Introduction to the Course
Features
Developing your class You might find the following suggestions useful while developing the lesson in the classroom: • Rhyming words: Clap each time words rhyme and encourage students to do the same every time they hear them. • If your students are restless, make four groups and name each group with a similar word, for example, bat, rat, cat, hat. Make sure each group recognizes their name. Say each word slowly. When the group with that name listens to the word, they stand up. If they listen to the word again, they sit down. Say the words faster and faster each time. You can play this game for 3 minutes, more or less. It will help with discrimination of sounds. • Pronunciation and repeating activities: When students need to repeat a word or expression to practice how it is pronounced, have them say it in different voices, for example, whispering, or in a loud voice, “singing”, in a “tiger’s” voice, etcetera.
Time to Shine This activity will give students the opportunity to reflect upon the way they learn by contributing with extra information related to the theme of the unit. It is also important to mention that the knowledge is continually recycled, so as you start to advance, you will find activities that were developed previously. There are suggestions so students can transform these Time to Shine activities into significant experiences that will allow them to be more responsible for their learning process. Evaluation Tool At the end of each unit, there is an evaluation tool, which may help you to evaluate your students individually. This tool has been adapted to cover the achievements that your students should reach, so we hope this tool we designed makes evaluation a lot easier for you.
Be Curious
We know many of your students may have different cultural backgrounds so these tasks will allow them to share with their classmates a little bit of themselves. These activities will guide students to reflect upon the diversity of cultures and be aware of the differences between their contexts and the world.
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