Skate Away 1 Coursebook

Skate Away! 1 is the first book of the Skate Away! series. Pupils acquire a basic (Beginner’s) knowledge of the English language while following the adventures of 5 children from 5 different English-speaking countries (the U.S.A., England, Australia, New Zealand and Canada).

The coursebook starts with a warm-up section which helps pupils revise their previous knowledge. The coursebook contains 30 lessons in total, divided into 5 sets of 6 lessons each.

Before every set of 6 lessons, pupils are given the objectives of those lessons and information about the English-speaking country which is home to the children featured in that six-lesson set as well as a song which introduces pupils to some relevant new vocabulary and allows them to have fun while practising their pronunciation.

After each 6-lesson set, there is a comic strip which unfolds in episodes; a fun break that motivates students and creates the conditions for further discussion. A revision section and a self-assessment questionnaire follow. They allow pupils to assess their progress, identify their strengths and weaknesses, and take responsibility for their own learning.

Each lesson consists of:

• a reading text (in one of various forms: dialogue, email, magazine article, poster, letter, etc.) which introduces pupils to the grammar, vocabulary and functional language that will be studied in the lesson
• reading comprehension activities that test pupils' understanding of the text
• vocabulary activities, based on the new language introduced on the first page of the lesson
• grammar tables and activities
• activities for all three skills: speaking activities (often in the form of a game), listening activities of various types and writing activities with emphasis on guiding pupils through the process of writing
• a pronunciation task which gives pupils more practice in pronouncing words and sounds (in the odd-numbered lessons)