Going Places is a fun and stimulating six-level series for children learning English for the first time. Going Places takes students on a fascinating journey through familiar and new settings as they follow a group of characters on their adventures to the city, the sea, the rainforest, the African savannah, the North and South Poles, and the desert.
The characters Ben, Sam, Anna, Jess and their dog Binky grow up with the series.
When we meet them, they are six years old. When we leave them, they are twelve, on the verge of becoming teenagers.
Methodology
Through interaction in social contexts and by using universal settings and situations, Going Places provides the vocabulary, structures, and functional language needed to communicate effectively in English.
Going Places follows a well-structured grammar / functional syllabus and incorporates the following principles:
- Students are exposed to the language in a variety of contexts. They are encouraged to use the language before they analyze its grammatical content and structure. Going Places recreates the conditions in which children acquire their first language.
- Students have opportunities to rehearse real-life situations using natural language. The emphasis is on developing listening and speaking skills. Reading is developed in Reading Place and writing in the Workbook.
Components
- Student Book + Audio CD
- Workbook + Audio CD
- Teacher’s Guide
- Reading Place Anthology + Audio CD
- Tests (in Teacher’s Suite)
Reading Place Anthology
The Reading Place anthology is an integral part of the program.
The anthology is designed to help students:
- acquire reading skills they need to be successful readers
- use their background knowledge to understand reading texts
- develop reading skills within the integrated language context of listening and speaking, and writing
- develop reading skills within the integrated language context of listening and speaking, and writing
Each text focuses on a micro skill such as skimming, scanning, summarizing, or retelling. This sets children on the path to successful academic reading.
The texts cover fiction as well as
- non-fiction and include different genres
- original stories
- traditional tales
- articles
- biography, poems, and plays
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