welcome 3: teacher's book (pupil's book) elt

Introduction to the Teacher

DESCRIPTlQN - SYLLABUS

Welcome is a three-level course at primary level for children learning English for the first time. Its syllabus is based on graded structures and vocabulary. Welcome enables pupils to use English effectively and ensures that they have fun while learning. Welcome develops all four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) through a variety of communicative tasks and everyday dialogues. It recycles vocabulary and grammar regularly. Welcome 3 consists of six modules of three units each. Each unit contains material for two lessons of about 50 minutes each. Welcome 3 also includes eight Culture Clips which provide an insight into the culture and customs of the United Kingdom.

Welcome 3 and its components may be covered in a total of about 90 teaching hours.

The Pupil's Book presents new words, grammar structures and functions in a clear way. The language is presented in context through lively dialogues or enjoyable texts. A variety of functional exercises, songs and games helps pupils practise the new language in an enjoyable way. Dialogues, texts, songs and other listening activities are on the CD or cassette. The fact that it is modularised enables pupils to explore themes efficiently and thoroughly.

The Pupil's Book is accompanied by The Welcome Weekly booklet where the writing tasks are given in the form of articles for a magazine. The pupils can cut the individual articles out and hand them in for correction by the teacher. Alternatively, the teacher can take the booklet home every time helshe has to correct a writing task.

The Workbook consists of 6 modules of 3 units each. The first and the second unit of each module are two- page lessons, while the third unit is a four-page lesson. Each module provides material for further practice under the headings of Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading and Writing and Listening. The Workbook aims to consolidate the language points and grammar structures that appear in the Pupil's Book with various exekises. It can either be used in class or set for homework.

Eighteen progress tests, one per unit, are included at the end of the Workbook. They may be used to assess pupils' progress. Teachers are advised to cut the progress tests out of the pupils' workbooks at the beginning of the school year and store them in a file or a folder. You can hand them out any time you want to assess pupils' progress.

The Teacher's Book gives step-by-step lesson plans, the answers to the exercises for both the Pupil's Book and the Workbook, the answers to the Progress Tests, the answers to the tests from the Test Booklet and a marking scheme for each test. It also contains extra ideas on how to presentlpractise new words and grammar structures, as well as tapescripts of the listening activities.

The Test Booklet includes six photocopiable assessment tests in two versions.

The Picture Flashcards include all the pictures necessary to present and revise new vocabulary.

The Class CDs or Cassettes include all the recordings for the listening activities in the Pupil's Book and the Workbook.

The Pupil's CD or Cassette includes all vocabulary, dialogues, texts and language 'twisters', all of which are necessary for home study. Pupils have the chance to listen to these recordings as many times as they want to improve their pronunciation and intonation.

The Multimedia CD Rom includes exercises for pupils to reinforce their language skills.

The Video Cassette brings the characters to life and enables pupils to learn while having fun.

CHARACTERS

Welcome 3 finds Oscar in Edinburgh where he has moved with his family. There, he meets some new friends, Lia, Carmen and Kamal, and together they work as reporters for their school magazine, The Welcome Weekly. Pupils will also be entertained by the characters' friend, Professor McDuff, an eccentric professor whose inventions have hilarious results.