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Lets Go Series
Authors: G. Kocienda K. Frazier
R. Nakata B. Hoskins
Publisher: OXFORD
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Essential
Question
What reading program are you
using for your A1’s/A2’s?
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Background
World’s Largest children’s
English program
20 million copies sold
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OVERVIEW
• SEVEN LEVEL COURSE DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN LEARNING ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME
• EIGHT THEMATIC UNITS
• SYLLABUS FOR EACH LEVEL
• INTERACTIVE-- HEAVY TPR (TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE)
• EMPHASIZES COMMUNICATION WITHIN CAREFULLY CONTROLLED GRAMMATICAL SYLLABUS
• PRACTICAL LANGUAGE FOR NEWCOMERS
• EACH BOOK HAS 80 HOURS INSTRUCTION TIME
• CAN BE PULLOUT OR SMALL GROUP-20-30 MINUTES, LISTENING CENTERS
• CAN INTEGRATE YOUR CORE LESSON WITH THEME
• WEBSITE HAS SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS TO DOWNLOAD- WWW.OUP.COM
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ELL Program for…
• A1’S/A2’S
• New students/newcomers
• Not for every student or
teacher
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Components
• Teacher’s Book
• Tests and Quizzes Book
• Audio Cd
• Student Book
• Workbook
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Series Organization
• Eight Units
• Four lesson structures:
• Let’ Start
• Let’s Learn
• Let’s Learn More
• Let’s Build/Let’s Read
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Levels
• 7 Levels
*Let’s Begin
*Level 1 *Level 4
*Level 2 *Level 5
*Level 3 *Level 6
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Recommended Levels
• Book levels do
not equal
grade levels
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Placement
• Use Final Test
and administer
or judge level
• To best serve
students
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Factors to Consider
• Does the
student’s first
language use the
same Alphabet?
• Does the student
have prior literacy
skills (see report
card/interview
parent)?
• A1/A2--not one
size fits all
• Language
Acquisition needs
• Decoding Issues
• Reading to Learn
• Learning to Read
• Five areas of
reading
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Let’s Begin
• Initial entry-point
• Follows same unit structure as other levels
• Intended for students who have had no formal instruction in English
• Thematic topics and corresponding grammar patterns
• Introduction to basic classroom phrases, useful vocabulary and letters of the Alphabet and their sounds
• For true newcomer, little knowledge, not familiar with our Alphabet, numbers, basic vocabulary
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Level 1
• Also an entry-point
• For students who have some familiarity with the English Alphabet
• Focuses on the development of basic oral language through functional dialogues, question-and-answer patterns, and vocabulary work
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Level 2
• For students who may have completed Level 1
• Students familiar with the basic question-and-answer patterns, grammatical structures, and vocabulary
• Students begin to develop reading skills in Level 2 by focusing on sight words in simple sentences
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Level 3
• Focus on expanding the students’ ability to to use the grammar patterns introduced in Level 2
• Students are gradually required to read these structures and sight words in short reading passages
• Beginning reading--needs skills to begin
• At this level, icons change, songs are gone
• Some chanting for rhythm, pronunciation, intonation
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Level 4
• Expands on vocabulary and
grammar from the previous levels
and introduces new structures
• Longer reading passages that
incorporate familiar structures and
high-frequency sight words
• Need reading skills
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Level 5
• Continues to recycle language from previous levels
• Layout of book is different
• Introduces new structures
• Dialogues in script form instead of speech bubbles
• Passages are three or four paragraphs long
• Higher level grammar
• Segues into writing
• High beginner/low intermediate-critical thinking, decoding, reading, etc.
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Level 6
• Builds on previous levels
• Introduces new structures
• Passages are three to four paragraphs long
• Many opportunities for students to use their language skills to talk about themselves, feelings, opinions, writing, etc.
• Expanded dialogue and vocabulary
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Issues
• Consumable?
• Access?
• Accommodating all teachers?
• Sharing within grade levels?
• Discussion/questions
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Recommended
Reading
Struggling Reader’s Chart
Teacher Manuals for new series
Reading/Matrix/Addendum
Multicultural/ESOL Website
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Multicultural, ESOL
and Program
Services Department
Sayra V. Hughes
Executive Director
Vicky B. Saldala
ESOL Director
Celina Chavez
Educational Specialist
Leyda Sotolongo
Educational Specialists
754-321-2950