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W E L C O M E

A B O A R D

AIM: TO INFINITY AND BEYOND ?!

Wings of Freedom • AIM: To assist the students in developing accuracy and fluency in English while they are encouraged to express their thoughts and Itopinions. is the teacher’s job to help them with the development of their thoughts

with the development of their thoughts and the formation of THEIR opinions.

Wings of Freedom is… • …the sixth book of the series • …to be covered in 40-45 hours • …intended for students who have finished Expanding Horizons • …for those who take the Placement Test and qualify for this level

Student’s Materials • 1 Student’s Book • 2 Student’s CDs • 1 CD-ROM

Student’s Book • • • • • •

Introductory lesson (Wings of Freedom) Freedom 12 Regular lessons 4 Quizzes 2 Review lessons Brush-up + Key Self-study + Key

Let´s take a closer look at these: • • • • •

Introductory lesson (Wings of Freedom) Freedom Brush-up + Key 4 Quizzes 2 Review lessons Self-study + Key

Introductory Lesson • Length: • Aims:

about 1 hour

– Review main grammar points covered in Expanding Horizons – Help you teachers locate your students’ weaknesses AND heal them

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Brush-up + Key • To be assigned as homework after the Introductory Lesson

• Aim: Review the main language points from Expanding Horizons

• Contents: Summary + written exercises + answer key.

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Quizzes • After lessons 2, 4, 8 and 10

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• 30 Multiple-choice tests • Aim: Allow students to check if they remember key points learned in previous books • Length: about 30 minutes

Review Lessons • After lessons 6 and 12 • Aim: Prepare students for the test

• Contents: Summary + written and listening exercises

• Length: about 1 hour

Ex er cis es

Su mm ar y

Self-study + Key • To be done and corrected at home

• Aim:

Extra practice for students who want or need reinforcement

• Format: Written exercises for each lesson

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Self-study + Key

Teacher’s Materials • • • •

Teacher’s Edition 4 Class CDs 1 DVD Optional Extra Activities *

* Available Only the Optional Extra Activities online are online !!!!

Teacher’s Edition • Teacher’s Notes – Procedures – Background Notes – Scripts

• Student’s Book – Answers – Instructions – New words highlighted in yellow

Class CDs • Recordings of Student’s CDs and Listening Comprehension Exercises • Class CD 4 includes the recordings for the Listening Tests

DVD • One activity per lesson • If a DVD player is not available, an alternative procedure is suggested in the Teacher’s Edition.

New Icons in the book They indicate how the activity can be carried out

Regular procedure using the DVD Alternative procedure using the audio recording Alternative procedure using pictures

Optional Extra Activities

• To be used when there is some spare time. • Available online.

Evaluation

s k r a • After Review 1 (L. 1-6) m l • After Review 2 (L. 7-12) a u 0 • Passing mark: 7.0* . d 5 i v w i • Evaluation mark: d o n l Written + iListening + Oral + Participation e o b 4 N *

Evaluation materials • • • • •

Teacher’s Copies Scripts Oral Presentation Suggestions Evaluation Report Self-Assessment Form

All available online

Lab Activities • Extra practice in: – Listening comprehension – Vocabulary – Structure – Pronunciation and fluency

• Materials: – Lab Activities Booklet – Cassette Tapes

BEFORE EXPLORING THE LESSONS…

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What are most students’ main goal when they take an English course? What do they say they want?

Students’ main goal

Communicate in English (Speak)

Students’ main goal Communicate in English (But speaking is just part of good communication: there are the 4 abilities and something else…) else

What makes a foreign person a good Portuguese speaker? Fluency ? Pronunciation ? Personality ? Practice ? Vocabulary ? …

What makes someone a good English speaker? Fluency ? Pronunciation ? The student’s personality ? Practice ? Vocabulary ? …

Are they wrong?

Can they be more natural?

• That’s a great mistake. That’s a huge mistake. • When I saw George Clooney in front of me, I almost fainted. When I saw George Clooney right in front of me, I almost passed out. • I need to eliminate all the unnecessary things in my room. I’ve got to get rid of the clutter in my room.

Speaking English naturally means using and using in an adequate way all of the following: Collocations Idioms Phrasal verbs

Collocations A collocation is a combination two or more words that often go together. miss the bus or lose the bus? ask a question or make a question?

Collocations administrative residential positive

leg neighborhood

comment

injured irrelevant

attitude duties

Collocations administrative duties residential

neighborhood

positive attitude injured leg irrelevant

comment

TAKE BREAK HAVE

A break A leg A headache A window A haircut An exam A seat A shower A bath

Idioms are phrases with a figurative meaning. Example: In the expression to kick the bucket, for example, a listener knowing only the meaning of kick and bucket would be unable to deduce the expression's actual meaning, which is... to die

EXPLORING THE LESSONS

THE LESSON • Length: About 3 hours • Sections: – Get set! – Get it right – Pick this up – Curiosity – Show what you know

Get Set! • Activities of perception • Introduces the theme of the lesson • Reviews language points presented previously It may seem paradoxical, contradictory or even ironic, but here it goes...

Get Set! • Activities of perception • Introduces the theme of the lesson • Reviews language points presented previously So, what was paradoxical, contradictory or even ironic, in your opinion?

Thomas and Lucy aren’t married yet. Thomas isn’t married to Lucy yet. Thomas and Lucy are going to get married. Thomas is going to get married to Lucy. Thomas is going to marry Lucy.

Get it Right • Presentation of new structures through context • Students are guided to find the rules and understand the usage

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Pick this up • Presentation of topic vocabulary through different scenes • Speaking and/or listening activities • Games

Follow-up activity

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Game Say the Right Word

wedding favors groomsmen

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Curiosity • 1 or 2 intriguing questions to arouse students’ curiosity • Research to be done outside of class Background Notes provided in the Teacher’s Edition.

Show what you know • Homework exercises

EXTRAS Throughout the book you will come across some extras, that is, things in a nondefined category or section, like: • Attention! – which is meant to draw attention to some common errors in English • Listening, Reading and Writing – meant to be dealt with in an unconspicuous way.

This is the end of the book presentation. The Pedagogical Department wishes you great success with this last book in the New Series.

In case you have any questions, problems, traumas, anguishes, resentments or anxiety attacks , please fall back on your coordinator,

Until we meet again, I bid you peace. Bye bye.

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