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The document outlines English language topics for Form One, focusing on using ICT tools for information retrieval, listening skills, and producing coherent messages. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of ICT tools, the importance of listening in language acquisition, and introduces minimal pairs for pronunciation practice. Various activities and tasks are included to enhance learning and engagement.

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Form One English Notes

The document outlines English language topics for Form One, focusing on using ICT tools for information retrieval, listening skills, and producing coherent messages. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of ICT tools, the importance of listening in language acquisition, and introduces minimal pairs for pronunciation practice. Various activities and tasks are included to enhance learning and engagement.

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FORM ONE ENGLISH NOTES

Topics.
i. Using ICT tools to search for information
ii. Listening to various types of information
iii. Producing short and coherent messages
iv. Developing vocabulary from conversations and written text
v. Using appropriate grammar and vocabulary in oral and written contexts
vi. Reading texts for comprehension
vii. Comprehending oral messages
viii. Responding through oral and written communication
ix. Using appropriate grammar and vocabulary for oral communication
x. Creating a variety of texts using appropriate tone and register.

TOPIC ONE: USING ICT TOOLS TO SEARCH FOR INFORMATION


Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools are technologies that provide access to
information such as telephones, computers and tablets.
ICT tools are used to search for general information from books, journals and other materials
We use search engines like Google, Bing, Firefox, Opera mini, Baidu and ChatGPT.

Advantages of ICT tools.


i. Improves learning efficiency.
ii. Enriches our knowledge.
iii. We get entertained.
iv. Promotes student’s flexibility.
v. Facilitates communication between teachers and students.
Disadvantages of ICT tools.
i. Consumption of false information.
ii. Theft of personal data.
iii. Distraction and lack of attention.
TOPIC TWO: LISTENING TO VARIOUS TYPES OF INFORMATION.
Listening is the active process of paying attention to sounds or spoken messages.
It is one of the four language skills which are listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Listening is very important skill in learning English since it enables a person to engage, understand,
connect, sympathize and acquire knowledge and information from different sources.
TASK
Listen carefully to the passage read by a teacher and answer the questions below
1. F
2. S
3. T
4. F
5. F
6. S
7. S

Construct one sentence using each of the following words


i. Ceremony
ii. Guest of honor
iii. Discipline
iv. Accompany
v. School compound
vi. Arrange

Activities
1. Dictation
2. List the new words from the video clip and read the words from the list
3. Whispering game.
4. Pronunciation
PRODUCING SHORT AND COHERENT MESSAGES.
MINIMAL PAIRS.
Minimal pairs are pairs of words that differ in meaning by only one sound (phoneme) while sharing the
same pronunciation in other sounds.
For example:
Rice – Lice
These words differ only in the first consonant sounds. The vowel rice begins with the consonant /r/
while lice begins with the consonant /l/. It is very important to get the pronunciation right because if you
pronounce the word wrongly. You change the meaning completely. Imagine eating the lice.
More examples (edited later)
i. Choose – shoes
ii. Sea – she
iii. Pig – big
iv. Bat – bad
v. Wet – wait
vi. Alive – arrive
vii.

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