Careers

Read a report on three young Rwandans' routes into work; listen to a careers radio programme and role-play a job interview; tell apart sounds that confuse a listener; use the present perfect continuous with for and since, relative pronouns and the three types of if-clause; write a formal job application letter; and recognise linear, circular and flashback plots.

2

Running a Business

Read the story of a bakery that grew from a basket; learn the words of business and trade; listen to a buyer and a supplier strike a deal and use intonation to show feeling and emphasis; use the passive voice in the present, past and future simple; describe a business centre; pitch an honest business idea; and trace how a story's plot carries its theme.

3

Diet and Health

Read an article on how food fuels, builds and protects a growing body; learn the words of nutrition; listen to a school survey of eating habits and give advice on eating better; use the passive with modal verbs to state food-safety rules; write a report describing a class's eating habits; and explore character and conflict in a story about sugar, read aloud with natural stress and rhythm.

4

Human Rights

Read about human rights and the rights of the child, and learn how and where to get help when a child is not safe; listen to a Human Rights Day speech and give an informative speech, pronouncing prefixes and suffixes clearly; report statements in reported speech; write a narrative composition; and read a short play to learn the parts of a stage and how stage directions work.

5

Religion, Culture and Arts

Read a grandmother's memories of life in a traditional Rwandan homestead and learn the names and uses of traditional tools; listen to a museum guide on traditional beliefs, set beside Christian and Islamic belief today; describe tools aloud and in writing; report questions and commands and order events with connectors of time; hear connected speech and elision; and see how writers build a character.

6

Tourism and the Environment in Rwanda

Read about Rwanda's four national parks, the threats they face and the communities that share their revenue; listen to a ranger and a former poacher at a village meeting; present a tourist attraction and plan a cultural heritage exhibit; stress compound words correctly; use the second and third conditionals; write a composition on pollution; and recognise mood and tone.

7

The Internet and the Media

Read how young Rwandans use the phone as a library, a bank and a megaphone, and learn the vocabulary of the media and the internet; listen to three internet experiences and tell your own; use sentence stress for emphasis and contrast; build a digital citizen portfolio; use that-clauses and wh-clauses; write formal and informal emails; and see how writers create atmosphere and style.

8

Introduction to Drama

Find out what drama is, how it differs from poetry and prose and what it does for a community, with a radio drama to listen to; study characters, dialogue, plot, setting, conflict, theme and message, and turn a story into a script; compare comedy, tragedy, melodrama and tragicomedy; learn how acts, scenes and stage directions shape a play and how monologue, soliloquy, aside and role-play work; then write and perform a short play as a team.

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