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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 the students and equip them with
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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 has become
the need of the present time to make the students 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
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Director of the Curriculum Development Center (CDC) Baburam Poudel,
Prof. Dr. Chandreshor Mishra, Prof. 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 and language of this textbook were
edited by Chandra Kanta Bhusal and Ramesh Prasad Ghimire. The Curriculum
Development Center (CDC) extends sincere thanks to all those who have contributed
to developing this textbook.
This textbook contains a variety of materials from various genres and the engaging
exercises which help learners to achieve the competency and learning outcomes
set in the curriculum. Each unit deals with all the language skills and aspects in an
integrated manner. An attempt has been made to make this textbook as much user
friendly as possible. The students, teachers and other stakeholders are expected to
make constructive comments and suggestions to make it a more useful learning
material.
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Ministry of Education
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