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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT BOOKLET2012-2013
AHMED BIN HANBAL INDEPENDENT SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR BOYS
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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.
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.
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.
VISION
MISSION
PHILOSOPHY
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DEPARTMENT STAFF
Mr Mohamed Saeed
Mr Abdulkareem Tayara
Mr Ahmed Hassanein
Mr Midhat Abulhassan
Mr Mohsen Attia
Mr Anwar Maalej
Mr Abdullah NajibFrench Teacher
Mr methgal Abu HasanenDepartment Coordinator
Mr Abdelwahab Namr
Mr Ahmed Salah
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Name Phone e-mail
1 Methgal abu hasanean 55556219 [email protected]
2 Abdelwahab nemr badran 55850961 [email protected]
3 Anwar Mohamed aloaalij 33613406 [email protected]
4 Mohsen atyia ali 55456245 [email protected]
5 Abdelkarem mahmoud tayara 55804195 [email protected]
6 Medhat abu elhasan moharm 55240669 [email protected]
7 Ahmed ahmed hasanean 33610156 [email protected]
8 Mohamed elsaeed abdelaziz 30134514 [email protected]
9 Ahmed hamid elsayed 55919315 [email protected]
10 Ahmed hassan 30103258 [email protected]
11 Ahmed salah 77633056 [email protected]
12 Taha Othman madboly 66859939 [email protected]
13 Abdullah Mohamed nagib 66620428 [email protected]
Staff Contact List
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The 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.
Course rationale: Grades 10, 11 and 12 English at ABHSS
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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Projects
The 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.
1. Debating
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With the help of some enthusiastic students, I have started a webcast project. The webcast aims at achieving a higher involvement of the students
2. Podcastin activities that respond to their aspirations and enable them to use the language in an active way outside the class.
http://englishpodcast.wikispaces.com/Please visit the Podcast web page :
3. English MagazineThe English Department is starting a writing project for the school students. The project aims at producing a quarterly magazine that will cater for boosting the whole school learners wriing skills, and an effective integration with other subjects like Arabic, Social Studies and IT.
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Department PublicationsAhmad Bin Hanbal Independent Secondary School for Boys
Academic Year 2009 - 2010
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Teachers use ICT and different media in classes
What students need in the 21st century are materials and resources
that motivate them by meeting their interests. Teachers vary their
Modern teaching methods fostering students’ learningFollow 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.
teaching techniques, use ICT, use different media, encourage
cooperative learning and create positive learning environments.
A remedial programme has been implemented to
cater for students disadvantaged by educational
background
The members of the English Department promote an
intellectually, emotionally and socially safe environment
through good, thoughtful and challenging planning.
Safe environment: 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 tests analysis covers all
the language skills and compares
between each level classes
The analysis is used as a basis on which remedial programmes are designed to foster the students’ strengths and overcome their weaknesses.
The 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:
The English Department has published three brochures about its activities and vision, as well as a magazine.
Department Resources1. Coursebooks2. Graded readers3. Online resources4. Local newspapers and magazines.
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Many a student approaches me seeking advice for his ongoing problems with English. He has the urge to get a score of at least 5.5 in the IELTS exam to get a seat in a renowned university or to find a good job nowadays. If the student is too shy, his parents would do the job, either by getting him a private tutor or by registering him in one of English courses available at many centers these days. As a teacher of English, I found out that there are some missing rings in the chain of learning a new language.
I am sure that it is the same when the same person feels a headache, a stomachache or when he feels hungry or when his beloved leaves him. Some of us pause to think and dig deep until they see the matter from all its sides while others rush to get the painkiller whatever it costs. And it really costs a lot and in most cases it does not change the status quo.
One day I was in the same situation. I was one of the best students in my primary school. When I joined the preparatory
Do it yourself and enjoy!
Written by: Mr Taha Osman
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school, I was faced by a ghost called the “English” subject. Many parents feel helpless towards their children as they have the fate of meeting that ghost when they grow and become 12 years old. I decided that I do not like to lose my face in front of my friends and their parents. Besides, I wanted my family to point at me saying that they have a hero at home. I will never forget my mother telling me that I am going to be an English teacher when she knew my results for the first year in the prep school.
I advice people who have a problem with their grades in English or those seeking to improve their skills to let others’ interference be the later step. The problem is theirs and they have to solve it their way adding their touch and flavor in it. They will reach success in addition to enjoying a meal of their own. They will have stories to talk about. They would boast both their way of thinking and their abilities which enabled them to get over their difficulties.
I suppose that the way to success starts with a reflection session. One contemplates about his status quo, understands his strengths and weaknesses. Sometimes your problem is
not the language, but in your approach of answering exams. Maybe you have no difficulty in learning and using new vocabulary but it is the rules of the grammar that makes you fall in traps. Getting to know the reasons for his present state, and where he would like to be. In other words to move from the mountain bottom to the top it took you to visualize where you are and what your destination would be.
Then comes the plan. If you are not planning, you are planning to fail. Being an expert in something gives you proud but to do this you need expert knowledge of your problems. Before you rush into the maze, know all the possible ways that will get you to the point of success. Before spending money on books, a course, a tutor, a subscription in a special website…etc., try to decide the cost benefit of every road you will take. Maybe you need to try all of them. However, there would be a kind of priority. When you come to a conclusion, make it a vow. “I WILL NEVER COME BACK & I WILL DO MY BEST TO FIND SUCCESS THERE” the same way Tarek Bin Ziad did with his warriors when he burned the ships on reaching the Spanish coast and said his well-known cliche “ The enemy in front, the sea behind you”
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Taking a year off after finishing high school and before starting university became a hotly-disputed issue not only among students themselves but also among teachers as well as parents. Making such a decision has got its own positives as well as negatives.
As far as the advantages are concerned, students could relax and rest after twelve years of intensive study at full time education. In addition, affluent students could snatch the opportunity and travel abroad and see the world as tourists. Consequently, these students will gain much experience about the countries they will visit. Moreover, clever students could also take courses related to the majors they are going to study at university. These courses might include TOFEL, IELTS, SAT, ACT...etc. This will, in turn, make them better students at university. Furthermore, those who can’t afford university fees could exploit that year to work very hard with the aim of earning much money to be able to pay these fees which are known to be amazingly high nowadays
Concerning the disadvantages, this year could be a waste of time if not well made use of. In detail, students who decided to take this year off, might relax and rest without doing anything useful to themselves. They might also think about stopping at that stage and not go up to university. Others who have
already started work during that year might think that they became financially independent. As a result, they take the decision so early and leave college at all. As well as this, some introvert students may get acquainted with bad companionships that negatively affect the behavior of those young men and lead them to illegal practices. Consequently, these illegal practices might lead to crimes and violations of rules.
Last but not least, students should be wise and careful enough to take such a crucial decision that will have a long term effect on their academic achievement, their social maturity along with their careers. Parents, teachers as well as educational councilors should guide students and give them a hand to reach the maximum benefit out of this GAP YEAR.
Gap Year
By: Mr. Ahmed Hamed Youssif
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