Macmillan
English Language
Textbook Training
Lift Off
www.macmillanenglish.com/LOSA
Getting to know the
content and
components of
Lift Off
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Lift Off Level 1-2
Lift Off Level 3-6
Lift Off Training Resources on website
Useful websites
http://www.macmillanenglish.com/losa/
PASSWORD: ELDP
[Please don’t give to students!]
http://app.macmillanksa.com/
Course components of Lift Off 1-6
Student’s Book and
Workbook
Teacher’s Book
Flashcards
Website:
www.macmillanenglish.com/losa
Posters
Understanding the teaching approach
Differentiation in materials:
Lift Off includes the following icons to help
teachers deal with less and more able learners within
their classes (this could also be useful for teachers who
lose time in the term for whatever reason and need to
identify core materials to cover in limited time).
- C = core materials, these need to be taught in order to
cover all the syllabus
- D = desirable materials, these could be taught in order
to consolidate learning
- E = extension materials, these may be used for fast
finishers or if the teachers find they have a free lesson
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Understanding the teaching approach
Differentiation in materials:
Lift Off icons will appear in the following materials
-
All Units Lessons 1 – 3 of Student’s Book CORE
All Units Lessons 1 – 3 of Workbook CORE
Saudi Review 1 - 5 DESIRABLE
Saudi Review 6 - 10 EXTENSION
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C = CORE
Pronunciation corner
C = CORE
Useful tips on difficult language
C = CORE
Useful tips
C = CORE
Cognitive skills of matching
and identifying
C = CORE
Gap fills
Choosing correct words
True or False activities
C = CORE
Re-ordering words
Personalizing
Choosing correct words
C = CORE
Personalizing
Correcting
errors
Writing answers
D = DESIRABLE
Grammar study
NEW
A bilingual dictionary helping the learners to
make meaning by linking English and Arabic
text – learners could also make their own visual
dictionary by adding small pictures.
SPECIAL FEATURES
LOOK box to highlight tricky
language points
PAIRWORK
CHECK – learners check
each other’s work
REVIEW – with GRAMMAR
STUDY box. Learners study in
class and copy for homework.
Covering the syllabus of Lift Off 2
• How fast should you teach?
• Lift Off 2 is designed be covered completely in the second semester of
Grade 7, the first year of the Intermediate Stage. In order to ensure that
you cover all the teaching material, please use a calendar to check how
many teaching weeks there are in that particular semester. Then carry out
this calculation:
Number of weeks x 4 (the number of class lessons per week)
10 (the number of units in Lift Off 2)
• The result of the calculation will tell you how many class lessons you can
devote to each unit of Lift Off in order to cover all ten units of the
Student’s Book in the first semester [your students should do most or all
of the workbook activities as homework].
GAMES
Rubrics in materials
Using the Teacher’s Book as your
LESSON PLAN
C=CORE
C=CORE
C=CORE
D = DESIRABLE
Discussion points
The speed of teaching
1 How many weeks are there in the first semester?
2 How many lessons are there each week?
3 What lessons are you doing this week?
4 What should you do if you are going too fast?
5 What should you do if you are going too slowly?
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Reviewing
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The contents and components
Lift Off Summary
• There are 40 teaching lessons
Getting
to
Know
the
Materials
• There are 10 units with 3 lessons in them
• There is a revision lesson every unit
•InThe
Pupil’s
Book and
are
pairs,
please
use Workbook
your Student’s
combined
Book
and
Activities
Books
to
answer
• There is a Teacher’s Book
the
questions
on Handouts One and
•
There
are flashcards
•
There is a CD
Two
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Understanding the teaching approach
Review lessons [every unit]:
• revise the vocabulary of the previous unit
• revise listening, speaking and pronunciation
of the previous unit
• revise reading and writing from the unit
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Understanding the teaching approach
Important points:
• Lift Off stresses use of language more than
teaching grammar BUT it does highlight Grammar
in the lessons.
• Lift Off highlights useful phrases in LOOK.
• Lift Off stresses literacy.
• The Student’s Book presents new language.
• The Workbook practises new language.
• The teaching notes have a clear structure and are
easy to use.
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The Teacher’s Book is YOUR lesson
plan
It contains:
aims language materials
exercise notes homework
core materials
desirable/extension materials
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