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The integrated curriculum is being implemented in high schools in Vietnam, so it is crucial that English teaching and assessment contribute not only to language development for adolescent students but also to the formation of their civic awareness and national identity. For this purpose, designing examination papers functions as an effective pedagogical instrument rather than merely an evaluative tool. This research paper examines how English examination questions can be designed to integrate content from such social sciences as history, geography, and civic education to heighten civic awareness and cultivate national values among high school students. By drawing on an analysis of available English exam papers for high school graduation, the author rewrites some sentences from those papers and provides a sample reading passage to demonstrate the interdisciplinary approach. While the interdisciplinary approach is adopted to design the exam items, these items remain aligned with the linguistic aspects assessed in the high school graduation examination. AI may also be used to assist in the development and refinement of the items.
Keywords: integrated curriculum, social sciences, civic awareness, national identity, interdisciplinary approach
