Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises Grade 10 Arabic Curriculum Design.

  It is a Senior School curriculum developed by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) under the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC).

  • Level: Senior School (Grade 10)
  • Learning Area: Arabic
  • Year of Publication: 2025 (First Published)
  • Curriculum Approach: Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC)
  • Focus: Development of communicative competence, literacy skills, cultural awareness, and functional language use
  • Application: Preparation for further education, careers, and real-life communication in national and international contexts

  The curriculum aims to enable learners to:

  • Use Arabic effectively through listening, speaking, reading, and writing
  • Communicate fluently and accurately in everyday situations
  • Read for information, enjoyment, and critical understanding
  • Apply writing skills for functional and creative purposes
  • Use grammatical structures correctly in real-life communication
  • Appreciate Arabic culture and its contribution to global knowledge

  It covers the following strands and sub-strands:

  • Strand 1.0: Listening and Speaking
    • 1.1 Listening Comprehension (sounds and letters, forming words, oral questions)
    • Oral Presentation
    • Speaking Fluency
    • Attentive Listening
    • Selective Listening
    • Listening for Gist
  • Strand 2.0: Reading
    • 2.1 Reading for Comprehension (identifying main ideas, direct questions, summarising)
    • Reading Fluency
    • Reading for Information
    • Intensive Reading (Poetry)
    • Extensive Reading (Prose)
  • Strand 3.0: Writing
    • 3.1 Handwriting (neatness, legibility, writing letters, words, sentences, and paragraphs)
    • Mechanics of Writing (spelling)
    • Paragraph Writing (sequencing of ideas)
    • Descriptive Writing
    • Creative Writing
    • Functional Writing (Friendly letters)
  • Strand 4.0: Grammar
    • Word Classes: Nouns
    • Word Classes: Pronouns and Articles
    • Word Classes: Conjunctions
    • Word Classes: Adverbs, Prepositions, and Adjectives
    • Tenses and Verbs
    • Sentence Patterns

  The curriculum is organized around real-life thematic contexts to enhance practical language use. These include:

  • Social Life
  • My Environment
  • Tourism
  • Health
  • School and the World of Work
  • The World of Business

  The design integrates core competencies, values, and pertinent and contemporary issues such as cultural awareness, social cohesion, digital literacy, and global citizenship. Suggested learning experiences include role play, conversations, reading tasks, writing exercises, collaborative activities, and use of digital resources to enhance language mastery.

• Category:

  Curriculum Designs
• Level:

  Grade 10
• Subject:

  ARABIC

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