Islands 4 Pupil's Book

The Pupil's Book provides materials to present and practise the target language effectively. It introduces new language in lively and engaging contexts. A wide variety of practice tasks lead from controlled language activities through to production and personalisation activities. Extensive further practice is provided in the Activity Book. Each unit includes listening, speaking, reading and writing activities, ensuring that pupils develop their skills and are able to practise new language in a broad range of contexts. There is also a high level of cross-curricular and cultural content, so that language learning can be integrated into the Primary curriculum (CLIL). Additionally, the Pupil's Book contains songs, chants, stories, games, listening and reading texts and communicative activities to ensure lessons are varied, motivating and effective. The Pupil's Book is organised as follows:

• A Welcome unit of six lessons. This introduces pupils to the group of characters and the island, as well as some key introductory language. It also introduces the quest for the Level.

• Eight units, each divided into ten distinct lessons.

• A Goodbye unit of four lessons. This finalises the quest and offers plenty of recycling opportunities.

• Four festival lessons at the back of the book for use at Halloween, Christmas, Easter and in the summer.

• Cut-out activities for use in every unit.

• A Grammar reference for pupils' reference.

The Access code printed at the back of the book gives pupils and parents unique and safe access to Family Island Online and the Digital Activity Book via the internet. 
Islands includes a unique Online World component. This provides a safe, engaging, highly-motivating environment where the pupils meet the characters from the Pupil's Book plus a host of other exciting characters and follow them on an adventure. Pupils encounter and practise target language from the course in a stimulating environment. They will engage in safe 'closed-chat' dialogues with the characters they meet and follow instructions and guidance to help them solve clues and puzzles, engaging in supplementary language games along the way. It's a great way to make learning happen in an interactive environment, and further consolidates and extends the language-learning process. Most of all, pupils will enjoy the experience of learning through play and will absorb English without realising it!