Beginner to Elementary
Ages: 7-12 years
Stardust
Kathryn Harper (Level 1)
Alison Blair and Jane Cadwallader (Levels 2-5)
Stardust 1 - A fun narrative context and loveable characters guide children through a series of topics.
Stardust 2 and 3 - Children build on their existing language skills and develop the spoken and written skills needed for simple communication activities.
Stardust 4 and 5 - A dynamic approach appeals to the needs and interests of ten to twelve year olds, and creates a solid base for their Secondary studies.
Who is it for?
* Primary teachers in private and state schools with 2-3 teaching hours a week.
Key features
* Stardust 1: Language is introduced through songs and practised in stories.
* Resources include a puppet, flashcards, wordcards, and photocopiable materials.
* A photo documentary provides information about British children and their lives.
* Activity Books allow you to introduce reading and writing skills.
* Stardust 2 and 3: Plentiful teacher's material means that every class can be different, and exactly tailored to children's needs.
* An imaginative storyline, superb artwork, and lots of humour stimulate children's creativity.
* Comic-strip reading texts with activities are a motivating way to recycle new language.
* Stardust 4 and 5: Extended texts including comic-strips, photo stories, and cross-curricular readings provide a rich language input.
* Carefully graded reading and writing tasks encourage children to produce a range of short texts.
* A range of evaluation material enables both the teacher and the children to monitor their progress.
Sample pages:
http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/isbn/1715?cc=ar#sample_pdf
Audio clips:
http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/isbn/1715?cc=ar#sample_audio
Components
Class Book
* comic strip cartoon
* chants and songs
* alien adventure story
* 'real World' information
* festival pages
Activity Book
* writing and reading practice
* games, crosswords and puzzles
* self-evaluation pages
* stickers
* picture dictionary
* fun cut-outs
Teacher's Book
* introduction outlining objectives, components and key features of the book
* lesson by lesson teaching notes
* reinforcement and extension ideas section
* games bank
* vocabulary list
Resource Pack
* evaluation Book (including end of unit tests and self-evaluation material)
* photocopy masters book
* picture and word flashcards
* posters
Cassettes / Audio CDs
* songs, chants
* stories
* listening activities from Class Book and Activity Book
* material listening tests
ISBN index
Stardust 1
Class Book 978-0-19-430350-7
Activity Book 978-0-19-430524-2
Teacher's Resource Pack (Flashcards, Wordcards Book, Puppet, Posters, Photocopy Masters Book, Evaluation Book) 978-0-19-430360-6
Teacher's Book 978-0-19-430355-2
Audio Cassette 978-0-19-430384-2
Audio CD 978-0-19-430389-7
Stardust 2
Class Book 978-0-19-430351-4
Activity Book 978-0-19-430394-1
Teacher's Book 978-0-19-430356-9
Audio Cassette 978-0-19-430385-9
Audio CD 978-0-19-430390-3
Stardust 3
Class Book 978-0-19-430352-1
Activity Book 978-0-19-430395-8
Teacher's Book 978-0-19-430357-6
Audio Cassette 978-0-19-430386-6
Audio CD 978-0-19-430391-0
Teacher's Resource Pack 2 and 3 (Flashcards, Wordcards Book, Posters, Photocopy Masters Book, Evaluation Book) 978-0-19-430361-3
Stardust 4
Class Book 978-0-19-430353-8
Activity Book 978-0-19-430396-5
Teacher's Book 978-0-19-430358-3
Audio Cassette 978-0-19-430387-3
Audio CD 978-0-19-430392-7
Stardust 5
Class Book 978-0-19-430354-5
Activity Book 978-0-19-430397-2
Teacher's Book 978-0-19-430359-0
Audio Cassette 978-0-19-430388-0
Audio CD 978-0-19-430393-4
Teacher's Resource Pack 4 and 5 (Posters, Photocopy Masters Book, Evaluation Book) 978-0-19-430364-4
Teacher's site:
http://www.oup.com/eltnew/catalogue/teachersites/stardust/?cc=ar
Free downloadable materials for Stardust.
Student's site
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/stardust/?cc=ar
NEW! Games, calendars, e-cards, competitions and songs.