Dickens Institute

TESOL II – Evening group

Maite Iglesias

Authors: Stella Maidment and Lorena Roberts

Publishers: OUP (Happy Series New Edition)

Copyright date: 2009

Level: Beginner

British English course

Target students 6-year-old children (or so) starting primary school

Little or no previous experience of English learning

A variety of resources… … for the learner:

Class Book

Activity Book with MultiROM Pack

Webpage

… for the teacher:

Teacher’s Book

Teacher’s Resource Pack

Class Audio CDs

DVD

iTools

Meet the characters

Class and Activity Books Organisation

Nine units: 1- “Welcome to Happy Street!” 2- “At school” 3- “At Happy House” 4- “At the shop” 5- “At the park” 6- “Greg’s flat” 7- “In the street” 8- “In the playground” 9- “At the sports centre” Nine lessons in total.

Class and Activity Books Organisation

(e.g. from Unit 5) The Class Book presents the target language.

Lesson 1 Context (song or chant) Presentation of key lexis

Lesson 2 Story Presentation of structure or function

Lesson 3 - language development Another song or chant Presentation of another lexical set

Lesson 4 - language oral practice Simple question and answer game with information gap

The Activity Book provides a wide variety of activities to practise the four language skills on the basis of the target language.

Lesson 5 - cross-curricular links Interdisciplinary approach to language learning

Opportunity to teach some important values of today’s society

English around the world

Toys from recycled material

Using money

Road safety

Homes through history

Looking at art

Estimating and measuring

Keeping healthy

The information presentation and processing in Class Book involves work on language skills.

The Activity Book presents the students with a task or project to do.

Class and Activity Books Organisation

Lesson 6 - reading into writing

A letter from Greg and a short reading comprehension activity (Class Book)

Controlled fill-in-the-gaps activity (Activity Book)

Rather free, personal writing task (Activity Book)

Class and Activity Books Organisation

Only in the Class Book… Lesson 7 - Colin in Computerland: real comic strip adventure stories

“The Ice Monster” in Units 2 to 5

“The Gold Robber” in Units 6 to 9

Lesson 8 - Sophie´s World: an opportunity to raise the students’ awareness about British culture by diving into the world of Sophie, her friends and family

“Hello”,

“At school”

“My favourite places in London”

“Mealtimes”

“Collections”

“The model village”

“My town”

“Brownies and Cubs”

“School sports day”

Class and Activity Books Organisation

Only in the Activity Book…

Lesson 9 – close-up

A short pronunciation rhyme

“Can you find my…?” for revision

Self-assessment picture quiz, “Quizzy’s Questions”

Class and Activity Books Organisation

Teacher’s Book Language summary

language the students are expected to produce other language that appears on each lesson teacher language the students are expected to recognise

Aims, materials and preparation for each lesson. Clear instructions for each activity of the Class and Activity

Books and suggests other activities. Tips for the teacher (including when and how to use L1) Photocopiable material. Resource bank of non book-based games and project-type

activities. organised according to the units and lessons and user-

friendly.

Teacher’s Resource Pack Two posters

Flashcards

Evaluation Booklet

Teacher’s Resource Book (photocopiable material)

Software resources MultiROM Pack

Songs

Games

Stories

Activities

Webpage Quizzy’s Games

Ziggy’s Activity Bank

Jack’s E-cards

Polly’s Calendars

http://elt.oup.com/student/happystreetnoflash/?cc=uy&selLanguage=en

Software resources

Class Audio CDs

DVD: clips showing children in real life British culture

http://elt.oup.com/catalogue/items/global/young_learners/happy_series_new_ediiton/happy_house_1/9780194003742?cc=uy&selLanguage=en&mode=hub

iTools – to be used with:

Interactive whiteboard

Computer and data projector

Laptop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOilrDuL514

Syllabus and Methodology SITUATIONAL SYLLABUS

It takes the real-life contexts of language uses as its basis

STORY-BASED METHODOLOGY

Main advantages:

Arouse interest

Increase motivation

Some other considerations Appropriate balance and integration of skills work Appropriate to cognitive and social development Learning styles

• Visual • Auditory • Kinesthetic

Multiple Intelligences • Visual • Linguistic • Bodily-kinesthetic • Musical • Intrapersonal

Thinking skills • Knowledge • Comprehension • Application