Open Doors 1 can be used with beginners, or with students who have done some English at primary school. Each level of the course provides enough material for approximately 96 hours' teaching.
Components of the course
The Student's Book contains:
• contents pages
• 12 units, each divided into four parts
• 6 optional projects
• 2 optional stories
• grammar summary
The twelve units contain the core material of the course. The six projects are optional, and are designed to follow every two units, so that Project 1 can be used after Unit 2, Project 2 after Unit 4, and so on. The two stories are also optional; in Book 1, The Mystery of the Castle Diamonds can be used any time after Unit 5, and Sheila and the Toy Thieves any time after Unit 10. The Grammar summary draws together all the main grammar points introduced in the book.
The Cassettes contain:
• presentation stories
• communication exercises
• pronunciation exercises
• listening activities
• songs and chants
• listening activities for the optional part of the
tests
The Workbook contains:
• extra practice material
• word list
The Workbook exercises can be done either in class or at home. They provide further practice of the language points introduced in the Student's Book, following the four-part structure of each unit.
There is also a list of the active vocabulary introduced in each unit of the Student's Book.
The Teacher's Book contains:
• contents of the Student's Book
• introduction
• teaching notes for the twelve units, including optional extra activities
• 12 photocopiable pairwork activities
• teaching notes for the optional projects and stories
• 6 photocopiable tests
• word list
The Introduction gives a description of the aims and structure of the course, together with a Classroom Management section which gives advice on areas such as project work, vocabulary teaching and lesson planning.
The teaching notes provide detailed guidance on how to present the material in the Student7s Book, together with background cultural information.
They also include a list of all the new vocabulary introduced in each unit part (divided into active and passive), transcripts of the recorded material and answers to all the exercises (including the
Workbook exercises)..
Throughout the teaching notes there are ideas for optional extra activities, including games and competitions which can be played with the whole class at the end of a lesson. There is also an optional dictation in every unit.
The photocopiable pairwork activities provide extra speaking practice, and can be used either with the whole class, or with students who finish their work before the rest of the class. There is one activity for each unit of the Student's Book.
The six photocopiable tests can be used after every two units of the Student7s Book, and each one is designed to take one 50-minute lesson. Each test also has an optional supplement which tests students' speaking and listening skills.The word list gives all the new vocabulary that is introduced in the book, and is arranged in alphabetical order, with cross-references to the unit where each word first appears.
