Detailed Syllabus for Haitian Creole, 4th Year of the New Secondary

This fourth-year program is written in Haitian Creole and begins with a warning, the aims of the program and its organization. Its competencies are set out by skill in a table of competencies and the knowledge needed. For listening, pupils take notes on what others say and quote them, tell fact from opinion, recognize reported speech, abbreviations and symbols, and read non-verbal signals such as silence, gesture and intonation. For speaking, they give a talk of 15 minutes or more before the class, for example presenting a literary work or a theme, build a coherent speech on a clear plan, develop a thesis with different types of argument, and take part in debates. Reading and writing items cover the organization of texts, narrative texts, the point of view adopted by an author and adapting a text to the communication situation.