Thailand Mattayom 2 Curriculum - Foreign Languages

This curriculum focuses on developing overall English proficiency, including reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. It aims to build a strong foundation in grammar and vocabulary within contexts relevant to young teenagers. Students are encouraged to develop independent learning strategies and enhance their teamwork, critical thinking, and analytical skills.

Assumption College Mattayom 2 English Syllabus (2024/2025)

This syllabus, based on the Time Zones series by National Geographic Learning, covers the following areas:

Vocabulary:

• Jobs and job qualities
• Personality adjectives and compound adjectives
• Rules and plastic pollution
• Animals and their characteristics
• Everyday activities
• Events, dates, and interesting activities
• Technology and gadgets

Grammar:

Using want and would like*

• Defining relative clauses
• Modal verbs to express obligation and permission
• Present simple and present continuous

• Real conditionals in the present/future

Functional Language:

• Asking for and giving permission
• Discussing wants and desires
• Giving suggestions and recommendations
• Common phrases in emails and structuring letters
• Linkers of addition, reason, and result
• Discussing results

Skills:

• Reading magazine articles for general interest and completing summaries
• Writing social media posts on important social issues
• Writing letters and emails
• Listening to and watching documentary-style videos about animals
• Sharing past experiences and feelings

Portfolios:

Students complete four portfolios contributing to their Mattayom 2 grade. Examples of portfolio topics include:

• Jobs: Describing dream jobs, skills required, and reasons for interest.
• Biographies: Researching and writing biographies of famous or fictional people.
• Advertising: Storyboarding and scripting TV video advertisements.