AHMED BIN HANBAL INDEPENDENT SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR BOYS
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT BOOKLET 2011-2012
VISION
In accordance with the school Vision and Mission Statement, the Department of English seeks to empower the students by stimulating and developing their imaginative, critical and moral faculties, as a high level of fluency in English is a prerequisite to effective learning, successful communication, and critical thinking.
MISSION The English Department is dedicated to: • Expose students to a variety of critical orientations and foster appropriate argumentative skills. • Train students up to and beyond curriculum standards in terms of critical, imaginative, and interactive skills. • Engage in and promote academic research.
PHILOSOPHY Align its practice with the School’s mission statement. Sustain an environment of challenging and collaborative learning. Assist disadvantaged students to meet the required linguistic standards and skills. Engage in ongoing professional development.
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DEPARTMENT STAFF
Mr Abdulkareem Tayara Mr Ahmed Hassanein
Mr Mohamed Saeed
Mr Midhat Abulhassan
Mr methgal Abu Hasanen Department Coordinator
Mr Anwar Maalej
Mr Mohsen Attia
Mr Montassar Abid Mr Abdelwahab Namr
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TEACHER’S NAME Methgal Abu Hasanein Mohammad Elsaed Mohamed Mohsen Attia Ali Abdul Wahab Badran Ahmad Ahmad Hassanein Medhat Abul Hassan Mohram Anwar Mohammad Maalej Abdul Kareem Mahmoud Taiara Montassar Abid
MOBILE NUMBER 55556219 30134514 55456245 55850961 33610156 55240669 33613406 55804195 55158028
EMAIL methgal_2009@hotmail.com Mohameds90@yahoo.com mr_mohsen_68@yahoo.com ab-badran@hotmail.com hassanein69@yahoo.com mamifa_100@yahoo.com anouar_maalej@yahoo.co.uk taiarakareem@yahoo.com motassarabid@yahoo.com
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Course rationale: Grades 10, 11 and 12 English at ABHSS
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he English courses are designed to meet the English language learning needs of students who are working at Grades 10, 11and 12 of the Qatar English Curriculum Standards. It is expected that all students entering these courses will have satisfactorily completed the previous grades’ courses. Students will also be expected to have sat the school’s diagnostic tests which are used to inform teachers of the specific learning areas / skills that each student needs to concentrate on in order to develop his skills in English. Some students will be literate to Grade 8-9 and stronger in oral skills. These students will need a strong foundation in written and oral language skills to bring them to the standards expected at Grades 10,11 and 12. Opportunities for multi-levelling: Students in the class who are at a higher level than foundation could be directed to an Advanced Standards Course.
The members of the English Department promote an intellectually, emotionally and socially safe environment through good, thoughtful and challenging planning. The department has also succeeded in establishing positive and collaborative relationships with parents when individual programmes are to be designed to meet their child’s needs. The Department is building a sustainable resource base, particularly in levelled readers and other reading materials, which provides the opportunities for extension and enhancement of the syllabus and teaching programmes.
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DEBATING
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he interest in debating has always been one of the priorities of the English Department staff. This commitment stems from a will to guarantee an active communication with the community and to meet the requirements to develop the learners’ creativity. Thus, the department has engaged in a series of workshops enabling students to wield acquire the suitable techniques to foster speech as a skill in order to lead the debates effectively. These workshops have been presented by a number of specialists thanks to a great cooperation with the Qatar Foundation. The workshops are introduced in a chronological order. Our debate trainers take into account the inception of a debates generation armed by the freedom of speech with relevant techniques. More workshops, mini-debates, conversation groups, quizzes and competitions to promote English are to be carried out throughout the academic year.
DEPARTMENT RESOURCES
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he English department relies on several types of resources in order to deliver a high quality course that meets to the requirements of the curriculum standards set by the SEC for each grade and responds to the needs and aspirations of our students. The resources are: 1. Coursebooks 2. Graded readers 3. Online resources 4. Local newspapers and magazines. English Department Booklet
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PUBLICATIONS The English Department has published three brochures about its activities and vision, as well as a magazine. Photo Gallery
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