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1. What are the components (language micro and macro skills) of the present k12
English curriculum (grade 7-12) as compared to RBEC (1st-4th year)?
The K to 12 Program covers Kindergarten and its 12 years of basic education (six
years of primary education, four years of Junior High School, and two years of Senior
High School [SHS]) to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop
lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills
development, employment, and entrepreneurship. (http://www.gov.ph/k-12/ ). On the
other hand, the RBEC (Revised Basic Education Curriculum) covers Kindergarten and
its 10 years of basic education (six years of primary education , and four years of high
school). RBEC was then emphasized the rubrics of the performance of the students as
a basis of a grading system that enables them to be more competent and learning how
to learn even when they are left by themselves. (Dr. Fe Hidalgo, education
undersecretary for programs.)
The components of K-12 and RBEC are very far from each other. K-12 students are
equipped with the 21st century skills such as the information like media and technology
skills, learning and innovation skills, effective communication skills, and lastly life and
career skills. (DepEd K-12 Basic Education Program). RBEC on the other hand aims for
functional literacy which includes linguistic fluency, mathematical intelligences and
scientific numerical competence. (Geraldine Reyes and Aicel A. Alcaide)
2. What are the globally recognized language micro and macro skills most
especially in the ESL AND EFL context? Explain if this can be observed in the
present curriculum.
The globally recognize language micro and macro skills according to Leslee
Beboso MicroSkills and MacroSkills of 4 Language Skills are as follows:
A. LISTENING
Listening (Microskills)
Recognize grammatical word classes (nouns, verb etc.) systems (e.g. tense,
constituents.
Recognize that a particular meaning may be expressed in different grammatical
forms.
Recognize cohesive devices in spoken discourse.
Listening (Macroskillls)
participants, goals.
Infer situations, participants, goals using real-word knowledge.
From events, ideas, and so on, describes, predict outcomes, infer links and
connections between events, deduce causes and effects, and detect such
relations as main idea, supporting idea, new information, given information,
B. SPEAKING
Speaking (Microskills)
phrases.
Use an adequate number of lexical units (words) to accomplish pragmatic
purposes.
Produce fluent speech at different rates of delivery. Monitor ones own oral
production and use various strategic devices pauses, fillers, self-corrections,
Speaking (Macroskills)
C. READING
Reading (Microskills)
significance.
Recognize grammatical word classes (nouns, verb etc.) systems (e.g. tense,
forms.
Recognize cohesive devices in written discourse and their role in signaling the
Reading (Macroskills)
Recognize the rhetorical forms of written discourse and their significance for
interpretation.
Recognize the communicative functions of written texts, according to form and
purpose
.Infer context that is not explicit by using background knowledge. From described
Develop and use a battery of reading strategies such as scanning and skimming,
detecting discourse markers, guessing the meaning of words from context, and
activating schemata for the interpretation of texts.
D. WRITING
Writing (Microskills)
Writing (Macroskills)
and exemplification.
Correctly convey culturally specific references in the context of the written text.
Develop and use a battery of writing strategies, such as accurately assessing the
audiences interpretation, using pre-writing devices, writing with fluency
in the first draft, using paraphrases and synonyms, soliciting peer and instructor
feedback, and using feedback for revising and editing.
This micro and macro skills of different language skills are predominantly can be
observed in our present curriculum especially ESL and EFL contexts. In our own
opinion, by the skills given and the definition of our present curriculum, the skills can be
observed in ESL context in a way that the teachers may use different strategies such as
the PowerPoint presentation or some referential materials for their students to
understand the language skills. On the other hand in EFL, it can be observed in our
present curriculum in a way that it could be like having a teacher-student interaction or
lets say a tutorial session wherein the teacher focusses on his/her students
performance on how to cope up with the different language skills.
Provide the knowledge and develop the skills and attitudes and values
essential for personal development, a productive life, and constructive
population
Provide an alternative means of learning and certification for out-of-school
and Makabansa
Provide quality basic education the is equitably accessible to all
Lay the foundation for life-long learning and service for the common goals
science.
Provides guidance to teachers, administrators, and parents as they
Enhancement)
Ensuring Integrated and Seamless Learning (Spiral Progression)
Building Proficiency through Language (Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual
Education)
Gearing Up for the Future (Senior High School)
Nurturing the Holistically Developed Filipino (College and Livelihood
4. If your answer in #3 is yes, how can this be improved? If your answer is no,
how can this be develop?
As what we have said in no.3, those 3 curriculum are manifested with the present
curriculum which is the K-12 Curriculum meaning the said curriculum which is the K-12
can be improved by means of
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