American Kernel Lessons: Intermediate - Teacher's Manual [antikvár]

To the Teacher This Teacher's Manual contains teaching ideas for American Kernel Lessons: Intermediate. The Manual is divided into twenty-five units—corresponding to unit divisions in the student textbook. Each of the twenty-five units gives a listing of the main teaching points (unit objectives), followed by a detailed lesson plan for each page of the textbook unit. It should be kept in mind, of course, that the teaching ideas given in these units are merely suggestions, not rigid procedures. Although some teachers may choose to follow the plans step by step, others may prefer to use them simply as a departure point for developing their own plans. American Kernel Lessons: Intermediate, as the title indicates, is intended for intermediate-level students. It can be used as a basic course in ongoing programs (following a beginning course), or as text material for various special programs (intensive refresher courses, self-study, etc.). The entire course includes the student textbook, accompanying recordings (cassettes), a complete set of tests and special lab drill materials. The recordings and the tests form an integral part of the basic course, and additional references will be made to them in the paragraphs that follow. The lab drills are available in a separate publication and are intended as supplementary materials. Students can work with the recorded drills individually either at home or in the language laboratory. If the recordings are not available, the teacher may use the drills for each unit as oral exercises during class hours. They may be used along with different sections of the unit or as a final checkup before students progress to the next unit in the book. Description of the Materials The student textbook is organized into twenty-five study units. There are six pages of material in each unit, and all of the units follow a regular format: a Presentation Pages (2 pages) b Formation and Manipulation (1 page) c Episode (1 page) d Further Practice (1 page) e/f Summary and Exercises for Homework (1 page) The arrangement of material in the units provides a balance between new lesson material (text) and follow-up activities (explanation, skill-building, exploitation, etc.). New material is presented in the situations, the episodes and the conversations. Each unit in the textbook contains one page of situations (Part a), one episode (Part c) and one conversation (Part d). Ideally, this material should be presented orally for intensive listening before students are asked to refer to the printed texts. For this reason, these sections have been recorded in a form suitable for classroom use. Recordings The recorded versions of the situations, conversations and episodes are given on three cassettes. The material is arranged unit by unit with pauses to permit starting and stopping between segments. Cassette format (numbering corresponds to unit numbers in the textbook) is the following: Set 1: Episodes (1 cassette) Side A Episodes 1 to 13 Side B Episodes 14 to 25 Set 2: Situations and Conversations (2 cassettes) Cassette 1 Side A Situations and Conversations 1 to 7 Side B Situations and Conversations 8 to 13 Cassette 2 Side A Situations and Conversations 14 to 19 Side B Situations and Conversations 20 to 25 These recordings are dramatized versions of the printed texts. The conversations and the episodes have been recorded with music and sound effects to increase student interest and enjoyment. The twenty-five episodes are serialized parts of The Man Who Escaped, a simple detective story that runs through the course. Since the episodes are recorded in vll