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Teaching Techniques
T eaching T echniques

If a song has multiple parts, divide the class into groups Activity B
and assign the parts. More advanced classes might even The Review lesson plans specify the language patterns
want to try writing new lyrics. that students should be able to identify in Activity B.
Review the language patterns before beginning Activity
Teaching Stories B. Have students look back through their Student Books.
Write the patterns on the board and have the class
Pre-teaching stories using the illustrations is a fun and practice them in groups or pairs. After reviewing the
helpful way to get students ready to read and understand conversations, have students do the listening activity.
the story.
Activity C
Step 1 has students look at each frame and name the
people or objects they see. Review the conversations and vocabulary before
beginning Activity C. Have students look back through
Step 2 has students say what they think might be their Student Books. Write the conversations on
happening in each frame. the board. Practice the conversations with the class
Next, students listen to the audio recording of the story. divided into groups, or bring pairs forward to model
Then read the words aloud with the students. Each story the conversations. Review the vocabulary words in the
ends with a value. Direct students’ attention to it and game. Teach students how to play the game, then divide
play the track again. If desired, discuss the value with them into pairs.
the class.
In Starter Level, students can watch the video of the Teaching Phonics
story in place of the audio recording.
Teaching phonics gives students a strong foundation in
reading and pronouncing words in English. Everybody
Teaching Conversations Up Starter teaches the 26 letters of the English alphabet,
including their names, the sounds that they make, their
The conversations offer a chance for extra practice of capital and lower case forms, and basic words using
the functional language featured in the Lesson 3 stories. those letters.
The pictures that accompany this activity show students
how the functional language can work in a range of real- Review letters of the alphabet learned in previous lessons
life situations. with the Picture Cards. Encourage students to say the
name of the letter, the sound that the letter makes, and
The conversations will provide you with useful language the word that uses the letter. Sing The Alphabet (Class
that can be used frequently throughout the course. Use it CD1 Track 17) to help students remember the order of
often, and encourage students to do so as well. the letters in the alphabet.

Teaching Check Ups Activity A
When introducing new letters, first show each Picture
Before beginning each activity, review the relevant units’ Card and say the name of the letters. Then show the
material as suggested below. cards and have the class repeat after you. Then show
the cards and elicit the letter names without saying
Activity A them yourself. Repeat several times. Correct students’
Review the vocabulary before beginning Activity A. pronunciation as needed. Once the class is saying the
Have students look back through their Student Books. letter names confidently, begin to elicit the names from
Drill vocabulary using Picture Cards or realia. Activity A individual students. Sing the alphabet song again to
is done as a class. First, point to each picture (or say the reinforce what has just been taught.
number) and elicit the words from the class. Next, elicit
the words from individual students. Make sure that each Activity B
student has a chance to say several words. Pre-teaching Once students are confident saying the names of the
is followed by audio and classroom activities. letters, pre-teach the sound the letter makes, and a

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