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