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Pupil's Book Felicity Hopkins Note Most of the activities in this book are oral. The words printed in black are there to guide the teacher. Only the words or letters printed in a colour are for the pupil to read or recognize. Oxford University Press Notes for the teacher Get Ready! aims to give pupils a feel for The alphabet English and to establish a sound basis for It is suggested that the sounds of the letters later learning. Pupil's Book 1 can be should be taught first of all, using the used alone or in conjunction with the formula 'a' for apple, 'b' for boy, etc. The Activity Book, Handwriting Book and names of the letters can be taught later, Numbers Book. A cassette has recordings through exercises in the Activity Book. s'lipuP eht ni sgnos dna seugolaid eht lla fo Book. Where an item has been recorded a cassette symbol (EH) appears in the Pupil's The approach Book. The teacher should use choral and individual repetition and question and answer routines. Whenever possible, pupils should take on the role of the teacher and Oral work ask the questions. Games, such as the one Most of the work based on Pupil's Book 1 in Step 14, are particularly suitable for this. is oral. Only the words or letters printed in a The songs are a very important element colour are for the pupil to read. The words of Get Ready! and teachers should in black are there to guide the teacher. regularly use songs from earlier in the The pictures are to help the pupil, and the course. While singing, pupils should point teacher should encourage the pupils to to the pictures or perform the suggested point to the pictures when reciting rhymes actions. These reinforce meaning as well or singing songs. The expressions shown in as make learning more enjoyable. Do not the Language Summary do not all appear in expect pupils to understand every word in the text of the Pupil's Book, but they should the songs. be used orally by the teacher. The Picture Practice pages are designed to practise vocabulary and these expressions. The Accuracy Teacher's Book provides detailed notes on Do not be too concerned about accuracy. when to introduce them. Get Ready! progresses slowly and pupils will gradually become aware of small differences and more able to imitate the teacher's model. Never try to explain Reading language rules to very young learners. There is no 'real' reading in Get Ready! 1 but pupils will learn to recognize the letters Mother tongue of the alphabet and know the sound each one makes. They will alsotub lhesialgnrEn n i sebo dmluoehs nossel eht fo tsoM whole words and acquire left-right do use the pupils' own language when it orientation. These first reading skills are would be helpful. You might use it, for developed in both the Pupil's Book and the example, when explaining a game or the Activity Book. meaning of a song. Language summary Functional areas Expressions* Vocabulary* Look/Look at Steps Identification s-a srettel llamS si ti ,ma I 1-15 Quantity Numbers 1-6 ?siht si tahW Nouns beginning Is it a ... ? Yes/No with a-s How many? Steps Description ? ... si ruoloc tahW Small letters t-z 16-30 /drow siht si tahW Nouns beginning letter/number? with t-z stcejboPo inmt too ...orssalC Colours big/little Steps Possession / have, Sue has Toys 31-45 How old are you? my spetS fo nosispeitvS efo RSntepsoisiveR Numbers 7-70 46-60 1-45 ydob1-4 5eht fo straP Shapes .kooB s'lipuP eht fo txet eht ni desu sdrow eht fo tsil etelpmoc a si ereht koob siht fo kcab eht tA* .slipup eht ot noitatneserp sti dna suballys egaugnal eht no ecnadiug lluf sevig kooB s'rehcaeT ehT OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. OXFORD and OXFORD ENGLISH are registered trade marks of ISBN-13: 978 0 19 433912 4 seirtnuoc rehto niatrec ni dna KU eht ni sserP ytisrevinU drofxO ISBN-10: 0-19-433912-2 © Oxford University Press 1999 Printed in China detressa neeb evah rohtua eht fo sthgir larom ehT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT )rekam( sserP ytisrevinU drofxO thgir esabataD Illustrated by: Ray and Corinne Burrows First published 1988 2008 2007 2006 2005 STEP I Look and say Sue Jack Song gnos olleH Hello, hello, hello. .olleh ,olleh ,olleH Hello, hello, hello. I am Sue. .olleh ,olleh ,olleH Hello, hello, hello. .olleh ,olleh ,olleH I am Jack. STEP 2 Letters apple bird Song Goodbye song Goodbye Jack and Sue. Goodbye Jack. Goodbye Sue. Goodbye Jack and Sue. Goodbye Jack and Sue. STEP 3 Letters cat dog Numbers STEP 4 Rhyme One bird Two birds sdrib eerhT CAT! One cat Two cats stac eerhT DOG! STEP 5 Letters elephant fish girl STEP 6 Rhyme !KCAJ eerhT owT enO One Two Three SUE! boy. boys. boy.ss.lrig .slrig .lrig Game How many fingers?