Shine - Teacher's Book 2. [antikvár]

Introduction Who is Shine for? It's a three level course written for teeriagers starting from beginner or falsé beginner level in English. What are the components of Shine? Student's Book Activity Book Teacher's Book Two Cassettes Student's Book What's in the Student's Book? Welcome Unit Units 1-9. each with four lessons and a Review Story: Time Travel Pairwork Activities Projects Grammar Summary 1 Word List Irregular Verbs How is the Student's Book organised? The Welcome Unit provides an introduction to the course, and includes a review of somé Shine 1 language such as the present continuous, clothes, colours and countries. It alsó reintroduces the students to the concept of a vocabulary notebook. Units 1-9 are topic-based and follow the adventures of competitors at the Music Now Festival. Lessons 1-3 of each unit introduce, practise and personalise the new language. The language is introduced in a dialogue or text which is followed by a number of comprehension and practice activities. Students typically use the new language to talk about themselves and their world, and lessons usually end with a writing activity. All these lessons contain Grammar Files and Sound Files and many lessons have Look! boxes, Games and Fact Files. The lesson material can be exploited flexibly according to the size and kind of class you have. The Teacher's Book gives suggestions for warmers at the beginning of each lesson, optional activities throughout each lesson, and consolidation, extension, end-of-class activities and homework. Lesson 4 of each unit has five sections covering Reading. Listening, Speaking. Writing and Study Skills. The Study Skills section helps the students develop as independent learners, and highlights useful idiomatic language through real English. The Review revises the language of the unit and ends with a song. What about grammar? Lessons 1-3 in each unit focus on particular grammatical points. These are highlighted in the lesson heading, in Grammar Files which students complete, and in Look! boxes. There is a comprehensive Grammar Summary at the back of the book, organised by unit. which students and teachers can consult during lessons or for homework. The back of the book alsó contains a list of all the irregular verbs that appear in Shine 1 and 2. What about pronunciatlon? Sound Files in Lessons 1-3 of each unit give integrated practice in pronunciation, stress and intonation. These activities are recorded and provide models for repetition and discrimination. Phonemic symbols are given as support where relevant; these are intended for recognition only. The Word List includes phonemic transcriptions of all items. What about vocabulary? Vocabulary development is systematic and the Word List gives lesson-by-lesson coverage of all new words. Students are encouraged to develop their own vocabulary notebooks in the Study Skills sections. What about the story? The story, Time Travel, follows the grammatical syllabus of the book and is designed to be done on completion of each unit. What about pairwork? As with projects, the Pairwork Activities are a flexible resource which can be exploited during or at the end of a unit, with the whole or part of the class. What about projects? There are nine projects at the back of the Student s Book, one for each unit. Each project encourages the students to make a page for a Shine magaziné. At the end of the book students can display their magaziné in class. The projects are intended to be used flexibly. Somé teachers may wish to do a project with the whole class after completing a unit while others may wish to integrate the project as they progress through the unit. Other options include using the projects for homework. or with the more confident students in mixed ability classes. Projects provide a valuable resource for student creativity and self-expression.