Pilot Program World English 1, National Geographic for basic level
By Xiomara Pinto
Book for the pilot Shift: 15:50 Cycles: WE-A 11 Centro Cultural program : World and WE-A12 Peruano English 1, Second (Basic 1 and 2) Norteamericano Edition, National Geographic Impresion general The units are clearly organized . It has : del texto : An overview A unit opener Four lessons that develops grammar vocabulary pronunciation listening speaking and writing which are very well-related Finally includes a Section called VIDEO JOURNAL which is an authentic but carefully graded national Geographic clip, which helps consolidate the content of the unit (not only assessment but also really motivating task) Every three units SS will have the opportunity to work with TED TALKS activities that allow student to build upon prior instruction in the units to communicate about issues that affect their community or he world . They have a pre, while and post phase, where they get acuianted with ne vocabulary , brainstorming, putting in order events , summarizing the Tted talk with words from a box , comprehension questions and activities that promote debate or discussion Nivel del texto de It was properly designed and graded for beginning students acuerdo al de los (basic students) alumnos When reading the texts there is a section that says Word focus which is a box that provide definitions of additional vocabulary, useful collocations. Also it has a section Real Language information which draw’s students attention to frequently used phrases and how to use them In terms of speaking :Communication activities; they are presented in twice. First, in lesson B providing students with the chance to practice the grammar and vocabulary earlier presented in the unit, but in pair work or group or class work tasks. Later in lesson D after reading where they have problem solving tasks so they apply content to real world situations allowing some personalization as well For example completing a chart describing jobs Or the activity in which they have to choose in pairs what items from a list they should carry when traveling to a chosen destination; letting students paractice in pairs “we should and shouldn’t or I think we should or I don’t think we should (but also supproting ideas) because …So promotes discussion.
Also they have converstion models related to the topic
which they have to change later to personalized it with their own examples or experiences
In terms of writing this is at the end of the unit after the
reading section and itvhas sometimes some strategies that help students write better. Tres is also material for it in te teacher’s book photocopiable worksheets one per unit Recursos It comes with the workbook which is distributed in the same way adicionales as the student’s book It has extra communication activities , grammar activities and writing guided tasks, photocopiable worksheets Student’s CD Rom for extra practice Rendimientode los Ss have done a good job. They can be assessed at any time while alumnos working individually, in pairs or in groups with the tasks given in their books and workbooks or extra material. They are really fascinated by cultural content the book has , which really opens their mind to world issues , customs , traditions etc that were probably unknown or not well- known . Questions? It says I comes with online and ebook but we did not have access to them
