{"id":115,"date":"2015-06-19T09:40:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T09:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/anntest3\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2018-02-16T13:33:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T13:33:32","slug":"literacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/buchananhighschoolblog\/literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/buchananhighschoolblog\/uploads\/sites\/26308\/2018\/02\/ii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"383\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/buchananhighschoolblog\/literacy\/ii\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/buchananhighschoolblog\/uploads\/sites\/26308\/2018\/02\/ii.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"335,151\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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can be creative<\/li>\n<li>extend and enrich\u00a0 vocabulary through listening, talking, watching and reading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In developing my English language skills pupils:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0engage with a wide range of texts and develop an appreciation of the richness and breadth of Scotland\u2019s literary and linguistic heritage<\/li>\n<li>enjoy exploring and discussing word patterns and text structures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/buchananhighschoolblog\/uploads\/sites\/26308\/2018\/02\/tt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"387\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/buchananhighschoolblog\/literacy\/tt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/buchananhighschoolblog\/uploads\/sites\/26308\/2018\/02\/tt.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"225,224\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 70px) 100vw, 70px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What will I learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The National English Course will give you the opportunity to improve your listening and talking, reading and writing skills in order to understand and use language.<br \/>\nIn particular, you will develop the ability to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>listen, talk, read and write, as appropriate to purpose, audience and context<\/li>\n<li>understand, analyse and evaluate texts, as appropriate to purpose and audiance in the contexts of literature, language and media<\/li>\n<li>create and produce texts, as appropriate to purpose, audience and context<\/li>\n<li>apply knowledge of language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/buchananhighschoolblog\/uploads\/sites\/26308\/2018\/02\/pp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"381\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/buchananhighschoolblog\/literacy\/pp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/buchananhighschoolblog\/uploads\/sites\/26308\/2018\/02\/pp.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/buchananhighschoolblog\/uploads\/sites\/26308\/2018\/02\/pp.jpg\" 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