Oxford University Press
Open Doors 1 can be used with beginners, or with students who have done some English at primary school. Each level of the course provides enough material for approximately 96 hours' teaching.
Components of the course
The Student's Book contains:
contents pages
12 units, each divided into four parts
6 optional projects
2 optional stories
grammar summary
The twelve units contain the core material of the course. The six projects are optional, and are designed to follow every two units, so that Project 1 can be used after Unit 2, Project 2 after Unit 4, and so on. The two stories are also optional; in Book 1, The Mystery of the Castle Diamonds can be used any time after Unit 5, and Sheila and the Toy Thieves any time after Unit
10. The Grammar summary draws together all the main grammar points introduced in the book.The Cassettes contain:
presentation stories
communication exercises
pronunciation exercises
listening activities
songs and chants
listening activities for the optional part of the
testsThe Workbook contains:
extra practice material
word list
The Workbook exercises can be done either in class
or at home. They provide further practice of the
language points introduced in the Student's Book,
following the four-part structure of each unit.
There is also a list of the active vocabulary
introduced in each unit of the Student's Book.
The Teacher's Book contains:
contents of the Student's Book
introduction
teaching notes for the twelve units, including
optional extra activities
12 photocopiable pairwork activities
teaching notes for the optional projects and
stories
6 photocopiable tests
word listThe Introduction gives a description of the aims
and structure of the course, together with a
Classroom Management section which gives advice
on areas such as project work, vocabulary teaching
and lesson planning.
The teaching notes provide detailed guidance on
how to present the material in the Student7s Book,
together with background cultural information.
They also include a list of all the new vocabulary
introduced in each unit part (divided into active
and passive), transcripts of the recorded material
and answers to all the exercises (including the
Workbook exercises).
Throughout the teaching notes there are ideas for
optional extra activities, including games and
competitions which can be played with the whole
class at the end of a lesson. There is also an optional
dictation in every unit.
The photocopiable pairwork activities provide
extra speaking practice, and can be used either with
the whole class, or with students who finish their
work before the rest of the class. There is one
activity for each unit of the Student's Book.
The six photocopiable tests can be used after every
two units of the Student7s Book, and each one is
designed to take one 50-minute lesson. Each test
also has an optional supplement which tests
students' speaking and listening skills.The word list gives all the new vocabulary that is
introduced in the book, and is arranged in
alphabetical order, with cross-references to the unit
where each word first appears.
