Competence aims after Vg1 – programmes for general studies and Vg2 – vocational education programmes
Language learning
The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to- evaluate and use different situations, working methods and learning strategies to further develop one’s English-language skills
- evaluate own progress in learning English
- evaluate different digital resources and other aids critically and independently, and use them in own language learning
Oral communication
The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to- evaluate and use suitable listening and speaking strategies adapted for the purpose and the situation
- understand and use a wide general vocabulary and an academic vocabulary related to his/her own education programme
- understand the main content and details of different types of oral texts about general and academic topics related to one’s education programme
- listen to and understand social and geographic variations of English from authentic situations
- express oneself fluently and coherently in a detailed and precise manner suited to the purpose and situation
- introduce, maintain and terminate conversations and discussions about general and academic topics related to one’s education programme
- use patterns for pronunciation, intonation, word inflection and various types of sentences in communication
- interpret and use technical and mathematical information in communication
Written communication
The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to- evaluate and use suitable reading and writing strategies adapted for the purpose and type of text
- understand and use an extensive general vocabulary and an academic vocabulary related to one’s education programme
- understand the main content and details in texts of varying length about different topics
- read to acquire knowledge in a particular subject from one’s education programme
- use own notes to write texts related to one’s education programme
- write different types of texts with structure and coherence suited to the purpose and situation
- use patterns for orthography, word inflection and varied sentence and text construction to produce texts
- produce different kinds of texts suited to formal digital requirements for different digital media
- evaluate different sources and use contents from sources in an independent, critical and verifiable manner
Culture, society and literature
The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to- discuss and elaborate on culture and social conditions in several English-speaking countries
- present and discuss current news items from English language sources
- discuss and elaborate on the growth of English as a universal language
- discuss and elaborate on different types of English language literary texts from different parts of the world
- discuss and elaborate on English language films and other forms of cultural expressions from different media
- discuss and elaborate on texts by and about indigenous peoples in English-speaking countries
- select an in-depth study topic within one’s education programme and present this
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