Academy Stars Second Edition brochure

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ASPIRE TO EXCELLENCE WITH…

More Grammar

The much loved Graphic Grammar animations with new Grammar Booster and new Extra Stars communicative activities all give pupils many more opportunities to put language into practice.

More Skills Work

New Reading texts in the Pupil’s Book, new Listenings in every unit of the Workbook and Be a Star! consolidation activities all help pupils develop skills, critical thinking and learner autonomy.

More Exam Practice

More Cambridge Young Learners exams activities prepare pupils for success in external exams. The Teacher’s Assessment Pack provides ready-to-use materials, now including new Listening and Speaking sections in tests, which makes evaluation easy.

Enhanced Digital Experience

The Navio App with interactive activities makes learning more engaging and the Digital Pupil’s Books and Workbooks with self-marking activities give total flexibility for effective teaching in any scenario

Focus on Education for Sustainable Development and Citizenship

Unit Walkthrough Pupil’s Book 3, Unit 8

Visually attractive and engaging unit opener introducing the characters and the topic.

Question to engage interest.

Presentation of first vocabulary set.

Clear learning outcomes.

A range of engaging fiction and nonfiction texts develop reading skills and enjoyment of reading.

The song provides a memorable context for the new vocabulary.

Presentation of second vocabulary set.

A pre-reading task develops prediction skills to help understanding.

Activity linking the learning.

Study tip.

The picture also provides the context for the communicative observation activity.

The interactive and productive ‘Be a star’ activities promote a strong sense of progression and personal achievement.

Contextualisation of the new vocabulary in the reading text.

Real-world reading text.

The ‘Learning to learn’ boxes promote learner autonomy through practical study tips.

Unit Walkthrough

ESDC (Education for Sustainable Development and Citizenship) question drawing on learners’ own experiences.

Colour-coded ‘Graphic Grammar’ tables help learners decode and remember complex grammar.

The integrated phonics syllabus helps learners reinforce pronunciation, spelling and reading skills.

The ‘Language in use’ section and communication video help students learn how to use vocabulary and grammar effectively.

Extra grammar practice in the ‘Grammar booster’ section.

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Presentation of third vocabulary set.

Controlled practice of the grammar point.

The ‘Be a star’ communication activity provides an authentic context for oral production of the new grammar.

A pre-listening activity activates prior knowledge and prepares pupils for the listening task.

‘Think’ activities develop critical thinking skills.

Unit Walkthrough

Structured, progressive approach to writing:

First, learners are presented with a model.

Then they are encouraged to use their critical thinking skills to analyse the textual features.

Finally they apply this learning to create their own sentences using the given prompts.

The ‘Reading’ section (Lesson 2) provides the context for the ‘Writing’ section, linking the learning.

‘Think about it’ tasks develop skills such as critical thinking, decision making, problem solving and collaboration.

The Review lessons provide further practice and consolidation of the language and topics from the previous two units.

The communication activity offers a gamified way to consolidate language.

External exams practice through test-style activities, covering all four skills across the different units.

CEYL speaking video

For pupils

For teachers

Print materials

Teacher’s Book

Digital materials

NEW

A whole range of Digital Materials to make your classes more flexible.

Teacher’s Resource Centre

Ì Printable flashcards

Ì Printable worksheets

Ì Methodology handbook

Ì Assessment pack

Ì Classroom Presentation Kit with interactive activities, audio, video and animations

Ì Progress Tracker

Ì Test Generator

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