and literary terminology, for discussing their reading, writing and spoken language.

  能够理解并使用恰当的词汇（包括语言学名词和文学术语的使用），并灵活运用在阅读理解的讨论、写作以及口语表达中

• Draw on new vocabulary and grammatical constructions from their reading and listening, and using these consciously in their writing and speech to achieve particular effects.

  能够从阅读和听力中学习新词汇和语法结构，并同时能够在写作和口语表达过程中有意识地去使用，已达到特定的效果

• Analyse some of the differences between spoken and written language, including differences associated with formal and informal grammar usage, and between Standard English and other varieties of English.

  能够辨析书面写作和口语表达的语言使用差异，其中包括：正式语言和非正式语言中得语法使用差异，标准英语和其他形式英语的差异

• Use linguistic and literary terminology accurately and confidently in discussing reading, writing and spoken language.

  能够准确使用语言学和文学性较强的术语，在阅读、写作和口语等不同形式中进行讨论