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As young Omanis join the university, the language support they receive in the IELP places them in a situation where they are confident about their knowledge of English. However, upon joining their respective colleges, they are expected to use English at a higher level to meet the demands of understanding technical texts, lectures and doing tests and assignments of a higher standard. This is where the CELP supports and provides them with the English language tool to meet and achieve their goals and challenges of education by setting a quality curriculum and performance standards which integrates curriculum, instruction and assessment. The integration helps the learners make connections among the individual disciplines in that it:
  • takes into account the real world in which we live
  • initiates the students by making learning relevant to their lives
  • makes sense of vast amounts of information by making connections among disciplines
  • looks at the comprehensive curriculum by viewing content as a ‘means’ not an ‘end’
  • recognizes reading, listening, speaking, writing and use of language as enabling skills within thinking/problem solving processes.
All these are ultimately achieved through the course objectives.

 
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