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Preface

The curriculum and curricular materials have been developed and revised on a regular basis
with the aim of making education objective-oriented, practical, relevant and job oriented.
It is necessary to instill the feelings of nationalism, national integrity and democratic
spirit in students and equip them with morality, discipline and self reliance, creativity
and thoughtfulness. It is essential to develop in them the linguistic and mathematical
skills, knowledge of science, information and communication technology, environment,
health and population and life skills. It is also necessary to bring in them the feeling of
preserving and promoting arts and aesthetics, humanistic norms, values and ideals. It
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has become the need of the present time to make them aware of respect for ethnicity,
gender, disabilities, languages, religions, cultures, regional diversity, human rights and
social values so as to make them capable of playing the role of responsible citizens. This
textbook has been developed in line with the Secondary Level English Curriculum, 2071
(2014) by incorporating the recommendations of various education commissions and the
feedback obtained from various schools, workshops and seminars, interaction programs
attended by teachers, students and parents.

In bringing out the textbook in this form, the contribution of the Executive Director of CDC
Mr. Diwakar Dhungel, Prof. Dr. Chandreshor Mishra, Dr. Bal Mukunda Bhandari, Dr. Rishi
Ram Rijal, Ganga Dhar Hada, Sita Sharma, Homnath Amgain and Arun Kumar Rai is highly
acknowledged. The subject matter of this book was edited by Chandra Kanta Bhusal and
Kunti Adhikari and the language of this book was edited by Ramesh Prasad Ghimire. The
layout and illustrations of the book were done by Jayram Kuikel. CDC extends sincere
thanks to all those who have contributed to developing this textbook.

This book contains a variety of materials and exercises which will help learners to achieve
the competency and learning outcomes set in the curriculum. Each unit deals with all
language skills and the subject matters required to practice various language learning
activities. There is uniformity in the presentation of the activities which will certainly
make it convenient for the students. The teachers, students and other stakeholders are
expected to make constructive comments and suggestions to make it a more useful
learning material.
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