Interactile Learning is very proud to announce that our fine products are now available in the world's tallest building! This one below in fact:
Interactile's range of products are now available at Page One bookstore within the Taipei 101 complex. Check out their website below for details of how to get there. Or just start walking towards that really tall building in Taipei!
http://www.pageonegroup.com/index.html
Monday, 21 September 2009
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
First Questions - Celebrity Interview
Good Evening Teachers!
I hope this update finds you all well. For those of you in Hualien, how about this rain eh? I hope you didn't get caught riding a scooter home in it like I did.
The Interactile team want to thank you guys for your support of Speak Right Read Right. It has proven very popular and the feedback we have been getting from teachers has been great. So for that, thank you!
Below you will find a link to a new activity to accompany First Questions. It is a fun way to transfer the speaking skills your students have learned to writing skills. It will require, for most people, the use of the internet so, it is something that could be begun in class and then sent home to be finished there.
We'd also like to let you know, that Interactile Learning will have a booth at the English Teachers Associaion (ETA) book fair on November 13, 14, and 15. If any of you will be in Taipei for that weekend, be sure to pop by and check out the book fair. And us, we'll be at booth number C18, if you wanna come by for a cuppa.
Bye for now!
www.scribd.com/doc/19805626/Interview-a-CelebrityTeachers-Notes
I hope this update finds you all well. For those of you in Hualien, how about this rain eh? I hope you didn't get caught riding a scooter home in it like I did.
The Interactile team want to thank you guys for your support of Speak Right Read Right. It has proven very popular and the feedback we have been getting from teachers has been great. So for that, thank you!
Below you will find a link to a new activity to accompany First Questions. It is a fun way to transfer the speaking skills your students have learned to writing skills. It will require, for most people, the use of the internet so, it is something that could be begun in class and then sent home to be finished there.
We'd also like to let you know, that Interactile Learning will have a booth at the English Teachers Associaion (ETA) book fair on November 13, 14, and 15. If any of you will be in Taipei for that weekend, be sure to pop by and check out the book fair. And us, we'll be at booth number C18, if you wanna come by for a cuppa.
Bye for now!
www.scribd.com/doc/19805626/Interview-a-CelebrityTeachers-Notes
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Speak Right Read Right in action!
These shots are from our favorite little school in Hualien, The Hill English School. These beginner students have been using Speak Right Read Right for just on a week now and are getting used to the short 'a' sound. The vowel wheels have been great for this. The kids love hearing a sound and racing to try to find that sound within their own personal wheel. It's a very tactile approach to learning the vowel sounds.
Today we moved on to the 'af' sound on card two with some promising successes in speaking and reading. This class tackles phonics just once a week so we will spread Kit One out over two semesters. We'll keep you posted as to their progress!
Today we moved on to the 'af' sound on card two with some promising successes in speaking and reading. This class tackles phonics just once a week so we will spread Kit One out over two semesters. We'll keep you posted as to their progress!
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Street Smarts
After extensive research we have found the best book to accompany our Street Smarts program!
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid is full of lots of great Street Smarts style slang and is a hilarious read.
This book coupled with Street Smarts would make a great slang program for any intermediate class.
You can pick up a copy today from our good friends at Caves bookstores.
www.cavesbooks.com.tw
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid is full of lots of great Street Smarts style slang and is a hilarious read.
This book coupled with Street Smarts would make a great slang program for any intermediate class.
You can pick up a copy today from our good friends at Caves bookstores.
www.cavesbooks.com.tw
Sunday, 6 September 2009
The Spelling Hive
Hi guys,
Just a quick note with a teaser for the latest from Interactile. The first of our new spelling workbooks should be available in late October. Here is a shot from the cover of book one. Altogether we will have six workbooks.
We found a lot of spelling systems available but are lot are not review intensive for our liking. If words aren't used often, they will be forgotton. So, in The Spelling HIve, memorized words are regularly re-tested and re-practiced to keep them fresh and ready to use in sentences and compositions.
Thanks, as always, for all your support!
Pierre and Leighton
Just a quick note with a teaser for the latest from Interactile. The first of our new spelling workbooks should be available in late October. Here is a shot from the cover of book one. Altogether we will have six workbooks.
We found a lot of spelling systems available but are lot are not review intensive for our liking. If words aren't used often, they will be forgotton. So, in The Spelling HIve, memorized words are regularly re-tested and re-practiced to keep them fresh and ready to use in sentences and compositions.
Thanks, as always, for all your support!
Pierre and Leighton
Speak Right Read Right - Our theory.
Phonics is one part of English that is difficult to review well. It is important for students to get in the habit of looking at the sounds and putting them together in order to read, rather than seeing only the first letters of words.
發音在英文中是很難作好複習的一部份,對學生來說要達到習慣看到音並把這些音組合起來讀是比較重要的,而不是只看單字的第一個字母來學發音。
It is important for students to start at the right place. Interactile’s phonics program is designed to practice speaking and reading. So that should be the focus of your phonics class, rather than having students write many pages of letter combinations.
從正確的地方開始學習對學生非常重要,多角度教育英文出版社的發音課程設計目地在練習說話和朗讀,因此專注在發音課程上,而不是只讓學生一直去寫數頁的文字組合。
Words are full of patterns. Once these patterns are fixed in our brain, we can read fast, accurately and fluently with very little strain or effort.
The brain is so amazing and we still do not understand a lot about it. Patterns can be remembered easily with good quality review.
文字飽含著固定的模式,這些模式一旦固定在我們的腦中,我們就能夠即精準且流暢地輕鬆閱讀。
At the same time the patterns and the speed at which we go through them and the amount of words we can cover, engraves paths in our brains and coaches our tongues which makes right speaking and right reading possible.
我們經過這種文字模式的學習,配合著快速唸出單字及從中所涉及的單字量,這會使大腦將不加思索運用並且訓練好舌頭發音,這就是造就我們說得好讀得好的方法。
For Teachers.
給老師的話
1. Start by teaching the five vowels. Teach only the short sounds. They are the only sounds that can truly be pronounced in isolation. ‘a’ as in ant ‘e’ as in egg ‘i' as in it ‘o’ as in on, ‘u’ as in up.
首先從五個母音開始教學,先只用短(單)音節的發音來教,這些音是真正可以獨立發出音的,例如:‘a’之於ant;‘e’ 之於egg;‘i'之於it;‘o’ 之於on ‘u’ 之於up 。
2. Next just use ‘n’ at the back of each vowel, so don’t teach ‘n’ in isolation teach an en in on un
接著利用子音‘n’跟隨於每一個母音後來練發音,所以不能單獨教子音‘n’的發音,要直接發出an, en, in, on ,un,一起的音。
3. Now they are ready to work with a vowel wheel. Don’t let them pronounce the consonants in isolation as English consonant sounds are not ever used in isolation. Learn the appropriate ones with ‘a’ on the vowel wheel.
現在準備好用轉盤作練習,不要讓學生單獨發出子音聲因為在英文中從來沒有利用子音來做單獨的發音,用轉盤上的母音‘a’來學習合適的發音。
4. When they are familiar with one vowel wheel, move on to the next one and the next until they are comfortable with all the ending sounds.
當學生熟悉了一個母音轉盤,就繼續往下練習另一個轉盤直到他們能夠十分自在的發出全部的尾音。
5. At this point they are ready to move on to level one. Speak Right Read Right uses only real words from here on so the students will always be learning in a useable context.
下一重點就是開始利用第一個程度的卡片了,Speak Right Read Right教材在卡片上的單字都是真實可用的單字,因此學生會在一個上下文有關聯性的文章中學習。
6. From this point on the program almost teaches for you. Just remember to regularly go back to review from the first card until all the students have the patterns well set in their brains for life!!
順著以上的步驟即自動導入教學課程無須費心思量如何去教,只要記得有規律的從第一張卡片複習直到所有的學生把文字發音的模式固定在腦海中。
7. Make sure your class is capable of reading the words on the front of the card individually before giving them the challenge of reading the sentence on the back.
在讓學生挑戰卡片後面的句子前,要先確認你的學生有能力自己可以正確的讀出前面的單字。
8. The build-up review sentences on the back will make it very easy for you to review previously taught phonetic sounds. These sentences will give instant confidence as students can see their progress. Be sure to go back to these on a regular basis for review.
卡片反面用來複習所組合的句子可以很容易的幫助教師複習以前教過的發音,這些句子會讓學生看到自己的進步時立即產生了信心,別忘了要常利用這樣來複習。
9. You will see that the color of the wheels correspond to the color of the related cards. So you can review the yellow wheel before teaching the yellow cards, and so on.
你將看到轉盤上的顏色和與它有關的卡片顏色是相符的,所以教黃色卡片前要先複習黃色輪盤,其他依此類推。
10. The pictures help students to understand the sentences and feel successful at reading. The buildup stories ensure true reading and not just memorizing of pictures.
圖片幫助學生瞭解句子的意思並在閱讀上感到有所成就,卡片下方由單字所重組的故事則用來確認真的會讀單字不是靠背圖片而記下它。
11. Also remember the little pictures for silent letters, differently pronounced words, and words to be careful for because they are spelt differently.
請記得在卡片上另有標示無聲字母的小圖片、不規則發音的單字小圖片、以及特別拼音的單字小圖片。
12. Speaking and Reading has never been so fast so easy!
說和讀從未如此像這樣快速、簡單易學!!
發音在英文中是很難作好複習的一部份,對學生來說要達到習慣看到音並把這些音組合起來讀是比較重要的,而不是只看單字的第一個字母來學發音。
It is important for students to start at the right place. Interactile’s phonics program is designed to practice speaking and reading. So that should be the focus of your phonics class, rather than having students write many pages of letter combinations.
從正確的地方開始學習對學生非常重要,多角度教育英文出版社的發音課程設計目地在練習說話和朗讀,因此專注在發音課程上,而不是只讓學生一直去寫數頁的文字組合。
Words are full of patterns. Once these patterns are fixed in our brain, we can read fast, accurately and fluently with very little strain or effort.
The brain is so amazing and we still do not understand a lot about it. Patterns can be remembered easily with good quality review.
文字飽含著固定的模式,這些模式一旦固定在我們的腦中,我們就能夠即精準且流暢地輕鬆閱讀。
At the same time the patterns and the speed at which we go through them and the amount of words we can cover, engraves paths in our brains and coaches our tongues which makes right speaking and right reading possible.
我們經過這種文字模式的學習,配合著快速唸出單字及從中所涉及的單字量,這會使大腦將不加思索運用並且訓練好舌頭發音,這就是造就我們說得好讀得好的方法。
For Teachers.
給老師的話
1. Start by teaching the five vowels. Teach only the short sounds. They are the only sounds that can truly be pronounced in isolation. ‘a’ as in ant ‘e’ as in egg ‘i' as in it ‘o’ as in on, ‘u’ as in up.
首先從五個母音開始教學,先只用短(單)音節的發音來教,這些音是真正可以獨立發出音的,例如:‘a’之於ant;‘e’ 之於egg;‘i'之於it;‘o’ 之於on ‘u’ 之於up 。
2. Next just use ‘n’ at the back of each vowel, so don’t teach ‘n’ in isolation teach an en in on un
接著利用子音‘n’跟隨於每一個母音後來練發音,所以不能單獨教子音‘n’的發音,要直接發出an, en, in, on ,un,一起的音。
3. Now they are ready to work with a vowel wheel. Don’t let them pronounce the consonants in isolation as English consonant sounds are not ever used in isolation. Learn the appropriate ones with ‘a’ on the vowel wheel.
現在準備好用轉盤作練習,不要讓學生單獨發出子音聲因為在英文中從來沒有利用子音來做單獨的發音,用轉盤上的母音‘a’來學習合適的發音。
4. When they are familiar with one vowel wheel, move on to the next one and the next until they are comfortable with all the ending sounds.
當學生熟悉了一個母音轉盤,就繼續往下練習另一個轉盤直到他們能夠十分自在的發出全部的尾音。
5. At this point they are ready to move on to level one. Speak Right Read Right uses only real words from here on so the students will always be learning in a useable context.
下一重點就是開始利用第一個程度的卡片了,Speak Right Read Right教材在卡片上的單字都是真實可用的單字,因此學生會在一個上下文有關聯性的文章中學習。
6. From this point on the program almost teaches for you. Just remember to regularly go back to review from the first card until all the students have the patterns well set in their brains for life!!
順著以上的步驟即自動導入教學課程無須費心思量如何去教,只要記得有規律的從第一張卡片複習直到所有的學生把文字發音的模式固定在腦海中。
7. Make sure your class is capable of reading the words on the front of the card individually before giving them the challenge of reading the sentence on the back.
在讓學生挑戰卡片後面的句子前,要先確認你的學生有能力自己可以正確的讀出前面的單字。
8. The build-up review sentences on the back will make it very easy for you to review previously taught phonetic sounds. These sentences will give instant confidence as students can see their progress. Be sure to go back to these on a regular basis for review.
卡片反面用來複習所組合的句子可以很容易的幫助教師複習以前教過的發音,這些句子會讓學生看到自己的進步時立即產生了信心,別忘了要常利用這樣來複習。
9. You will see that the color of the wheels correspond to the color of the related cards. So you can review the yellow wheel before teaching the yellow cards, and so on.
你將看到轉盤上的顏色和與它有關的卡片顏色是相符的,所以教黃色卡片前要先複習黃色輪盤,其他依此類推。
10. The pictures help students to understand the sentences and feel successful at reading. The buildup stories ensure true reading and not just memorizing of pictures.
圖片幫助學生瞭解句子的意思並在閱讀上感到有所成就,卡片下方由單字所重組的故事則用來確認真的會讀單字不是靠背圖片而記下它。
11. Also remember the little pictures for silent letters, differently pronounced words, and words to be careful for because they are spelt differently.
請記得在卡片上另有標示無聲字母的小圖片、不規則發音的單字小圖片、以及特別拼音的單字小圖片。
12. Speaking and Reading has never been so fast so easy!
說和讀從未如此像這樣快速、簡單易學!!
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