First Idioms

Hey folks!

Happy New Year! Interactile Learning's First Idioms will be in stores and school's on January 1st 2009. For pre-orders contact Leighton on 0919 250 220 or Pierre on 0932310394.

First Idioms is a system to teach and learn your first idioms. The kit comes with 150 cards of useful everyday idioms, a book with 12 fun activities to help teach them and learn them, and a handy box to keep it altogether. Each card has an important idiom, the meaning, and a sample dialogue to help understanding. Some cards also come with opposite idioms and some similar ones too.









Because the English language literally has thousands of idioms, we worked hard to find idioms that are useful, fun and integral. The 150 chosen ones will be great to liven up any composition, letter, email, online chat, or conversation.

Shopping!

First Questions is now available at these fine locations:

The Hill English School - Ming Tzuan Sixth Street
Susan's English School - Jian Guo Road
Odyssey English School - Tzi Yo Street

Chong Lin Bookstore
Ying Bing Shi Bookstore - Po Ai Road

First Questions Pictures

These pictures will hopefully give you an idea of what First Questions is all about. Every box comes with a book, in English and Chinese, with lots of fun games and activities to play. There are also 186 cards. 150 of these cards are all question cards. And then there are six speed challenge cards for added fluency training and the challenge cards. Challenge cards are great for games and reviewing vocabulary.

Interactile Learning's New Logo

Here is our new logo! Designed by our talented graphic designer Ivy Lee. Our logo tried to incorporate the ideas that are important to us in developing great ESL materials. Those being tactility, interaction, and fun!

First Questions

Our experience with teaching ESL has always been that lots of repetition done in lots of different ways is the most effective way for people to learn a second language. This is why we came up with First Questions:
A system that effectively teaches and reviews the 150 most commonly used questions and answers.

This system will be an excellent addition to your repertoire as a teacher. Used as a warmer, it's a great way to get your students talking and thinking in English. Used at the end of class, First Questions, is an excellent review tool for all the questions and answers you have taught.

One problem teachers often find, is keeping all of your students occupied at all times. This can be especially in classes with varying abilities. Now, those students who manage to finish their class work faster could be left to play most of First Questions' games by themselves. This would allow the teacher to help other students who are working at a slower pace. It also means that the fast students will continue to work, in English, while the teacher helps others catch up.

Each card comes with between 1 and 4 variations of the same question, and several possible answers. Questions and answers are listed from simplest to most challenging so choose the questions most likely to challenge your students' abilities. Also try to mix up the degree of difficulty regularly for extra variety and to keep them on their toes!

First questions comes in a box with 186 question and answer cards, plus challenge cards and speed challenge cards. As well as this, each set comes with an instruction book explaining how to use First Questions and game and activity suggestions.

For ordering information, please contact us at interactile@gmail.com