Core Elements in  Language Learning Core communication skills Core language Core learning skills
Listening 45% Speaking   30% Reading   16% Writing   9%
Core communication skills Listening
1. Do you eat out a lot? 2. I'll call her when I get home. 3. What have you been doing today? 4. Having a good time? 5. I kind of stay at home most evenings except  like on Saturdays.
What makes listening difficult?
1. Sentence stress, rhythm and speed 2. Weak forms and contractions 3. Catenation  4.  Discriminating between similar forms  5.  Ellipsis  Recognising and interpreting  intonation  7.  Recognising redundancy
snotinuff In other words…
 
 
Core communication skills Speaking
The Five Principles 1. Little and often 2. Reminiscence effect 3. Personalisation 4. Accuracy and fluency 5. Contiguity of error and correction
 
Reading Elementary Level Reading - text types addresses restaurant ads emails letters from friends accommodation adverts simple formal letters newspaper articles tourist brochures entertainment adverts  airport signs job adverts  postcards
Writing – task types hotel registration forms a website profile emails text messages stories letters to friends descriptions of places  simple formal letters postcards   Writing  Elementary Level
 
Core Elements in  Language Learning Core communication skills Core language Core learning skills
Core Language Vocabulary
person complain     modern expensive   drink  ear cost   relax   just bathroom   quietly became business   alone   impressed Neither Top 2000 words Top 1000 words
Figures from the Cambridge International Corpus quietly (3157) relax (3674) ear (3845) bathroom (4522) impressed (6266) drink (1472) complain (1544) business (1562) expensive (1570) alone (1720) person (60) just (66) became (134) cost (727) modern (973) Neither Top 2000 words Top 1000 words
84.3 82.3 75.6 73.5 % of conversation % words in fiction % words in newspapers % words in academic texts Top 1000 words account for: Learning Vocabulary in Another Language – I.S.P Nation (2001)
Vocabulary Lexical input in every lesson : Lexical fields (bus, car, train, etc.) Collocations (go swimming, play tennis,etc.) Sentence stems ( Would you like  …?etc.) Fixed and semi-fixed phrases ( See you soon, etc. ) Consolidation through interactive language summaries Vocabulary Plus worksheets - extra vocabulary
 
 
Core Language Grammar
 
Core Language Real World
 
 
Core Language Pronunciation
Pronunciation Integrated for all new grammar, all Real World language Sentence stress, weak forms, intonation, linking, etc.
 
Core Elements in  Language Learning Core communication skills Core language Core learning skills
Reviewing Review sections at the beginning of every lesson and at the end of each unit Photocopiable Progress Tests for each unit
Core Learning Skills Reviewing 1
 
Core Learning Skills Reviewing 2
 
Core Learning Skills Reflection
Reflection Based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, the Progress Portfolios allow students to monitor their own language development
 
Structure 12 Units (4 lessons each) A – B – C  - D  Course Review pg 101 Songs  pg 102 Pair and Group Work pg104 Language Summary pg 122 Recording Scripts pg 148 CD ROM
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    Core Elements in Language Learning Core communication skills Core language Core learning skills
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    Listening 45% Speaking 30% Reading 16% Writing 9%
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    1. Do youeat out a lot? 2. I'll call her when I get home. 3. What have you been doing today? 4. Having a good time? 5. I kind of stay at home most evenings except like on Saturdays.
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    1. Sentence stress,rhythm and speed 2. Weak forms and contractions 3. Catenation 4. Discriminating between similar forms 5. Ellipsis Recognising and interpreting intonation 7. Recognising redundancy
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    The Five Principles1. Little and often 2. Reminiscence effect 3. Personalisation 4. Accuracy and fluency 5. Contiguity of error and correction
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    Reading Elementary LevelReading - text types addresses restaurant ads emails letters from friends accommodation adverts simple formal letters newspaper articles tourist brochures entertainment adverts airport signs job adverts postcards
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    Writing – tasktypes hotel registration forms a website profile emails text messages stories letters to friends descriptions of places simple formal letters postcards Writing Elementary Level
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    Core Elements in Language Learning Core communication skills Core language Core learning skills
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    person complain modern expensive drink ear cost relax just bathroom quietly became business alone impressed Neither Top 2000 words Top 1000 words
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    Figures from theCambridge International Corpus quietly (3157) relax (3674) ear (3845) bathroom (4522) impressed (6266) drink (1472) complain (1544) business (1562) expensive (1570) alone (1720) person (60) just (66) became (134) cost (727) modern (973) Neither Top 2000 words Top 1000 words
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    84.3 82.3 75.673.5 % of conversation % words in fiction % words in newspapers % words in academic texts Top 1000 words account for: Learning Vocabulary in Another Language – I.S.P Nation (2001)
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    Vocabulary Lexical inputin every lesson : Lexical fields (bus, car, train, etc.) Collocations (go swimming, play tennis,etc.) Sentence stems ( Would you like …?etc.) Fixed and semi-fixed phrases ( See you soon, etc. ) Consolidation through interactive language summaries Vocabulary Plus worksheets - extra vocabulary
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    Pronunciation Integrated forall new grammar, all Real World language Sentence stress, weak forms, intonation, linking, etc.
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    Core Elements in Language Learning Core communication skills Core language Core learning skills
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    Reviewing Review sectionsat the beginning of every lesson and at the end of each unit Photocopiable Progress Tests for each unit
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    Reflection Based onthe Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, the Progress Portfolios allow students to monitor their own language development
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    Structure 12 Units(4 lessons each) A – B – C - D Course Review pg 101 Songs pg 102 Pair and Group Work pg104 Language Summary pg 122 Recording Scripts pg 148 CD ROM
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