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TEACHING WITH OUR WORLD                                            GENERIC PACING GUIDE






 little from analyzing forms and memorizing rules   • Tests should be contextualized and reflect
 the way many adults do. They benefi t more by   relevant tasks and language for young learners.    1–2 hours per week      3–4 hours per week      5–6 hours per week
 seeing many repetitions of a target grammar   Assessment items are more authentic when they
 point in different meaningful contexts, and by   reflect a previously taught theme or body of   UNIT OPENER  Introduce  Introduce  Introduce

 using grammar as unanalyzed “chunks” that help   content, and when the language tested is that used
 them communicate.  by Young Learners in class and in their real lives.
                                                           Warm up                      Warm up
 Language activities in the Student’s Books   • Tests should allow all learners to experience   Warm up  Present  Present
 and Workbooks, then, show target language in   success. Assessment should provide both   VOCABULARY  Present  Practice  Practice
                                                                                        Apply
                                                           Apply
 meaningful sentences that students can use as   lower-than-average and advanced learners   Practice or Apply  Extend (optional)  Extend
 models for language production. Even students at   opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge.   Wrap up  Wrap up  Wrap up
 the Starter level are given the opportunity to engage   Just as teachers support mixed-ability learners in   * Vocabulary worksheet (optional)  * Vocabulary worksheet
 in dialogues using high-frequency grammatical   class with differentiated instruction, so too should   Warm up
 structures along with recycled vocabulary.  they provide opportunities for mixed-ability learners   Present  Warm up
                                                                                        Present
 on assessments.               Warm up                     Practice                     Practice
                               Present
           LANGUAGE IN USE     Practice or Apply           Apply                        Apply
                                                           Extend (optional)
 ASSESSMENT  • Tests should motivate learners and build learner   Wrap up  Wrap up      Extend
 confidence. Teachers work hard to include a variety        * Language Use worksheet     Wrap up

                                                                                        * Language Use worksheet
 Because of Young Learners’ age, level of maturity,   of motivating and fun activities in their lessons,   (optional)
 limited range of experience, and cognitive, linguistic,   and they are conscientious about providing praise
 and literacy development, they need appropriately   and constructive feedback to their students in class.   Warm up  Warm up
                                                           Present
 designed assessment tasks, whether traditional or   Students should have the same opportunities for   Warm up  Practice  Present
                                                                                        Practice
 performance based.  CONTENT CONCEPTS  Present             Apply
 fun engagement and motivating feedback in their   Practice or Apply  Extend (optional)  Apply
 assessments.                  Wrap up                     Wrap up                      Extend
 • Tests should mirror learning. The material              * Content Concepts worksheet   Wrap up
 actually taught in class is what is assessed. Tests   • Tests should take place over time in order to   (optional)  * Content Concepts worksheet
 should reflect the objectives of the curriculum   collect evidence of growth. The more frequently

 and provide students with the opportunity to   students are assessed through a variety of ways,   Warm up  Warm up  Warm up
                                                                                        Present
                                                           Present
 demonstrate what they know and what they can   the less test anxiety they may have and the more   THE SOUNDS  Present  Practice  Practice
 do with the language in tasks and formats that are   practiced and confident they may feel during   OF ENGLISH  Practice or Apply  Apply  Apply

                               Wrap up
                                                                                        Extend
                                                           Extend (optional)
 similar to the ones they have experienced in class.  assessments.   Wrap up            Wrap up
 • Tests should contribute to learning on the   The Our World ExamView© Assessment Suite   Warm up  Warm up
 teacher’s part as well as on the student’s   includes test banks that allow teachers to generate   Warm up  Present  Present
 part. Test results should provide teachers with   and customize various kinds of written tests, including   Present  Practice  Practice
                                                           Apply
                                                                                        Apply
 information on which to base subsequent   a Placement Test, Unit Quizzes, three Mastery Tests,   READING / WRITING  Practice or Apply  Extend (optional)  Extend
 instruction, especially modifications that are needed   and a Final Test.   Wrap up  Wrap up  Wrap up

                               Writing (optional)
 for some or all students. Results should provide   Accurate assessment reflects not only what   * Reading worksheet (optional)  * Reading worksheet
                                                                                        Writing

                                                           Writing
 information to learners on their current strengths   students can recognize and produce on a written
 and weaknesses and progress in learning English.
 test, but also what they can realistically do as they
 • Tests should include a variety of techniques that   actually use the language in daily contexts. Our   ASSESSMENT  Use only Mastery Tests  Assessment: Use Unit Quizzes  Assessment: Use Unit Quizzes,
 correspond to learners’ different intelligences   World therefore provides a wealth of opportunities   after Unit 4 and Unit 8  and Final Test  Mastery Tests, and Final Test
 and learning styles. That is to say, tests should   for informal assessment. These include Extension and
 provide opportunities for learners who are not   Expansion activities listed in each unit of the Lesson
 primarily linguistically, logical-mathematically, or   Planner, multiple opportunities for pair and group
 spatially inclined but rather demonstrate other   work, Review pages in the Student’s Book, Workbook   An additional generic Pacing Guide, covering one unit every four weeks, and unit-by-unit pacing guides are
 types of intelligences or learning styles.   activities, Worksheets, Online Practice, and the   available on the Teacher’s Website.
 Classroom Presentation Tool.


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