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Reading
The reading strand of the curriculum encourages activities that focus on the development of skills that will enable students to become effective readers and that will lead to a love of reading. A well-balanced reading program will provide students with many opportunities to read for pleasure, for self-discovery, and for self-enrichment: |
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Writing
The Writing strand of the curriculum encourages activities that students see as meaningful (with a purpose) and that challenging: |
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Oral & Visual Communication
Oral communication skills are important because they play a central role in students' learning in all areas of the curriculum. To develop their oral communication skills, students need numerous opportunities to listen and talk to others for a variety of purposes and about a range of subjects. Skills related to high-technology media (such as film, television, and the Internet) are also important because of the pervasive influence of these media in our lives and society. To develop their media communication skills, students should have opportunities to view, analyse, and discuss a wide variety of media works and to relate them to their own experience. |