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Primary Level 1A: Starting off!
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Primary Level 1A: Starting off! |
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ISBN:
978 976 638 032 8
Pages:
68
Age Group:
5 — 7 years
Published:
1997
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A contemporary language arts course, richly illustrated in full colour to capture the interest and excite the imagination of pupils in their first three years at primary school. Carefully graded, the course provides comprehensive coverage of language arts concepts, skills and processes. The integrated approach offers pupils content from subjects across the curriculum, with a subtle blend of classic and contemporary stories and features from the Caribbean and beyond. Special features on individual countries in the region help to sensitize pupils to similarities and diversities within their Caribbean environment. While teaching Standard English, the course includes Caribbean speech rhythms in conversation, and encourages the use of nation language in free-talk sessions. Positive values, a healthy self-concept and respect for others are also promoted in this exciting, colourful series, which can also be enjoyed as general reading outside of the classroom. |
Author(s)
Don Wilson
educator, researcher and writer, is renowned for his expertise in the field of language arts. His groundbreaking LMW series is still used in Jamaican primary schools. He is a former Director of the School of Education and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Education, UWI, Mona. He now serves this institution in the capacity of Education Consultant.
Ivy Mitchell
taught at the primary and secondary levels of Jamaican education system and lectured for many years in English/Communication at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica and UWI, Mona. She has worked as consultant on several research and development projects in Language Education with the MOEYC.
Phyllis Coy
is a tutor in the Department of Language and Linguistics, UWI, Mona. She taught language arts, literature and drama in various schools in Canada for many years, and was involved in language arts curriculum development and evaluation there.
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- Provide exposure to all the language arts skills, e.g. writing, comprehension, grammar, formal and informal talk, dramatizing, etc.
- Facilitate the development of important strands in reading programmes throughout the region, e.g. basics of reading, aesthetic and critical response to literature, expressive reading, critical reading, search for information, etc.
- Offer a carefully researched entrance-level vocabulary and structure
- Present a manageable but gradually increasing level of language difficulty
- Explore stimulating topics relevant to the child's experience
- Promote positive values and attitudes, self-esteem, confidence and conflict resolution
- Utilize Standard English, but include Caribbean speech rhythms in conversation and encourage the use of nation language in free talk sessions
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- Exciting Let Us Talk, Think and Do, features that reinforce the knowledge, skills and attitudes addressed in each lesson
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