Instructions for the teachers of the elementary course

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TEACHERS OF THE ELEMENTARY COURSE

1. 
   GRAMMAR:
   

FOLLOW THE TOPICS OF THE BOOK TO EXPLAIN GRAMMAR;
GIVE ORDERLY AND DETAILED GRAMMAR EXPLANATION IN A WRITTEN FORM ON THE BOARD;
HAVE THE STUDENTS MAKE SENTENCES ON THE GRAMMAR EXPLAINED ON THE BOARD AND AS HOMEWORK GIVE A CLEAR NUMBER OF SENTENCES TO MAKE;
DO A PART OF THE EXERCISES TOGETHER AND ASSIGN THE REST OF THE EXERCISES AS HOMEWORK;
MAKE THEM TAKE THE PHOTO OF THE BOARD AND COPY EVERY SINGLE DETAIL OF THE TOPIC FROM THE BOARD AS HOMEWORK AS WELL;

2. 
   LISTENING:
   

FOLLOW THE LISTENING PRACTICE GIVEN IN THE BOOK;
GIVE THEM SHORT VERBAL INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO APPROACH THE QUESTIONS DEPENDING ON THE LISTENING TYPE OF THE QUESTIONS YOU ARE WORKING ON;
HAVE THEM LISTEN AND PRACTICE IN CLASS, LET THEM LISTEN TWICE WHEN NECESSARY;
CHECK THE ANSWERS TOGETHER, USE THE RECORDING AGAIN WHEN CHECKING IF NECESSARY;
AS HOMEWORK GIVE GLOSSARY OR TRANSLATION OF THE TAPESCRIPTS.
BASIC IELTS LISTENING – FROM THE SECOND WEEK ON, START GIVING 4 EXERCISES OF THIS BOOK EVERY LESSON – DON’T WORRY THEY WILL COPE WITH IT WELL, IT IS VERY EASY AND PRODUCTIVE

3. 
   READING:
   

FOLLOW THE READING PRACTICE GIVEN IN THE BOOK;
GIVE THEM SHORT VERBAL OR WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO APPROACH THE QUESTIONS DEPENDING ON THE READING TYPE OF THE QUESTIONS YOU ARE WORKING ON;
SET TARGET CORRECT ANSWERS AND CONDUCT STRICTLY TIMED READING PRACTICE FROM THE BOOK IN CLASS, YOU CAN GIVE ABOUT 90 SECONDS PER QUESTION;
HAVE THEIR PARTNERS CHECK THEIR WORK, AND ANALYZE TOGETHER AS A CLASS;
AS HOMEWORK GIVE ADDITIONAL PASSAGE TO BE TRANSLATED IN A WRITTEN FORM AT HOME FROM THE PAUL NATION LEVEL ONE BOOK

4. 
   SPEAKING:
   

EXPLAIN PART ONE IN DETAILS SPENDING A WHOLE LESSON WHEN THE FIRST PRACTICE IS GIVEN IN THE BOOK;
HAVE THEM PRACTICE IT BY TALKING TO THEM ALPHABETICALLY AND GIVING FEEDBACK;
GIVE DETAILED QUESTION BASED ANSWER ON THE BOARD IN A NOTE FORM;
HAVE THEM PRACTICE IT VERBALLY BY LOOKING AT WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN ON THEIR VOICE RECORDERS;
AS HOMEWORK MAKE THEM RECORD WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN IN THE WHOLE ANSWER FORM AND WRITE IT ON THE NOTEBOOK.

5. 
   WRITING:
   

NO REAL IELTS ESSAY IS EXPLAINED AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL;
HOWEVER, EXPLAIN SPEAKING PART TWO ONCE IN DETAILS;
JUST LIKE IT WERE AN ESSAY THEN ASSIGN ONE TO THEM AS AN ESSAY ASSIGNMENT AT HOME EVERY LESSON FROM THE PROVIDED COLLECTION OF PART ONE TOPICS – WRITE THE TOPIC ON THE BOARD EVERY LESSON;
COLLECT THESE SO CALLED ESSAYS ON A SEPARATE WHITE SHEET AND CHECK THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.

6. 
   VOCABULARY;
   

LEARN TO GIVE BASIC TOPIC BASED VOCAB DURING THE LESSON THEN DO THE VOCAB EXERCISES IN THE BOOK;
PAUL NATION ESSENTIAL VOCAB LEVEL ONE - ASSIGN ONE UNIT OF THIS BOOK EVERY LESSON, HAVE THEM LEARN THE WORDS BY HEART AND DO THE EXERCISES

7. 
   ORGANIZE THE LESSON AS FOLLOWS:
   

ALWAYS CHECK HOMEWORK AFTER WRITING DOWN THE DETAILED LIST OF IT ON THE BOARD;
PERSONALLY CHECK THE HOMEWORK IN DETAIL AND PUNISH THOSE WHO HAVEN'T DONE IT, PUNISHMENTS CAN BE IN THE FORM OF MAKING THEM STAND AT THE END OF THE CLASS FOR THE REST OF THE LESSON;
WHILE CHECKING THE HOMEWORK INDIVIDUALLY, ASK THE VOCAB FROM THE BOOK;
WORK ON THE PREVIOUSLY GIVEN PASSAGE BY TRANSLATING IT YOURSELF IN A VERBAL FORM, AND ANALYZE EACH OPTION IN THE QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN THE CORRECT ANSWER, THEN ASSIGN A NEW PASSAGE FROM THE PACK AS HOMETASK;
FOLLOW FROM WHERE YOU STOPPED FROM THE BOOK;

8. 
   REMEMBER:
   

1 – PAUL NATION – FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE LEVEL – PER UNIT A LESSON HAS TO BE GIVEN AS SELF-STUDY HOMEWORK;
2 – BASIC IELTS LISTENING – FROM THE SECOND WEEK ONE – 4 EXERCISES PER LESSON HAVE TO BE ASSIGNED;

3. 
   – SPEAKING PART TWO – FROM THE THIRD WEEK ON – A CUE CARD HAS TO BE ASSIGNED AS AN ESSAY AT HOME;
   

9. 
   COURSE NOTEBOOKS (FOR STUDENTS):
   

1) IN-CLASS NOTE-BOOK - YOU SHOULD WRITE EVERYTHING WE WRITE ON THE BOARD INTO THIS NOTE-BOOK WITHOUT MISSING EVEN ONE CLASS'S NOTES ON THE BOARD MYFRIENDS! IT SHOULD BE A BIG ONE
2) HOMEWORK NOTE-BOOK - IN IT YOU NORMALLY WRITE THE ASSIGNMENTS GIVEN DURING CLASSES, IT COULD BE SENTENCES TO MAKE OR WRITTEN SPEAKING ASSIGNMENTS! YOU CAN USE AN ALREADY USED NOTEBOOK OF AVERAGE SIZE FOR IT IF YOU WISH!
3) YOU SHOULD HAVE WHITE SHEETS READY FOR WRITING ASSIGNMENTS!
4) VOCABULARY NOTE-BOOK YOU SHOULD CONTINUE USING THE OLD VOCAB NOTEBOOK YOU HAVE FROM YOUR PREVIOES COURSES! USE IT TO NOTE DOWN ALL THE WORDS YOU LOOK FOR IN A DICTIONARY!
NOTE: YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE A SEPARATE NOTE-BOOK FOR SELF-STUDY BOOKS - WE URGE YOU DO ALL THE EXERCISES ON A HANDOUT OR A PRINTED VERSION OF THE BOOK!

10. 
    DURATION:
    

THEY ARE TOLD THAT ELEMENTARY LEVEL LASTS FOR TWO MONTHS AT THE RECEPTION, SO MAKE SUR YOU MANAGE THE LEVEL WITHIN THIS PERIOD. HAVING SAID THAT, DEPENDING ON THE CLASS THIS PERIOD MAY DIFFER, DON’T GET FRUSTRATED IF YOU SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE OR LESS TIME ON IT!
CLASS DISMISSED! GOOD LUCK! YOUR FELLOW COLLEGUE – MR. UROKOV!