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Ahmad Bin Hanbal Independent Secondary School for Boys
Academic Year 2009 - 2010
The English Club
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 foster student success by providing a solid academic foundation and maximize intellectual potential in each individual. Expose students to a variety of critical orientations and foster appropriate argumentative skills. Promote correctness, clarity and precision of expression in students’ speaking and writing. Train students up to and beyond curriculum standards in terms of critical, imaginative, and interactive skills. Engage in and promote academic research. School students will communicate effectively, access information by various means, think critically and problem solve in a timely manner, successfully meet state standards, and will achieve success through efficient organizational and time management skills. Keep up with trends and developments in the teaching of English.
The English club was launched
The club also runs the school’s
to provide opportunities for the
Book
students to develop and use
debating
English outside the classroom.
Qatar Debate.
The
The English Club also provides
club
groups,
runs
conversation
quizzes
competitions
to
and
other
promote
Week in
and
inter-school
conjunction
with
opportunities to extend gifted and talented students.
English.
Students have the opportunity to speak English outside the class 2
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Debating The English department has been involved in debating from the very beginning of the academic
Objectives
year.
Align Ali its i practice with the School’s mission statement.
Debating is a crucial skill in the
Sustain an environment of challenging and collaborative
development
of
the
learning.
student’s
personality as well as his linguistic
Students attending workshops on debating skills and techniques
capabilities. It also involves the
Assist disadvantaged students to meet the required linguistic standards and skills.
students in the community and
Our department attends Doha
Engage in ongoing professional development.
encourages
Debate and participates in the
Participate frequently in conferences and workshops.
them
to
discover
more about the world he lives in.
Qatar Debating competition.
Teachers accompanied groups of students to attend the “Doha Debate” TV show 6
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Modern teaching methods fostering students’ learning What students need in the 21st
teaching techniques, use ICT,
century are materials and resources
use different media, encourage
that motivate them by meeting
cooperative learning and create
their interests. Teachers varyy their
positive learning environments.
Follow up the students in need of academic support The
English
teachers
give
students professional support to improve their learning and academic results. Based on an accurate test results analysis, they are able to identify the learning areas needing support.
The tests analysis covers all the language skills and compares between each level classes The
analysis
used
as
on
Teachers use ICT andd different diff fferent med media dia iinn cl classes lasses
which
a
is basis
remedial
programmes
are
The department has also
designed to foster the
The members of the English
succeeded
students’
Department
positive
Safe environment: promote
an
in
and
establishing collaborative
intellectually, emotionally and
relationships with parents
socially
environment
when individual programmes
thoughtful
are to be designed to meet
safe
through and 4
good,
challenging
planning.
their child’s needs.
and
strengths
overcome
their
weaknesses.
A remedial programme has been implemented to cater for students disadvantaged by educational background 5