Sparks

Susan House and Katherine Scott

Sparks is a six-level course for primary school students. This series offers an innovative two-pronged learning approach, working with both language and content-learning objectives. The main focus of Sparks' lessons is communicative. This allows for the enrichment of the class through numerous communicative activities and the use of recently-acquaired vocabulary.

• Levels: 6 levels (Beginner to Elementary)
• Ages: 6 to 11
• Components:
  • Student's book + Student's Multi-ROM
  • Activity Book
  • Pop-outs (Sparks 1 & 2)
  • Cut-outs (Sparks 3, 4, 5 & 6)
  • Project Booklet (Sparks 3 & 4)
  • Grammar and Writing Booklet (Sparks 5 & 6)
  • Teacher's Book + Stick Puppets (Sparks 1 & 2) + Class CDs
  • DVD
  • E-Solutions Pack

Key features:

• Sparks provides a content and language-related learning programme for the full six years of primary education.
• Each lesson includes a CLIL Objective with an explanation of the CLIL topic being developed.
• The main focus of all lessons is oral communication.
• The Literacy Programme is developed using stories, and has two basic elements: Literacy development and Phonics.
• Basic Competences are clearly laid out in the Teacher's Book.
• The E-Solutions Pack includes:
  • Student's Multi-ROM
  • Teacher's Intereactive Resources: e-flashcards, e-storycards and e-posters.
  • Cambridge Young Learners Exams CD-ROM: to be used in the language laboratory or on an interactive whiteboard.