ACTivate is a new and dynamic low-level English Conversation Textbook created for the Asian EFL/ESL market. ACTivate is for those students who may have already studied the English language at the basic to beginning level and have a passive knowledge of its structure and vocabulary, but have not had ample practice actually using the language. ACTivate seeks to activate that passive knowledge to where it becomes an active and automatic skill.
In each unit language is originally contextualized in easy-to-produce and understand conversations. Controlled decontextualized practice with the language is then introduced, which thus acts as a scaffold for the language. Students then go on to participate in more free-flow information-exchange activities where they have ample opportunities to engage in real communication with their classmates. Finally, students are asked to make and perform skits out of the language they have learned and practiced in each unit -- hence creatively recontextualizing the language.
ACTivate is also a motivational textbook in that it seeks to meet the students "Psychoacademic Needs" of (1) Autonomy, (2) Competence, (3) Self-esteem, (4) Belonging, and (5) Fun and Enjoyment.
Use this book for:
- Basic conversation classes
- Oral communication classes
- False beginners
- Integrated skills classes
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