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This book cannot be re-exported from the country to which it is sold by McGraw-Hill Education. This Regional Edition is not available outside Europe, the Middle East and Africa.com Contents Introduction iv About the Teacher’s Guide x Student Book xiii Unit 1 My Friends 2 Unit 2 My Body 12 Unit 3 My Family 22 Unit 4 How Old Are You? 32 What’s this? Unit 5 42 What’s that? Class CD Audio Script 52 Workbook Audio Script 59 Phonics Practice Audio Script 65 Phonics Practice 66 Teaching Tips 68 Picture Dictionary 70 Word List 74 Flashcard and Poster List 75 Audio Track List 76 Grade 4 Objectives 78 Introduction To succeed in English in an EFL environment, there are three indispensable elements: a good curriculum, a good teacher, and good teaching material. A good curriculum takes in the overall structure of the course including goals, pedagogy, methodology, assessment, the syllabus, and day-to-day lesson plans. To make progress, it is vital to move forward systematically, continuously, and spirally, all the time respecting the development of the child.
Good teachers can be teachers in English-language schools, private schools, public schools, or at home. Being a good teacher has nothing to do with age or nationality. We believe that if you can speak English and teach and guide children, you can be a good teacher. This course has been designed not only with intermediate and experienced teachers in mind, but also takes into account the needs of first-time teachers.
We Can! is as teacher-friendly as we could make it, as our wish is that teachers grow alongside their students as they work through the series. Lastly, what makes good material greatly depends on what the goal or philosophy is. This course is based on the belief that good material for children is child-centered. Children have a totally different energy from that of adults and when children’s imagination is captured, they can use this energy to enjoy and learn, unconstrained by limits.
We Can! presents material systematically, continuously, and spirally, with each part able to stand on its own, but also integrating seamlessly into the whole; and the series development closely matches the development of the child. Of course, these elements are fluid and are influenced by many factors, such as the environment, the dynamics in a group, and the ability of the children. But we hope that children and teachers using this course will gain a lot in fun, enjoyment, and education, and will blossom and grow together. Yoko Matsuka Glenn McDougall iv Six Unique Features of Feature 1.
Easy to Evaluate learned language often in order for it to become part of their long-term memory. Students also need to learn Problem: Parents and even students themselves tend the skills necessary for producing meaningful written to wonder if they are making any progress in learning and spoken language. Furthermore, it is useless for English. students to learn large amounts of vocabulary if they Solution: Two goals per lesson make progress easy to can’t use it to communicate ideas.
see! Many courses teach vocabulary in separate “bubbles”. It is difficult for EFL students and their parents, living in Students quickly forget the language they have learned a non-English speaking country, to see their progress. when they move to the next topic or unit. They also EFL teachers are often asked by parents (who never learn how to combine what they have learned in sometimes cannot speak English themselves or have order to communicate.
very limited knowledge of EFL), “How much has my child learned this year?” If students and parents don’t How vocabulary is usually taught. feel as if they are making progress, it is easy to lose motivation to study English. Topic Topic Topic Topic 1 2 3 4 We Can! has solved this problem with achievable and easy-to-understand goals. Each lesson has two goals: We Can! has a spiral curriculum, so past language is the odd numbered goals are based on what was constantly reviewed and previously learned language learned in the book and the even numbered goals are is put together in a meaningful context.
Class lessons a real-world expansion of the odd numbered goals. and suggestions for the use of posters, flashcards, They provide students with the excitement of using and Extension Activities in the Teacher’s Guide give “real-world” English. The goals can also be found in the teachers and students the support they need in order Workbook. to clearly express themselves in English.
Students try their best to achieve these goals by completing clearly defined tasks. Then the goal box How language is checked in the Student Book once the goal has is taught in been accomplished. Teachers can easily explain to We Can! parents what the students can do by showing them the accomplished goals. Students can feel satisfied that Feature 3.
Use English for Real they are making progress with their English in every Communication single class. Problem: Students don’t use English in their As the title suggests, We Can! has a classroom and real- daily lives. world goal for each lesson. When it comes to making Solution: Creating situations in the classroom where progress with English, teachers, students, and their students can use English for real purposes.
parents can confidently say, “We Can!” A big obstacle for EFL students is that they don’t have situations in their daily lives where they need to Feature 2. A Spiral Curriculum use English. Therefore, it is very important to create Problem: Students forget what they have learned or situations in the classroom where students can’t use learned language to communicate. can use English in a practical way.
In most lessons in Solution: A spiral curriculum that constantly reviews Student Books 1 to 6, there is a section for students learned language. to have fun, complete challenging tasks, or exchange thoughts with their classmates in English. What is a spiral curriculum? A spiral curriculum is one that is constantly reviewing and bringing in previously learned vocabulary. Students must reuse and review v These sections in the Student Book are as follows: foundation for all of the skills in English.
Student Books 1 & 2 – Fun Time! Learning phonics also helps promote good Student Books 3 & 4 – Fun Time! pronunciation in EFL. Students can see how to correctly Student Books 5 & 6 – Challenge Time pronounce the sounds of English and actively learn how those sounds are put together to spell English Only through using English can the student’s level words. Good pronunciation is necessary when you progress. When students have the opportunity to are trying to make yourself understood in a foreign practice using English for a real purpose in the safe language.
environment of the classroom, they will be more willing and able to use it in the real world! Feature 6. Expansion of Discourse Problem: Students can’t express themselves beyond Feature 4. Rhythm and the sentence level. Pronunciation Solution: We Can! provides training for students to Problem: Students from different backgrounds have express themselves with, and understand, longer a difficult time understanding each other because of material structured with a beginning, body, and ending.
rhythm, pronunciation, and intonation differences. Solution: Students can master rhythm and It is frustrating for teachers, parents, and the students pronunciation skills through the use of chants, themselves to find out that the children cannot express movement, drama performance, and role-plays. themselves beyond the sentence level, after several years of studying English. Students have studied basic To be a successful communicator, it is not enough to grammar rules.
They have learned enough vocabulary. know vocabulary words or grammar rules. Rhythm is What is missing? also an important aspect and one that children enjoy learning and quickly master. (Rhythm goes hand- The answer is training in the development of discourse.
in-hand with intonation, stress, clarity of speech, By discourse, we mean the organization of language volume, and tempo. All are important to make above and beyond the level of the sentence. When the yourself understood in a foreign language.) Rhythm is children listen to or read chants, dialogs, cartoons, and emphasized throughout this course, taking advantage stories, they need to be helped to realize that there is of the facts that children have an excellent ear for new a flow of thought that they need to follow. When they words, don’t mind repetition, and learn well through give a short talk, interview people, write a short e-mail, movement.
The English in this course is set at a natural essays, or journals, or give presentations, they should speed. know how to structure them using a beginning, body, and ending. The Balanced Use We Can! achieves this discourse training by means of Phonics of many carefully designed, fun, experience-based activities, and interaction among students and Problem: Students have a hard time with reading and teachers, because that is the only way the children can writing. They have difficulty learning sounds and using really learn.
Solution: Students use phonics to unite sounds with letters. Phonics is an ideal way for EFL students to learn the sounds of the English language, as many of the common sounds do not exist in the student’s mother tongue. In We Can!, phonics is introduced gradually and moves towards the goal of getting students to read and write on their own. Students who can do this are independent learners and do not need to repeat constantly after the teacher.