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Smart Junior 1 for Ukraine – modern innovative course, designed for the first grade of the NUS, which has been successfully piloted in 100 schools in Ukraine.
Basis Smart Junior for Ukraine is based on teaching the competences of the 21st century, such as: development of critical thinking, creativity, knowledge about the world, comunicability, ability to work in a team, computer literacy, social responsibility and the ability to learn for life.
Student’s Book – a textbook, which consists of 8 modules. Each module includes 6 lessons, as well as Smart World (cross-cultural links), Smart Time (cross-curricular links) and Now I can section (self-assessment of student's achievements).
The material of the textbook is thematically organised, emotionally and visually violent, intended to entice pupils and form a positive attitude to learning English. This is facilitated by the bright illustrations of the book, which are directly related to the tasks and lexical material. The
number of lexical units, designated for active evaluation, corresponds to the age specifics of students.
The book also contains tasks for project work, which focuses on the active use of productive skills of the language.
The materials of the textbook provide an opportunity to make the learning process interesting and exciting, teach students to critically evaluate information and use it in real-life situations, to interact effectively with others both in oral and written forms lesson by lesson.
The main attention is paid to teaching speaking and listening. Pupils learn the alphabet, learn to recognise sounds separately and as part of a word.
The textbook is designed in accordance with the age and psychological and linguistic peculiarities of children of young school age and fully complies with the educational programme for foreign languages.
The textbook presents sections for repetition and practice of practical skills of using the language, games and material for craftwork. Particular attention is paid to teaching moral values so that children will be better representatives of society in the future.
