A course that has been written by the author of the successful Open Doors series. In it he has combined the best in traditional and modern methodology to create a book which both teachers and students will find enjoyable and easy to use.
Motivating for young students Students will love the exciting adventure story at the beginning of each unit which provides a lively introduction to the new grammar and vocabulary. The course presents a wide variety of up-to-date topics that are of real interest to young students, such as sports, hobbies, animals, films, and computers.
The inspiration for this book came from numerous buildings, books and people. Two books that have remained with us since our student days — Rasmussen’s Experiencing Architecture and Heschong’s Thermal Delight in Architecture — conveyed to us a sense of enjoyment of architecture that went beyond the spatial and stylistic. This was reinforced by the Cambridge Masters course in Environmental Design in Architecture, which we both attended, founded and coordinated at that time by Nick Baker and Dean Hawkes.
Owen Bishop's First Course (2011) starts with the basics of electricity and component types, introducing students to practical work almost straight away. No prior knowledge of electronics is required.The approach is student-centred with self-test features to check understanding, including numerous activities suitable for practicals, homework and other assignments.
The book covers the essentials of classroom management, teaching vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, reading, writing and pronunciation. The book is ideal for people enrolling on, or following a CELTA course, a Trinity College London certificate in TESOL course or any other pre-service EFL course.
Happy Hearts is a three-level course for three to six year old children. The course develops the listening, speaking and pre-writing / pre-reading skills of young learners through art, music and movement. It provides a simple but steady development of new language through a carefully graded syllabus and features engaging characters including Billy, Molly and Kenny the cat, that will appeal to all children of pre-school age.
