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The Teacher’s Guide is supplemented by the Teacher’s Site The speaking skills are supported by example dialogues, and
(free registration required) which includes the Printable children are encouraged to speak together in pairs or small
Resources, offering assessment and materials to support groups, to build their confidence in communication. There
the core content. The Printable Resources include exam is also a lot of repetition at the introductory stages, to give
preparation worksheets from Grade 3 onwards. An answerkey clear models for children to pronounce English words and
for the worksheets is also included. sentences accurately.
The Teacher’s Site is accessed at: Phonics
www.phuongnamedu.vn
Phonics teaches the relationship between letters / letter
Tiếng Anh Family and Friends National Edition combinations and the sounds they make. The study of
component offerings: phonics enables children to decode new words, thereby
• Student Book improving reading skills and helping them to grasp spelling
• Workbook and pronunciation patterns quickly.
• Teacher’s Guide delivered on the Teacher’s Site Tiếng Anh Family and Friends National Edition draws on the
principles of synthetic phonics, in which sounds and letters
• Printable Resources delivered on the Teacher’s Site to combine to form whole words (i.e. synthesis).
supplement course materials, including: Every unit of the course contains a phonics lesson. Over
• Over 80 pages of worksheets and tests Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, and Grade 4, the English alphabet
• Answerkey for worksheets letters are introduced and reviewed, with their most common
• Exam Preparation worksheets (from Grade 3) sound values (/a/ for Aa, /b/ for Bb, etc.). Children are
• Online Play encouraged to see the relationship between the letter names
• Audio files and sounds, and to read, write, recognize, and say these. From
• Classroom Presentation Tool Grade 3, the children are also introduced to some consonant
digraphs (ch, th, sh) and diphthongs (two letters representing
• Flashcards, Phonics cards, and Posters
a vowel sound with two elements).
Sample Curriculum Children then learn to pronounce and spell common
Please see the sample curriculum on page 146 of this Teacher’s consonant blends at the beginning and ending of words
Guide. This course provides material to fulfill the 140 periods and then see how vowels are combined to form long vowel
a year as required by the National Curriculum. There are also sounds. In Grade 5, students are also introduced to linking
supplementary materials available in the Printable Resources. sounds and certain patterns of intonation. By the end of the
course children will be able to identify and spell all of the most
Methodology common sounds in the English language, and recognize that
many sounds can be spelled in different ways.
Words and grammar
New words are introduced in relation to each unit’s topic or Stories
theme. They are presented in the Student Book with support Every unit contains a story which provides a fun and
from the flashcards and recordings, and are then practiced motivating context in which the new language appears. In
through chants, songs, and motivating classroom games and the early grades we meet a happy extended family and see
activities. the amusing adventures of Rosy, her mischievous brother
The children are first exposed to the new grammar items in the Billy, and their cousin Tim. As children grow and their world
unit stories. They then move onto focused grammar practice, of interest develops, the circle of characters expands and
which is reinforced with a range of spoken and written activities. includes international characters as well. In Grade 4, a second
This language is recycled throughout the course. family features in the stories: Max and Holly, their mom and
dad, and their cousins Amy and Leo.
Skills The stories also provide ideal scenarios for practicing and
From Grade 3 to Grade 5, each unit of Tiếng Anh Family and reviewing key language in a cyclical manner.
Friends National Edition contains two pages dedicated to the Animated versions of these stories can be found on the
development of reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. Classroom Presentation Tool, the Friends website and the
The reading texts in this section expose children to a balance Teacher’s Site. They offer an effective way of presenting the
of both familiar and new language. With a range of different story and target language in class, or can be used at home to
text types of increasing complexity, children develop the consolidate what children learn in the first two lessons of each
confidence to recognize and use the language they know in unit.
a wide range of situations. They develop the skills of reading
and listening for gist and detail, both of which are essential for Review units
complete communicative competence, higher-level academic After every three units there is a Review unit in the Student
work, and success in examinations. Book and Workbook. These are shorter units of exercises which
The writing skills section provides a range of common text provide additional practice of the vocabulary and structures
types. Children complete writing activities in their notebooks presented in the three preceding units. No new material is
with further consolidation through their Workbooks. The presented or practiced in these units. They can be used as a
syllabus model texts provide structured examples to help progress test to check that children have remembered what
children lay a solid foundation for expressing themselves in they have learned.
English.

7 Introduction