Mathayom 1
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The Mathayom 1 syllabus has been designed based on the Time Zones series of coursebooks published by National Geographic Learning.
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An example of the materials in the student book are shown above (click to open it as a PDF).
Supplementary materials, such as the worksheet above (click to open it as a PDF) are designed by the teachers for each unit.
Syllabus
The Mathayom 1 syllabus for 2024/2025 includes the following areas:
Vocabulary:
- countries and nationalities
- jobs
- describing characteristics and behaviours
- weather and climate
- places in a town
- music and music genres
- physical appearance
- health, injuries and parts of the body
Grammar:
- adverbs and expressions of frequency
- going to for future plans, intentions and decisions
- countable and uncountable nouns
- comparative and superlative adjectives
- present continuous and present simple
- time adverbials
Functional Language:
- giving and expressing opinions
- talking about likes and dislikes
- asking for, making and responding to suggestions
- asking about and discussing future plans
- buying goods in a shop
- describing problems and offering solutions
Skills:
- listening to a converion and answering comprehension questions
- reading short articles and completing charts to show their understanding
- reading a story and completing a summary of it
- watching videos on engaging topics and summarising them
- reading descriptison of different animals and describing them to their classmates
Portfolios
Students complete 4 portfolios, which contribute to their Mathayom 1 grade.
Select the portfolio title to open an example of each piece of work from recent years, although some portfolio themes have been updated for this academic year.
Portfolio 1:
Animals
Students write a description of an animal that they are interested in and what abilities it has..
Portfolio 2:
Families
Students interview their parents / sibilings and annotate a photo of their family, describing each person's appearance and their hobbies.
Portfolio 3:
Music and Songs
Students examine a song in English that they like, explaining its genre, meaning, and why they enjoy the song.
Portfolio 4:
My neighborhood
Students plan and produce a walking tour of the neighborhood where they live, highlighting points of interest.