English

Marsh’s Library

Yeat’s Exhibition, National Library
Levels Offered:
English is offered primarily at Higher and Ordinary level and at Foundation level where needed in specific cases.
Initiatives:
‘Book in my Bag’
Well Read
Drop everything and read
Paired reading
Book Club
World Book Week
The English Department aims:
- – To reinforce the work of the primary school in nurturing the intellectual, imaginative and emotional growth of the student by developing his/her personal proficiency in the arts and skills of literacy;
- – To develop student’s personal, social and cultural literacy;
- – To expose students’ to a wide range of texts;
- – To foster an interest in students of the arts and theatre and media;
- – To develop student’s vocabulary, critical and analytical skills;
- – To teach students to express their thoughts with confidence, clarity and to respect those of others.