新东方American Cutting Edge培训

4.1. Vocabulary Building:

Having a good range of vocabulary is one of the most important factors in successful communication, and for beginner level students vocabulary is probably more important than grammar in fulfilling their basic communication needs – American Cutting Edge Teacher's Guide

Word spots - chunks of language, collocations
Mini-dictionary - key words, pronunciation, common learner errors
Personal Vocabulary - personal vocabulary boxes in Vocabulary Book, booster sections in Workbooks

4.2. Grammar Developing

Language focus sections - contextualises new language -inductively
Grammar analysis boxes - Inductive
Language summary - presents rules in a transparent way

Grammar developing examples:

ACE, Level 2 – Present Simple in plurals: positive and negative
ACE, Level 4 – Present Simple and Present continuous (task sequence – discovery approach)
'You should have done ....' – Inductive way to present grammar

4.3. Tasks Application

Students:

see the relevance of language to their own lives

gain confidence through successful performance of tasks

become more motivated and involved

A good speaking task:

Offers plenty of room for personalization.

Offers the students the chance to use grammar patterns and vocabulary they already know.

Allows the students to ‘discover’ new vocabulary and structures for themselves.

Has a goal or a target.

Task examples: