Star Players
Robin Newton, Nicole Taylor
Star Players is an engaging six-level series for children learning English in primary school. It exposes students to natural language, providing learners with varied and exciting opportunities to a develop fluency and accuracy while fostering creativivty. Star Players is based on the latest research on how children learn languages: Topic and Content-Based approaches, Task-Based Learning, Story-Based Approach, Communicative Approach, Multiple Intelligences Theory and Zone of Proximal Development.
- Levels: 6 levels
- Ages: 6 to 11
- Components:
- Studen's Book + Audio CD + Cut-outs & Holidays
- Practice Book
- Teacher's Book + Class CDs
- Posters & Cut-outs
Key features:
- There is a well-structured grammar syllabus with continous recycling, language boxes that highlight new grammar points, process writing pages that build student's writing skills and self-assessment activities that develop awareness of their own learning process.
- The work on social intrapersonal and interpersonal abilities on values throughout the course will ensure the development of the child as a whole.
- The topic-based approach contextualizes language in a meaningful way and helps students develop all four skills in a relevant context. It includes engaging projects, games and hands on tasks that build teamwork and provide students with a genuine sense of achivement and student´s Cut-outs that promote dynamic exchanges.
- The authentic stories expose students to natural language and fun songs and chants expose them to rhythm.
- A great variety of games, activities on Values and Multiple Intelligences provide an invaluable resource for teachers who need to cater for different learning styles and want to develop positive attitudes in students.
- The Teacher's Book contains a photocopiable Diagnostic Test and Assessment pages for each unit with listening activities, photocopiable Worksheets, Grammar Teaching Tips and modules for each unit to reinforce the grammar, and a Tips and Tricks section with hints on how to use all the components.
