Syllabus

English Adventure 1.
LONGMAN

Anne Worral and Elizabeth Kilbey

English Adventure 1.
Syllabus

HELLO!

Week

A
week /
2
lessons

Week

1
1

B
week /
3
lessons

1-2
1

Language items
Hello,

Greeting

Im (+name)

Introducing Yourself

Whats your name?

Asking someones name

Counting

Numbers 1-15
What colour is it?
3

Functions and topics

Colours

Who is it?
How old are you?
Im (+age)

Identifying a person
Talking about age

Vocabulary
Hello, Im

Songs, games and

activities
Throw the ball
Empty boxes
Number chant

Whats your name?

Numbers 1-15
Red, yellow, blue, green,
black, white, purple,
brown, pink, orange

Touch the colour

Calling out colours and
numbers- board game

What colour is my
(pencil)?

Asking about colours

Plural-s

Regular plural nouns

-s, -es

Word order: a red ruler

etc.

Adjectives of colours

What is it?

Identifying classroom
items
Asking about number

How many?
Days of the week
Today is

Extending vocabulary
for days of the week
Introducing yourself

My favourite is..;
My best friend is
Whats your favourite
colour/ day?

Asking for information

Whos your best friend?

Computer, pencil, pen,

ruler, book, bag

Whats missing

Days of the week;

favourite; best friend;
today; Happy Birthday;

Throw the ball;

Playing with picture
cards;
Watching the video;
Counting 1-10
Face and body colours

UNIT 1 TOYS

Week

A
week /
2
lessons

Week

B
week /
3
lessons

Language items
Its a (toy)

Functions and topics

Naming common toys.
Adjectives of size
Commands

Its big/small
5

6-7

Look at (the cowboy)

Vocabulary

Songs, games and

activities

Dinosaur, cowboy,
spaceman
Yes, No, Look! Help!
Toy(s)
Draw, big, small

Looking through
binoculars-vocabulary
game;
Touch the colour;
Guessing classroom
items;
Acting out the story

Doll, car, cowboy, teddy,

bear, dog, ball, big, my,
Point

What is it?- game

Singing the My toys
song
Picture card game
Feelie bag

Asking and answering

about size

Is it (big)?
It isnt big.
Draw a small dinosaur
3
Whats your favourite
(toy)?

My favourite toy is
6

Identifying common toys

Singing a song about
toys

Its a (ball),
Its (green)
My (toys)
Asking for information
Is it a ?
Is it (green)?
5

What is it?
Is it a?
Is it (big)?
It isnt
Is it (the dog)?
What is it?

4
8

Matching pictures to a
listening text
Describing toys, pictures
Links between letter and
their sounds p b
Matching pictures and
sentences to a listening
text

Big, small

Game: Im spy with my

little eye

Revision of toy
vocabulary

Drawing: toy puzzle

Guessing game: a Blind
folded child guessing
identity
Picture dictation in pairs

Asking questions
beginning Is it a
Describing
drawings

10

4
Whats your favourite
toy?
9

11

5
10

12-13

Wheres?
Here it is;
Is it (a car)? Yes/No
It isnt a
It isnt
What is it?
This is my favourite

Talking about toys

Listening and reading a
dialogue
Acting out the dialogue
Revision of toys
Writing
captions for pictures
Matching pictures to
speech bubbles
Carrying out the end of
unit evaluation

Extending vocabulary for Classroom display: This

toys
is my favourite toy. Its a

Well done; thing; bike;

computer game

Game: Whats behind my

back?
Memory game: Adding a
second sentence

UNIT 2 MONSTERS

Week

A
week /
2
lessons

Week

B
week /
3
lessons

Language items
Ive got ;
You havent got

11

14-15

How many ?
Plural s;

Songs, games and

activities

Functions and topics

Vocabulary

Revision of colours and

toys
Listening to a story and
reading
Asking about number
Regular plural nouns s,
-es;
Acting out the dialogue

Eyes, ears, teeth, mouth,

monster

Touch something
Team game: drawing
monsters
Acting out the dialogue

Ask and
Playing with picture
cards
Singing a song
Matching words to the
face
Explaining the
distinction between a
and an

Chin, scary, face, hair

Touch your...
Simon says..
Singing it Im a scary
monster song

Word order: big ear

How many (eyes)?

Im a scary monster,
12

16

Im a (monster);
Im
Ive got
Find the monster
13

17-18

7
Whats missing?
I havent got
14

19
7

15

20-21

Im a
(scary monster)
Ive got
My name is..
Ive got no(hairs/ears)
Ive got;
I havent got
Im

8
16

22

Counting the number of

objects in a picture
Listening to description
of pictures
Describing pictures
Links between letters and
their sounds [i:]
Drawing a picture to
illustrate descriptions
Comparing pictures to a
listening text
Possession: Ive got
checking statements to
reinforce concepts
Picture dictation
Checking statements
Role playing descriptions
Making masks for giving
descriptions beginning
Ive got
Talking about masks and
identifying
Matching pictures of
some mythical monsters
to a reading and listening
text
Writing description of a
dinosaur
Carrying out the end of
unit evaluation

Revision of colours

Simon says...
Guessing game
Drawing

Find the monster

Look at me;
Three green teeth
Right, wrong, whats
missing?

Playing: Whats missing?

Throw the ballpractising possession
Writing captures to
monster picture cards

Thats great mask

Role play
Making a mask
Watching the video: Face
and body

Head; Ive got no

Revision of parts of face

Drawing faces and

labelling
Describing their faces
Project: Legends of
famous monsters

Review Units 1 and 2

Week

A
week /
2
lessons

Week

17

B
week /
3
lessons

23

8
18

Language items

Functions and topics

Revision of Toys;
Colours;
Classroom objects;
Numbers 1-15

Revising and
consolidating language
from previous units

Revision of parts of the

face;
Toys

Revising and
consolidating language
from previous units

24-25

Vocabulary
Revising
Whats your name?
How old are you?
Whats your favourite
toy?
Ive got a/an
I haven got a/an

Songs, games and

activities
Board game
Feely bag
Watching the video and
completing the video
worksheet
Simon say
Board game
Playing Bingo game
Playing musical
flashcards
Singing the scary monster
song
Completing the video
worksheet 2.

UNIT 3. Everyone is different

Week

A
week /
2
lessons

Week

B
week /
3
lessons

Language items
Hes got;
Shes got

19

10

26-27
Keep moving everyone!

20

Functions and topics

Vocabulary

Revision of Ive got

Word order (big teeth)
Revision and
introduction of sizes
big/small, long/short
Introducing the story
theme: Beauty and the
Beast
Describing the Beast
Extending vocabulary for
body parts
Expressions in a song
Matching picture cards to
listening text

Revising parts of the

Body
Long, short, beast, boots,
very, oh, no!; your

10

Songs, games and

activities
Drawing pairs of objects
Writing a speech for the
beast

Finger, toe, foot

Singing Keep moving
Revision of parts of faces song
Keep moving everyone
Doing actions from the
song
Playing with picture
cards: spinner game
Mirror game in pairs

Right or wrong?
Hes got
21

28-29

11
He/she hasnt got
22

30-31
10-11
He/She has got;
He/She hasnt got

23

12

32-33

24

Everyones different!
Describing people

Revising questions
learned so far
Understanding the
expressions Hes/shes
Comparing pictures and
a listening text
Correcting descriptions
Phonics of [h]
Making true and false
sentences about pupils
beginning with Hes got/
He hasnt got etc.
Matching pictures to a
reading text
Gap-filling exercises
Acting out a dialogue
Describing drawings and
completing sentences
relating to the drawing
Writing sentences
describing the funny
reflection
Extending vocabulary for
describing people
Matching pictures to a
listening text
Describing their friend
Carrying the end of unit
evaluation

11

Hair, right, wrong

Simon says
Singing The scary
master song

Blond hair
Playing guessing game
Revision of sizes, colours called Guess Who?
and parts of the body

Revision of sizes and

body

Playing the mirror game

and a memory game
Drawing a distorting
picture

blond

Sing the Keep moving

song
Playing a guessing game
Watching the video: Face
and body

UNIT 4. Its magic

Week

A
week /
2
lessons

Week

25

13

B
week /
3
lessons

34-35

Language items

Numbers 16-20
How many?

12
Where the ?
There is/ there are
26

36

Songs, games and

activities

Functions and topics

Vocabulary

Introducing the story

theme: Aladdin
Extending numbers 1620
Matching words to
numerals
Introducing the topic
rooms and furniture
Revising numbers 16-20
Introducing vocabulary
relating to the song and
prepositions
Describing scenes
Matching reading
Sentences to pictures

Genie, lamp, box, magic;

I want; Dont stop! Oh
no! In; Well done!

Playing: Touch the colour

game
Playing a movement
game to practice numbers
Playing a guessing game
about numbers

Lamp, carpet, box,

cupboard, in, on, under,
table, chair, bath, bed,
computer

Playing with picture

cards: Wheres the
genie?
Singing The spider in
the box song
Playing: hiding game

12

Wheres the ?

27

Introducing rooms,
listening to descriptions
of the rooms, practising
prepositions
Links between letters and
their sounds /th/
Labelling pictures of
rooms
Listening and matching
Making decisions true or
false
Specifying location: in
Describing scenes

Living room; bedroom;

bathroom, kitchen;
Revising vocabulary
from previous lessons

Drawing game: drawing

a house and furniture
then describing

Revision of rooms,
colours, furniture and
prepositions

Im a magician
Is it ..?
Its magic

Reading a listening text

aloud
Describing and
identifying scenes
Further practice of
theres/ there are

Magician, magic, ring,

cup, table, Look! , hat,
one, two, three

What is it?
Wheres the ?
Theres a (rooms
furniture)

Demonstrating different
prepositions by toys and
classroon items
Talking about a photo
and listening
Further practice of
describing scenes
Carrying the end of unit
evaluation

Boat, room, big, small,

I live(on a boat)

Playing a simple drawing

game: Wheres the spider
Playing a movement
games: Hiding objects
In the classroom and
touching the correct
flashcards
Repeating the coloured
pencils activity
Making a magic trick
Playing Pelmanism with
picture cards,
Doing a four-part picture
dictation
Making a project: My
room and unusual houses
Watching the video:
Magic

37

14
Wheres the ?
28

13

29

38

39

15

30

14

40-41

13

Review UNITS 3 and 4

Week

A
week /
2
lessons

Week

B
week /
3
lessons

My room
Whats in the classroom
A plan of my bedroom

14
31

Language items

42-43

A picture of me
Who is it?

16
15
32

44

Songs, games and

activities

Functions and topics

Vocabulary

Revision and
consolidating language
from previous units
Extending vocabulary for
rooms
Talking about Harrys
room
Revision and
consolidating language
from previous units
Grammar revision
prepositions

House, flat, wall,

window, plan, classroom

Playing: Wheres the ring

Complete a crossword
Sing the Spiders in the
box song
Making a plan about their
room

Revision of parts of the

face, parts of the body

Singing songs;
Playing well-known
games:
- Whats in the box
- Head, Body, Legs, Feet
- Pictures games
- Odd Body
Watching the video:
House

14

33

Revision lesson

Revision and
consolidation from the
half course
Grammar and vocabulary
revision

Revision lesson

Revision of key language

through watching video,
playing games and
singing songs

45-46

17
16
34

47

15

E.g. selecting add words;

Organising words into
sets according to topic
etc.
Practising language
through games and
activities
Watching video and
completing tasks

UNIT 5 I CAN DO THAT

Week

A
week /
2
lessons

35

Week

16

B
week /
3
lessons

48

Can you (dance)?

I can
You can
I can (action verbs)

18
36

49- 50

17

19

Language items

37

Actions;
I can/ I cant
51

Songs, games and

activities

Functions and topics

Vocabulary

Talking about ability

Introducing the story
theme: Jungle book
Dictating sentences
Introduce action verbs
Extending vocabulary for
action verbs and miming
Practising of key
language trough the song
Acting out the song
Writing captions for
characters in magazines
Practising action verbs;
Matching pictures to a
listening text
Sequencing sentences
Phonics practice [dz]
Writing a description o
fan animal

Dance, jump, climb, run,

A monkey can dance
Monkey, bear,
Revision of Its a It
isnt a big, small
Walk, swim, hide, fly,
ride, sing too;
So can you
Revising action
Word from the previous
lesson

Simon says
Chinese whispers

Tiger, monkey, bear, fish,

elephant, bird, snake
Im
Tree, grass
Whats is it?
juggle

Simon says
Miming game: animals
Watching the video: Can
you dance?

16

Singing the I can song

Miming verbs
Playing with picture cards

38

18

39

I can/ I cant (Animals)

Reading descriptions
about animals and
sequencing
Talking about abilities of
animals

Revising colours,
animals

Playing a guessing game:

-by pretending to be an
animal
- and by reading a
description
- Gap-filling
- making a classroom
Display of the animal
pictures

Can you fly? (Actions)

Listening, reading and

acting out a dialogue
/Can you?/
Carrying out a survey of
what children can do
Asking for information
Extending vocabulary of
animals
Matching pictures to a
reading and listening text
Talking about animals
Writing about children's
ability
Carrying the end of unit
evaluation

Scooter, ride a horse,

walk on your hands,
climb a tree, be careful

Singing a song
Playing with picture
cards: Can you?
Making a display of I can

Revising actions,
Amazing, sticky, walls

Playing a guessing game

writing three
Can you questions on a
ship of paper
Video: Worksheet 3

52

53
18
It can/ cant
Its got
It hasnt got
Amazing animals

20
40

54-55
19

17

UNIT 6. I LIKE SPAGHETTI

Week

A
week /
2
lessons

Week

B
week /
3
lessons

Language items
Whats your favourite
food?
Do you like?
My favourite food is

41

19

56-57

21

42

20

58

I like
I dont like
What is it?
Do you like?

Functions and topics

Making statements about
individuals
Introducing the story
theme: The sword in the
stone
Introducing the topic:
food
Extending vocabulary for
food
Expressing a preference:
My favourite foods
Acting out the picture
story
Extending vocabulary for
food
Describing pictures of
foods
Talking about the song

18

Vocabulary
Bread, cheese, chicken,
fish
Come back!
Were hungry.
Revision of: table,
cupboard, colours and
prepositions

Songs, games and

activities
Drawing pictures of
pupils favourite food
Feely bag: fruit and
vegetable

Spaghetti, peas, salad, ice Singing the I like

cream, milk, bananas
spaghetti song
with
Playing with picture cards
Changing words in the
song

43

59

Names of food
I like
I dont like

22
Do you like?
44

60
Its my favourite food
Do you like ?

45

23

61

Healthy food

21
46

62-63

Expressing likes and

dislikes
Matching pictures to a
listening text
Phonics practice [ts]
Brainstorming food
vocabulary
Expressing likes and
dislikes
Listening, reading and
acting out a dialogue
about eating in a caf
Doing a survey of foods
class likes and doesnt
like
Doing a survey of
healthy food children
like and dont like
Talking about food
Sequencing healthy and
unhealthy foods
Carrying the end of unit
evaluation

19

Sandwich, pizza,
chocolate

Playing a guessing game:

miming eating one of the
foods
Playing food bingo

Revision of food
vocabulary

Playing a Memory game

Making picture cards of
food items

Milkshake please
I feel sick;
Lots of

Singing: I like spaghetti

Playing with picture card
in pairs
Designing a caf menu
Role-play in a caf

Excellent;
Eat more fruit salad;
Oh dear!
lunchbox

Drawing: Whats in your

lunchbox?

REVIEW UNITS 5. AND 6.

Week

A
week /
2
lessons

Week

47

24

B
week /
3
lessons
64-65

22
48

66

Language items
Extending and revising
vocabulary of action
verbs, animal names,
abilities, like, dont like
Extending and revising
vocabulary of action
verbs, animal names,
abilities, like, dont like

Functions and topics

Revision and
consolidating language
from previous units
Revision and
consolidating language
from previous units
Grammar revision

20

Vocabulary
Eat fire

Songs, games and

activities
Playing a board game
Simon says
Singing the I can walk
song
Singing: I like spaghetti
song
Playing with picture cards
learned in Units 1-6
Role play: two animals
meeting in the jungle
Guessing game-miming
an animal

UNIT 7 MY FAMILY

Week

A
week /
2
lessons

Week

B
week /
3
lessons

Language items
Have you got a brother/
sister?
I havent got a (brother)

49

25

67-68

23

50

My familys crazy

69

Functions and topics

Brainstorming animal
words
Introducing the theme
families
Listening to a picture
story from The Lion
King
Introducing the various
skills from the song
Extending vocabulary for
family members

21

Vocabulary

Songs, games and

activities

Mum, dad, brother,

sister, family, king,
princess
Revision of parts of the
body

Doing a picture dictation

describing
Parents or a complete
family

Granny, granddad, baby

brother
Wiggle her nose
Write with his toes, walk
on her hands,
Juggle with fish
Crazy, big band

Singing the Crazy

family song
Playing with picture cards
and flashcards

51

She is (my mum)

Shes got

Revision of family
members Phonics [I]
Matching pictures to a
listening text
Talking about a photo
your family
Dictating a description

Revision of family
members

Making a classroom
display drawing and
writing about a member
of the family
Playing a memory game:
My sisters got a doll and
a

Hes got (big, white

teeth)

Understanding the order

of adjectives
Listening and matching:
Describing an animal
Inventing an ending
Listening, reading and
acting out a dialogue of
family photos
Reading and watching
Writing about family
members
Reading and listening
about twins
Describing physical
appearance
Identify similarities and
differences
Mixing true and false
sentences
Carrying the end of unit
evaluation

Revision of feet, ears,

family members

Picture dictation of a
monster on the
blackboard
Playing Guess who?

Here you are

Playing with picture

cards
Happy families singing
a song

The same straight, curly,

Twins, twin
Sister, handprints,
footprints, fingerprints

Making Right or wrong

exercise about family
members
Watching a video:
Family Adjectives

70

26
24
52

71
Family photographs

53

72

Twins
27
54

25

73-74

22

UNIT 8 WHATS HE WEARING

Week

A
week /
2
lessons

Week

B
week /
3
lessons

Language items
Whats he wearing?

55

75-76

28
What are you wearing?
Im wearing

26
56

77

Songs, games and

activities

Functions and topics

Vocabulary

Reactivating vocabulary
from earlier units
Listening to a picture
story about toys and
introducing the theme:
clothes
Talking about what
children are wearing
Presentation of further
vocabulary by real object
(clothes)
Reinforcing vocabulary
through the song

Hat, boots, on TV, Let

me see, Be careful, Very
funny!
Revising: Toys
Hes a
He isnt a

Drawing a TV outline and

playing a vocabulary
game

Hat, T-shirt, sweater,

dress, scarf, jeans, shirt,
shorts, trainers, boots
Revising colours

Activities with picture

cards
Playing a game of guess
who
Writing what their partner
is wearing

23

Hes /Shes wearing

57

78

29
Whats he/she wearing?
Hes/ Shes wearing
58

79
27
What are you wearing?
Im wearing

59

80
Clothes in grannys time
and today

30
60

27

28

81-82

Matching pictures of the

double-page illustration
to the listening text and
correcting the text
Phonics[sh] sound
Describing magazine
photos
Listening and identifying
who is it?
Practicing the dialogue
Reading and identifying
Talking about magazine
pictures
Simple classroom roleplay about clothes
Reinforcing key
vocabulary by picture
cards
More extended reading
practice through clothes
in the past and today
Making a project about
children like wearing and
dislike
Carrying the end of unit
evaluation

24

Trousers, shoes, glasses,

short
Thats wrong

Guessing game with

magazines
Playing clothes bingo
Producing posters from
magazine pictures with a
written description

Revising clothes
Top end colours

Playing a mime game

Drawing a picture of a
boy or a girl and discuss:
whats he/she wearing?

My, your
Wheres
Its late
Quick!

Activities with picture

cards
Making a new dialogue
and role-play it

Grey, clothes, in granny

and granddads time,
today
Revising clothes and
colours
I like
I dont like
favourite

Watching a video:
clothes
weather
colours
Organising a fashion
show

REVIEW 7. AND 8

Week

A
week /
2
lessons
61

Week

28

B
week /
3
lessons
83-84

Language items
Revision and
consolidating language
from previous units
Whats Harry wearing?

31
62

29

85

Functions and topics

Describing peoples
appearance with has got
Matching pictures to
listening text
Listening and identifying
Describing a person in
the photo

25

Vocabulary

Songs, games and

activities

Revising clothes and

family members

Singing the song: My

familys crazy
Playing with picture cards

Carnival
Im/Hes/Shes wearing
Hes/ Shes got
Parts of the face colours

Making a display about

photos of children when
they were babies
Playing a guessing gameName the baby
competition

FESTIVALS
These lessons are designed to be taught at the appropriate points in the school year
Week

A
week /
2
lessons

Week

B
week /
3
lessons

Language items
Halloween

63

86
29

32

Christmas
64

87-88

Easter

30
33

65

89

Functions and topics

Vocabulary

Learning language
associated write
Halloween
Listening and matching
people to the descriptions
than reading
Learning language
associated with
Christmas
Talking about celebrating
Christmas
Saying the chant
Asking about number
Learning language
associated with Easter
Revising prepositions
Listening, reading and
saying the chant

Halloween
Wizard, ghost, apple,
witch, hat, mask, lantern
Ive got

26

Christmas, card, star,

reindeer, candle, tree,
Father Christmas,
present, Happy
Christmas
Has got a ?
Easter, chocolate egg,
wall, sweets, rabbit,
flower, Easter treats
How many ?
Whos got ?

Songs, games and

activities
Playing Bobbing for
apples
Drawing a Halloween
character and write a
caption
Play Halloween bingo
Saying the Christmas
chant
Making Christmas cards

Easter-egg hunting
Saying the Easter-chant
Doing a picture dictation
exercise

OUR WORLD
The lessons are intended to develop socio-cultural themes related to the units
Week

A
week /
2
lessons

Week

B
week /
3
lessons

30
33

66

90-92

31
67

Language items
Pets
Whats your favourite
pet?
Have you got a ?
Animal home
Letters

93-94

34
Food pyramid

32
68

95-96

Functions and topics

To ask and answer about
what pets people keep
To revise words for pets,
to look at the world from
a pets point of view
To write a letter about
oneself
Revision of parts of the
face
Hes/ Shes got
Ive got
Im wearing
I can
To raise awareness of the
importance of healthy
eating

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Vocabulary
Pet, bird, cat, dog, fish,
hamster, mouse, rabbit
Like (v.) parrot
Glasses, freckles, letter,
letters page, all day,
internet, fast
Are you like ?

Words for food and drink

Do you like ?
I like
I dont like
My favourite food is
Healthy

Songs, games and

activities
Doing a class survey
about their pets
Making a poster of
animals
Guessing game
Picture dictation
Making a display of
letters and photos

Singing: I like spaghetti

song
Drawing their perfect
lunch and talking about
Making a diagram

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To compare houses in
Brittan with houses in
the pupils own country

The Village

To talk about things one

can see in a village or
town
Collecting town
vocabulary and the
village
Describing the poster

97-99

35
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Houses

100-103

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Garden, flat, I live in a

flat/house
Where do you live?
Window, boxes, strange
Do you live in a house or
a flat?
Shops and building sin a
village
I can see house
Its got
It hasnt got

Simon says
Picture dictation
Drawing and labelling
their own house
Making a Wall-display
about houses
Drawing a town plan and
labelling

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Week

A
week /
2
lessons
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Week

35

36
72

36

B
week /
3
lessons

Language items

Functions and topics

Vocabulary

Songs, games and

activities

Containing:
104-106 Revision of key language through story reviews and role-plays
Revision of key language through songs and chants
Grammar revision (with the CD ROM*)
Handing out the course certificates
107-108
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*English Adventure 1 includes an optional CD-ROM, on which the language of the core teaching units is reinforced through interactive exercises. It
provides an opportunity for autonomous learning and revision of language from the course.

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Im particularly interested in second language learning

through reading and telling stories. Young learners acquire
language unconsciously. The activities we do in class should
help this kind of acquisition. Stories are the most valuable
resource we have. They offer pupils a world of supported
meaning that they can relate to writing and provide an ideal
introduction to the foreign language as they present language
in a familiar and memorable context. This course is for any
teacher who is or will be- teaching English to young
learners and is interested in using stories, games and songs
their core materials.
I hope you enjoy using English Adventure as much as I have
enjoyed teaching from this book.
I wish you and your learners well.

Mrta Nagyn Szllsi

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