2. Who was the first publisher to
establish a children’s literature
department?
1919
160+ years
Rudyard Kipling,
Lewis Carrol,
H.G. Wells
Ian Fleming
British Prime
Minister
No.1
70+
Countries
3. Examiner
of 4 Exams
Author
of 4 books
Trained
10,000+
teachers in
10 countries
Helped
50,000+
students get
an o/s
Masters
Who’s this?
Making Things Better for You!
4. Making Things Better for You!
1. Cross-cultural
Introduction
2. Level 2 Demo
3. Level 4 Demo
4. Level 5 Demo
5. Next Stop
Introduction
5. Making Things Better for You!
Which country
would you
most like to
visit? Why?
Do you wanna learn about
present perfect or Egypt?
6. Making Things Better for You!
1. A grammatical error is
tolerated more than a
cultural one is.
2. Culture is transmitted
through language.
3. You can understand a
language without
understanding the culture.
4. Language fosters
intercultural understanding.
5. English is only spoken in the
United States of America.
Language and
culture go
hand in hand
A
A
D
A
D
7. Making Things Better for You!
A. Provide Output Opportunities
B. Review/Test
C. Activate Schema
D. Give Comprehensible Input
E. Give Lesson Aims
F. Give Feedback
G. Check Comprehension
H. Warm Up
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
8. Making Things Better for You!
Warm Up: Countries A-Z
Schema: Free Writing
Input: Reading
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Warm Up: Countries A-Z
Schema: Free Writing
Input: Reading
•Shared Reading
(Key Word Identification)
•Guided Reading
(Emotions)
•Language Development
(Guess the word)
Comprehension: Questions
Output:
Comparisons/Conversations
What does
Bahloo like
doing on
Wednesdays?
Does he like
playing the
guitar?
Does he like
drawing?
13. Making Things Better for You!
Warm Up: Pictionary
Schema: Video
Input: Reading
•Shared Reading
(Key Word Stop)
•Guided Reading
(Turn-taking)
•Language Development
(Grammar Games)
Comprehension: Questions
Output: Comparisons
14. Making Things Better for You!
Warm Up: Pictionary
Schema: Video
Input: Reading
•Shared Reading
(Key Word Stop)
•Guided Reading
(Turn-taking)
•Language Development
(Grammar Games)
Comprehension: Questions
Output:
Comparisons/Speeches
15. Making Things Better for You!
Warm Up: Pictionary
Schema: Video
Input: Reading
•Shared Reading
(Key Word Stop)
•Guided Reading
(Turn-taking)
•Language Development
(Grammar Games)
Comprehension: Questions
Output:
Comparisons/Speeches
16. Making Things Better for You!
Warm Up: Pictionary
Schema: Video
Input: Reading
•Shared Reading
(Key Word Stop)
•Guided Reading
(Turn-taking)
•Language Development
(Grammar Games)
Comprehension: Questions
Output: Comparisons
17. Making Things Better for You!
Warm Up: Tennis
Schema: Open Brainstorming
Input: Reading
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Warm Up: Tennis
Schema: Open
Brainstorming
Input: Reading
•Shared Reading
(Error Correction)
•Guided Reading
(Movement Stress)
Comprehension:
Questions
Output:
Comparisons/Writing
19. Making Things Better for You!
Warm Up: Tennis
Schema: Open
Brainstorming
Input: Reading
•Shared Reading
(Error Correction)
•Guided Reading
(Movement Stress)
Comprehension:
Questions
Output:
Comparisons/Writing
20. Making Things Better for You!
Warm Up: Tennis
Schema: Open
Brainstorming
Input: Reading
•Shared Reading
(Error Correction)
•Guided Reading
(Movement Stress)
Comprehension:
Questions
Output:
Comparisons/Writing
21. Making Things Better for You!
Viv Lambert Mary
Charrington
Amanda Cant
1. Degree in Linguistics from
Reading
2. Taught in South East Asia,
UK & Europe
3. Author of Next Stop, Twist
and Shout, Faces and others
1. Degree in English and
Language from Oxford
2. Taught in Japan and Spain
3. Author of Next Stop, Bingo
and Friends, Yo-yo ,
Peekaboo and others
1. Author of Next Stop, See
Saw and Yo-yo
2. 25 years of teaching and
writing experience
3. Focuses on a child’s
creativity and potential
23. Making Things Better for You!
Next Stop is a 6 level series
American
English
Primary
School Kids
Each level has 10 units
60+ hours of
Teaching
Last Stop
Review
Each Unit has 8 lessons
Optional Unit
Opener
One Poster
Stop and
Check Review
24. Making Things Better for You!
Travel to over
50 countries
around the
world
Learn language
and skills
needed to
communicate
with people
around the
world
Learn about
the culture of
many countries
around the
world
Become an
internationally
minded,
worldly child
25. Making Things Better for You!
For
Students
Student’s
Book
Student
CD
Workbook
For
Teachers
Teacher’s
Book
Teacher’s
Resource
KIT
Class CD
Posters
26. Making Things Better for You!
High Impact, National
Geographic – style
Photo
Levels 3 & 4 – Your Say
Levels 5 & 6 – Stop and Think
Full lesson plan in
Teacher’s Edition
Tips for teaching with
Posters, Photos,
Illustrations
27. Making Things Better for You!
6 vocabulary items in
lower levels and 8 in
higher ones
Creative
personalization
activities
Illustrative
presentations & drills
Activities that develop
thinking skills
28. Making Things Better for You!
Grammar in
context
Discovery
approach in higher
levels
Grammar practice
drills
Grammar boxes
Fun grammar
production
activities
29. Making Things Better for You!
Chants to aid memory
Complete phonics
practice – 40+
phonemes
Words illustrated
Fun practice which
develops thinking
skills
30. Making Things Better for You!
Illustrated,
numbered stories
Meaningful stories
which introduce
students to values
Values extended in
TE and WB
31. Making Things Better for You!
Samples provided
Comprehension of
sample writing
Writing style analysed
Language aspect
practiced
Process approach
to writing
Worksheets
provided
32. Making Things Better for You!
Recycling of
vocabulary and
grammar
English lyrics with
World Music in
American accent
Songs with actions
to increase the fun
33. Making Things Better for You!
Comprehensible
input
Check
comprehension
Personalised output
opportunities
Conversations –
Presentations -
Writing
34. Making Things Better for You!
Review of grammar
and vocabulary
Opportunities to
assess progress
36. Making Things Better for You!
Lesson Aims
Extra warmer and
wrap up activities
Student’s page
included
Activity and Lesson
Extenders
Workbook referencing
38. Making Things Better for You!
1. 6 level American English
course for primary school
aged kids
2. Thorough development of
language skills which are
easy to teach
3. Cross-curricular/cross
cultural approach to
teaching English in National
Geographic style to develop
internationally minded
children
4. Develops students with
strong values
5. A proven success in Asia and
around the world