Tuesday, 27 May 2014

English Zone package

4 level course, 8 units based on a topic.

I. Student Book: 
8 units and Start Unit for level 1 +2, Revision Unit for level 3 + 4.

Standard unit: 

  1. Presentation Dialogue + Voc + Speaking + Pronunciation.
  2. Language zone 
  3. Skills zone
  4. Situations + Culture Zone (Study Skills from level 2)

After every 2 units, there are Self check + Learning diary + Story zone).

II. Work Book:

III. Flashcard 64 (book 1)

IV. Test Booklet ---> test after every small Unit, test after every 4 Units (including Speaking)

Characters: Emma Castle 11, Connor Castle 9, Holly 11: Emma's friend, Gavin Bennet 12.

V. Notes:
Teaching Voc: active Voc + passive Voc
Speaking: pyramid discussion - individually, in pair, in group.
Writing: correction code Spelling, Grammar, something missing, Article.

Activities: 
Games and puzzles
Lists of words or expression
Comic strips with the captions missing.
Pictures from magazines.

Advice: 
Homework should be marked regularly
Ask Ss to complete SB
Smaller-scale project work
Words of pop songs
TV programme or films in English
Internet sites.

Advantage:
System for grammar - language zone--> easy --> basic
Voc: Active & Passive, learn from context.
Age: various, interesting topics,
Develop: 4 skills, even study skills for English: how to remember words, how to study speaking, writing...(level 2 up)
Pronunciation: Phonetic transcription.
Learn about culture, make comparison based on experience & perception: Over to you.
Methodological procedure, transcript of recording, cross-curricular worksheet, dyslexia.

Recommended dictionary: Oxford Picture Power Dictionary, Oxford Elementary Learner's Dictionary (monolingual dictionary).

Book 1
People, My hometown, Jobs, Time & Places, Pets, The family, Routines, Like & Dislikes.
Names & ages, nationality, addresses, time, date, birthday present, school, hobbies.

Book 2: At home, Food & Drinks, Indoor Activities, School Life, Outdoor Activities, Appearances, Holidays, Health.
There is, there are, Present simple, Past Simple, irregular verb, how many, how much (countable & uncountable noun)
Wordmap, use dictionary, remember new words.

Book 3: Sports, Transport, Directions, Family life, Places, Shopping, School trips, Special Days.
Present simple & Present continuous, Possessive Pronouns, will, comparative Adj, Superlative Adj, have to/ don't have to, Present continuous for future actions.
Revision, Reading, Listening, Homophones.  

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