How Oxford Successful English Grade 6 is organised


Oxford Successful EnglishGrades 4–6 is a comprehensive course, which provides for all the needs of English First Additional Learners in Grades 4–6. Themes and activities have been carefully chosen to meet the requirements of the new CAPS and to stimulate the interest of learners at this level. Detailed support is provided throughout the series to help learners develop their skills. Much attention has also been paid to the key area of vocabulary development and the processes of listening and speaking, reading and writing. Features of different types of texts are highlighted so that learners soon become familiar with them. Language structures and conventions are taught explicitly and they are also built into all the reading texts and writing activities. Oxford Successful Englishmeets all the


requirements of the suggested CAPS teaching plans, but it also provides additional support for learners who need more help, as well as challenges and extension for learners who are progressing at a faster pace.


Diversity


Diversity can prove to be a challenge to learning if a teacher is not able to meet the needs of the variety of learners in the class; this includes learners of different genders, races, ages, ability levels and socio-economic backgrounds. Oxford Successful Englishprovides a wide and


diverse range of material in order to represent and cater for South African society. This is vital in promoting tolerance and ongoing nation-building in South Africa.


What Oxford Successful English provides


The components Grades


4, 5 and 6


For the teacher


Teacher’s Guide with free double- sided poster for each grade


For the learners


• Learner’s book for each grade


• Reading Book (core reader) for each grade (for independent and pair reading)


The components in this series (Learner’s Book, Reading Book and Teacher’s Guide) work together.


What else will learners need?


Learners need the following resources: • an exercise book for written activities • an exercise book to use as a personal dictionary


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• scrap paper for drawing and creative work • as much additional reading material as possible • audio and video tapes with films and stories, if possible.


What will the teacher need?


The teacher needs the following resources: • the CAPS document for English First Additional Language (Intermediate Phase)


• National Language in Education Policy document


• the prescribed language textbook used by the learners as well as additional textbooks as additional resources


• a core reading book with the recommended text types


• a set of graded readers (to accommodate different reading levels)


• dictionaries and other reference books • the Teacher’s Guide and a teacher’s resource file.


How Oxford Successful English is organised


Oxford Successful Englishis organised into 18 units, which correspond with two-week cycles in the CAPS’ teaching plans, as shown in the table below:


Term 1 2 Weeks Weeks 1–10:


• 5 two-week cycles for teaching and learning


Weeks 1–10:


• 4 two-week cycles for teaching and learning


• 1 two-week cycle for Mid-year exam papers


3 4 Weeks 1–10:


• 5 two-week cycles for teaching and learning


Weeks 1–10:


• 4 two-week cycles for teaching and learning


• 1 two-week cycle for End of year exam papers


Units 15–18 Revision practice 2


Each two-week cycle is carefully structured. Language structures and vocabulary are introduced in Listening and Reading texts and through pictures and other visual texts like maps and diagrams. Learners then find out more about the structures as they are explicitly taught in focused activities. After that they apply what they have learned in oral and written activities.


Units 10–14


Units 6–9 Revision practice 1


Units 1–5


Units in Oxford Successful English


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