Tunisia Basic Education Syllabus - English (9th Year)

This syllabus outlines the topics, grammar, and vocabulary covered in the 9th year of Basic Education English in Tunisia. It is based on the official textbook "Proceed with English" and covers six modules. The syllabus has been condensed for the 2020-2021 school year and represents approximately 50% of the usual content.

Module 1: Family Life

• Sharing Family Responsibilities: This section focuses on comparing responsibilities within the family using comparatives and superlatives. Vocabulary includes: cook, feed, rock, role, close, bring up, exciting, demanding, look after.
• The Generation Gap: This section explores the differences between generations using compound adjectives. Vocabulary includes: agree, argue, embarrassed, break (rules), dog-headed, sneak (out).
• Pocket Money: This section covers comparisons using "as + adjective + as." Vocabulary includes: stationeries, savings, extras, purchase, overspending, addiction, hard-earned.

Module 2: Education

• School Memories: This section focuses on the genitive and possessive pronouns. Vocabulary includes: memory, preparatory, mark, grade, notice, erase, test, instead, proud.
• School Rules: This section covers expressing intentions using "going to," reflexive pronouns, and the present progressive with future words for planned actions. Vocabulary includes: dream, fall, awake, unless, earthquake, cool, loud.
• Violence at School: This section focuses on obligation using "have to," "must," "has to," and "will have to," along with prepositions of location (over, next to) and movement (along, across). Vocabulary includes: believe, used to, move, accent, taunt, mad, participate.

Module 3: Health and Environment

• Smoking and Health: This section covers expressing possibility and probability using "may" and "might." Vocabulary includes: give up, dump, damage, harmful, addicted, pesticides, prohibited, contaminated, disapprove (of).
• Pollution, a Threat to Our Environment: This section focuses on defining people and objects using "who," "which," and "that." Vocabulary includes: waste, landfill, threat, spill, impact, ruin, particles, discharge, inhale.
• Let Everyday Be an Earth Day: This section covers noun formation using compound nouns (noun + er; noun-noun + er + noun). Vocabulary includes: species, campaign, bin, recycling, organic, legumes, fatty, sugary, salty, crunchy.

Module 4: Services

• Internet Shopping: This section focuses on warnings using "mind + noun phrase" and "look out!" Vocabulary includes: exchange, chat, online, website, hacker, means, huge, benefit, secure, order.
• Tourism: This section covers the present perfect tense, past participles, and expressing thanks ("that will be," "it's very nice/kind of you"). Vocabulary includes: boom, amount, progress, experience, achieve, comfort.
• Transport: This section covers the first conditional ("if + present...future"). Vocabulary includes: convenient, frequent, available, throughout, enquiry, give a hand.

Module 5: Entertainment

• Means of Entertainment: This section focuses on expressing certainty and uncertainty ("maybe," "perhaps," "I'm sure + that clause," "no doubt"). Vocabulary includes: disc-based, e-books, take over, walk-in cinema, interrupt, giant, Dolby system.
• Let's Watch a Film!: This section covers expressing regret ("I'm so/very sorry + that clause," "I regret + noun/v-ing"). Vocabulary includes: take away, fish tank, come across, creature, shark, run away.

Module 6: Civility

• Voluntary Work: This section focuses on expressing ability and inability using "can" and "cannot." Vocabulary includes: take part in, needy, homeless, cruel, volunteer, donate, disabled, stand by, survive, chores, lack of, give a hand.
• How to Be Cooperative: This section covers describing past actions using the past progressive. Vocabulary includes: hard time, trust, perform, figure out, share, carry out, peers.
• Clubs, Associations, and Charities: This section focuses on expressing opinions ("I think that," "I believe that," "in my opinion," "I think so"). Vocabulary includes: opportunity, first-hand, mission, homeless, income, shovel, driveway, stair lift, walking stick.
• Tolerance and Respect for Others: This section covers expressing hope ("I hope that + clause"). Vocabulary includes: immigrants, refugees, peacemaker, conflicts, tortured, reconciliation.