English Language Form 4

Yaliyomo

1. 1. Listening for Information

   Majaribio 1 Maswali 16

   Maelezo ya mada

   • Purposes of listening and the language of specialised oral texts
   • Identifying the speaker's purpose and attitude
   • Summarising what you have heard
   • Reporting what you heard: reported speech
   • Summary

   Introduction In Form Four you consolidate your listening skills so that you can extract, organise and report information from a wide range of spoken texts: lectures, public talks, health and agricultural programmes, weather forecasts, market reports, interviews and instructions. You also learn to summarise and report…

2. 2. Speaking Using Appropriate Language, Content and Style

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   Maelezo ya mada

   • Speeches for special occasions
   • Taking part in formal meetings
   • Interviews and telephone etiquette
   • Pronunciation: sounds, stress and intonation
   • Summary

   Introduction By Form Four you should be able to speak confidently in formal and informal situations: deliver speeches for different occasions, take part in meetings and interviews, use the telephone properly and pronounce words clearly. Appropriateness again depends on audience, purpose and occasion . Speeches for…

3. 3. Expressing Oneself

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   Maelezo ya mada

   • Real conditions: zero and first conditionals
   • Imaginary situations: second and third conditionals
   • Expressing wishes, regrets and preferences
   • Modal verbs for advice, obligation, possibility and criticism
   • Social expressions: apologising, sympathising, congratulating and more
   • Summary

   Introduction Expressing oneself means communicating your own ideas, feelings, wishes, regrets, advice and intentions clearly and appropriately, in speech and in writing. Form Four students use more advanced grammar to express shades of meaning: conditionals , wishes , modal verbs and set phrases for apologising,…

4. 4. Reading Literary Works

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   Maelezo ya mada

   • Kinds of literary works: drama and prose
   • Kinds of poetry
   • Evaluating a literary work
   • Comparing literary works
   • Answering examination questions on literature
   • Summary

   Introduction In Form Four you deepen your study of novels, plays and poetry and prepare to answer examination-style literature questions. You must show that you understand the works and can analyse, compare and evaluate them, relating them to real life. Kinds of literary works Drama: tragedy (a serious play ending in…

5. 5. Writing Application Letters

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   Maelezo ya mada

   • What is an application letter? Reading an advertisement
   • Layout and content of an application letter
   • The curriculum vitae (CV)
   • Other applications, tone and a final checklist
   • Summary

   What is an application letter? An application letter (also called a cover letter) is a formal letter written to apply for a job, a place in a college, a scholarship, an internship or a position of responsibility such as school prefect. Its aim is to persuade the reader that you are a suitable candidate and to request…