| 9. Ecology and Environment |
| 15. Leisure and Entertainment |
| 19. Migration and Diaspora |
| 4. The Treasure in the Forest |
| 6. The Half-closed Eyes of the Buddha
and the Slowly Sinking Sun |
| 7. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
|
| 2. Marriage as a Social Institution |
| 5. Human Rights and the Age of Inequality |
Preface
The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) advocates the promotion of skill-oriented, life skill-based, employment-driven, and value-based school education. It envisions developing the human capital dedicated to the nation, nationality, national integrity, and Nepali specialty. The English textbook for Grade 12 has been prepared following the spirit of NCF 2076 and Secondary Level Curriculum 2076 (Grade 11 and Grade12). An attempt has been made to incorporate the emerging needs of learners. The book includes the contents to develop all four language skills blended in the tasks and activities with contextual grammar and related vocabulary.
The book has two sections: language development and literature. The language development section includes a range of contemporary issue-based local and global thematic texts intended to develop intensive reading skills and foster competence in grammar, vocabulary, speech, and writing. The literature section includes genre-based literary texts for both intensive and extensive reading, so as to enable the learners to discern different aspects of the literary texts and practice creative writing. Each text is followed by adequate exercises to foster creativity and critical interpretation in the learners along with interactive skills and sensitivity about the culture and tradition.
This textbook is compiled and prepared by Dr. Bam Dev Adhikari, Mr. Khum Prasad Sharma, and Mr. Bal Bahadur Thapa. It has been extensively improved and edited by Prof. Dr. Jib Lal Sapkota, Prof. Dr. Rishi Ram Rijal, Dr. Gopal Prasad Pandey, Mr. Nim Prakash Singh Rathaur, Mr. Shankar Adhikari, and Mr. Nabin Kumar Khadka. Several personalities, notably the Director-General Mr. Ana Prasad Neupane, the Director Mr. Tuka Raj Adhikari, Mr. Madhav Prasad Ghimire, and Ms. Maiya Pokharel, have also contributed to shaping the book in this form. Several experts and practitioners: Mr. Ananda Dhungana, Mr. Lal Mani Joshi, Mr. Matrika Subedi, Mr. Ramesh Dhakal, and Mr. Pashupati Pandya contributed to the revision and development of the tasks. The illustration of the book has been done by Shree Hari Shrestha and the layout was designed by Khados Sunuwar. The Curriculum Development Centre (CDC) extends sincere thanks to all of them. With the view that teaching English should be based on authentic materials, the reading texts and the audio texts have been taken from various sources. The Centre would like to extend its acknowledgments to all of those sources.
The Centre always welcomes constructive feedback for the betterment of its publications.
2021 Curriculum Development Centre Sanothimi, Bhaktapur
