Explorers 1 & 2
Explorers 1
Ellie the Eagle will be your guide through Learning with English.
Course Summary
A1
Focus and Suitability
Elementary
This course is suitable for children in their 3rd or 4th year of primary English who are able to talk about a range of familiar topics, including things they do in other subjects at school.
At this level, the courses start to adopt a more CLIL-based approach to content and methodology, using English as a vehicle for learning about a range of other topics. In this course the lessons integrate geography-based and maths-based topics into the language learning experience.
Explorers 1 can stand alone for a one-week course or be taught side-by-side with Explorers 2 on a two-week course.
8-10 years
Target Age
Level
A1 (Elementary)
Length of Course
1 or 2 Weeks
Hours per Week
25 or 12.5
Core Contents
'Can do' statements
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I can talk about myself and my familyI can ask about other people’s familiesI can understand basic rulesI can describe the main features on a mapI can give and follow instructions to carry out simple actionsI can name the parts of the bodyI can talk about the weather I can name some English-speaking countriesI can do basic number work using numbers one to a hundredI can talk about travel and name some cities in the UKI can answer some questions about my school subjectsI can name the months of the year I can say the date of my birthday and sing a birthday songI can tell you the time and what I am doing now
Introducing yourself talking about your family Talking about and making up rules Talking about features in a landscapeGiving and carrying out instructions Naming parts of the body Talking about the weather Doing puzzles with numbers up to a hundredTalking about travel and British cities Talking about school subjects Talking about months and birthdays
Explorers 2
Course Summary
Alice the Albatross will help you speak to the world.
Focus and Suitability
A1
Elementary
This course takes a look at language in its wider cultural context, incorporating activities based around life in a variety of English speaking countries. There are lessons on the UK, Australia, the USA and Canada.
By embedding English learning in its cultural context, the children will come to realise its importance as a world language and will learn a little about the some of the people and places where it is spoken as a first language.
The course also includes collaborative story-telling and poetry, and explores some of the ways in which English usage can vary from place to place, by comparing British and U.S. English.
Explorers 2 can stand alone for a one-week course or be taught side-by-side with Explorers 1 on a two-week course.
8-10 years
Target Age
CEF Level
A1
Length of Course
1 or 2 Weeks
Hours per Week
25 or 12.5
Planning a Course
Useful Forms
'Can do' statements
I can say what I know in EnglishI can respond to basic instructionsI can answer some questions about the UKI can understand and tell a short storyI can recite a poem in EnglishI can answer some questions about AustraliaI can talk about surfing and water safety I can answer some questions about CanadaI can talk about adventure holidays I can act out a poemI can answer some questions about the USAI can order food in a fast-food restaurantI can say some differences between UK and US EnglishI can talk about theme parks and what you can do at them
Introducing yourselfWords you know in English Life in the UK Life in Australia Going to the beach and surfing Life in Canada Story: Going on a bear hunt Life in the USA Visiting a theme park Making your own American burger
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