Grades 1 and 2 students will be introduced to the new English program.

The Ministry of Education and Training has just officially announced the draft curriculum of 20 subjects and educational activities in the new general education program. One of the subjects with innovation in teaching and learning is English.

Accordingly, in the new program, the Ministry of Education and Training plans to familiarize students with the English program for grades 1 and 2, which is designed to prepare knowledge and mindset for primary school students to learn English officially from grade 3 effectively.

The program is designed for the elective Foreign Language subject in grades 1 and 2 of primary school. As one of the instrumental subjects in general schools, English not only helps students form and develop their English communication skills but also form and develop general skills, aesthetic skills, and thinking skills; to live and work effectively, to study other subjects well, and to learn for life.

The organization of this subject as an elective subject in schools needs to consider the implementation conditions to achieve the highest efficiency and ensure connectivity with the English program taught from grades 3 to 12.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Loc, Head of the General English Program Completion Board, said that the new program inherits a lot from the program of the 2020 Foreign Language Project, such as keeping the same number of study periods and the competency standards are still based on the 6 Vietnamese competency standards.

Regarding the question of how many English lessons per week, according to Mr. Loc, it is still based on the 2020 Project such as 4 lessons per week in Primary School (grades 3-5), 3 lessons/week in Secondary School and 3 lessons per week in High School (according to the 35-week program).

Cultural content is taught in an integrated manner.

The English teaching content is designed according to a multi-component structure, including: a system of topics (general) and suggestive topics (specific).

Communication skills are appropriate to the required competency standards; the suggested list of language knowledge (phonetics, vocabulary, grammar) is appropriate to the development of communication skills at the level specified in the output standards. Cultural content is taught and integrated into the system of topics and themes.

The new English program also helps students have a general understanding of the countries, people and cultures of some English-speaking countries; have good attitudes and feelings towards the countries, people, cultures and languages ​​of English-speaking countries.

In addition, the English General Education Program also contributes to forming and developing in students the qualities and abilities necessary for workers: awareness and responsibility for work, orientation and career choice suitable to capacity, interests, and adaptability in the context of the new industrial revolution./.