Speakout Elementary

Speakout is a comprehensive English course that helps adult learners gain confidence in all skills areas using authentic materials from the BBC. With its wide range of support material, it meets the diverse needs of learners in a variety of teaching situations and helps bridge the gap between the classroom and the real world.

Speakout is a comprehensive English course that helps adult learners gain confidence in all skills areas using authentic materials from the BBC. With its wide range of support material, it meets the diverse needs of learners in a variety of teaching situations and helps bridge the gap between the classroom and the real world.

'Speakout' is a 6-level general English course for adults, bridging the gap between the classroom and the real world helping students express themselves in English.

American Speakout is a six-level series based on topics that are relevant to students' lives and global in nature. Its emphasis on authentic listening opportunities and presentation of language in context enables learners to personalize the language they learn and express themselves confidently in real English-speaking environments. American Speakout follows a balanced approach to topics, language development, and skills work. Highlights Builds learner confidence Authentic, real-world language, challenging activities, and recycling of language builds student confidence in understanding context and communication. Video clips and interviews on the street expose students to a wide range of language and accents, familiarizing them with English as it is spoken. Encourages learners to spend more time on task Course package includes a wealth of practice material in specific areas including grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and skills. Clear objectives in every unit help students focus on what they will achieve so they can see how they are improving. Motivating lessons and practice materials engage learners, encouraging them to spend more time on task and make faster progress. Helps learners achieve their personal goals Tasks and activities encourage students to work collaboratively and build skills essential for both study and work. Helps learners see the relevance of what they are learning Clear goals and objectives aligned with the GSE/CEFR.

Speakout is a comprehensive English course that helps adult learners gain confidence in all skills areas using authentic materials from the BBC. With its wide range of support material, it meets the diverse needs of learners in a variety of teaching situations and helps bridge the gap between the classroom and the real world.

Math coach, Kassia Omohundro Wedekind and literacy coach, Christy Hermann Thompson, have spent years comparing notes on how to build effective classroom communities across the content areas. How, they wondered, can we lay the groundwork for classroom conversations that are less teacher-directed and more conducive to student-to-student dialogue? Their answers start with Hands-Down Conversations, an innovative discourse structure in which students' ideas and voices take the lead while teachers focus on listening and facilitating. In addition to classrom stories and examples, Christy and Kassia provide 28 micro-lessons designed to help K-5 students develop and excercise their speaking and listening muscles. Inside Hands Down, Speak Out you'll learn how to: Build talk communities that are accessible to everyone, especially those whose voices are often traditionally left out of classroom discourse. Analyze classroom conversations in order to plan next steps for developing the classroom talk community Plan and facilitate three types of conversations across literacy and math Christy and Kassia believe that the development of dialogue skills is worth the investment of time not only becuase it has the power to deepen our understanding of literacy and mathematics, but also to deepen our understanding of ourselves, our communities, and the world.

Based on over 1000 nationwide student surveys, these 10 deep engagement strategies help you implement achievement-based cooperative learning. Includes video and a survey sample.