Set Sail! 1. - Teacher's Book [antikvár]

IntroductionM DescriptionSet Sail! is a two-level course for teaching English at early primary levels. Young learners will be captivated by the adventures of Lulu, Larry and their pet chimp, Chuckles! Nanny Shine provides the magical element to fire young learners' Imagination.The Set Sail! course follows the principle that the learning experience in the classroom should parallel the natural acquisition of the mother tongue. Children pick up sounds, words and patterns in simple, yet realistic, everyddy conversations they have with their peer group in order to communicate their thoughts, feelings, desires, etc. In addition, by providing themes that are pertinent to children's lives, such as family, school, pets, playtime, etc, children are able to relate to the target language.Set Sail! 1, the first level of the course, comprises six themes of eight pages each. Each theme is divided Into five fifty-minute lessons. Nevertheless, this schedule cdn vary according to the needs of eoch group. The thematic approach covers all aspects of any given topic, therefore providing children with all the necessary means of oral communication for each individudl area of interest.Set Sail! 1 gradually introduces children to the English language through systematic practice of the patterns. The focus is on children's listening and spedking skills, but there are also a wide variety of pre-reading and pre-writing activities, which provide a starting point for the formal introduction of reading and writing in Set Sail! 2. It provides for the natural exposure of young learners to the target language, making use of their powers of fantasy and natural propensity to communicate and narrate their everyday experiences.M Components The Pupil's BookThe Pupil's Book contains six themes with interesting and captivating topics for young learners, reinforced by meaningful activities, which encourage children to think ond speak in English. Each page promotes active participation and interaction on the children's part as well as developing both receptive and productive skills.The Pupil's Book also includes:I.Now I Know!At the end of each theme there is a Now I Know! section. This Is a review section which fulfils the need for constant recycling so that new language can be committed to the children's long-term memory. This is not a formal test as such, but rather a means to consolidate the language taught at any given point.In this section, children are not expected to work on their own or within a given time limit. Guide them through each item, explaining all the time what they have to do, Always praise them and provide the correct answers, if necessary, without discouraging their efforts. At the end of the section, spend some time checking their answers and dward them d Now I Know! sticker for their efforts. The Now I Know! stickers are in the sticker section of the Pupil's Book. The emphasis here is on giving children a sense of achievement by praising what they do know rather than highlighting what they don't know! Do not forget that our primary goal is to develop children's interest in English.Each Now I Know! section comprises:Speaking: Parts A and B where children practise the patterns taught in the theme:Teacher Guided Listening: children follow Instructions given by the teacher;Picture Puzzles: children identify vocobulary items from the theme;Listening: children listen to a recorded dialogue in order to complete a task.II.StickersIn the Pupil's Book, there is the sticker section which provides stickers for both the Pupil's ond the Activity Book,In Lesson 1 of eoch theme, children are asked to use the stickers as part of a picture recognition task to promote pre-reading skills.In addition, there are six Now I Know! stickers for each respective section of the Pupil's Book, which will help the learners to achieve a sense of achievement and satisfdction.There are also vocabulary stickers for each theme which are used for the board games in the Activity Book.Finally, there are some reward stickers to be used throughout the course and whenever the tedcher feels that the children should be praised (which is all the time!).