People English
English
The People Junior curriculum is a series of textbooks, game materials and online content that provides a fun, engaging and effective way for students to learn English in Japan.
The colorful textbooks are full of fun pictures that help the students understand the concepts being taught.
We have hundreds of games and activities that directly match the content taught in the textbooks. These games give the students a reason to speak.
The online support material allows students to continue their study at home, on a smartphone, tablet or computer.
Each week, the students will complete a pair of pages. The left side explains the grammar in Japanese with examples in English. The right side has the writing homework.
In the lesson, the students are forced to speak and use the target grammar structure by playing one of the fun and unique games.
At home, the students can watch the support videos that explain the lesson point as well as fun challenges to build their vocabulary.
Students can read the funny stories about the alien family to see how the grammar is used in real life situations.
Each book has a ‘WORD CLOUD’ section. Each year, students will learn hundreds of new words and catch phrases.
The textbook also contains PHONICS writing homework. Each year these become more challenging.
Unique to our books, are the color-coded words, that help students identify the different types of words; verbs, nouns, adjectives. etc. We call this, ‘The World of Words.’
We begin each year with a review of the ‘World of Words’ to ensure that, both new and old, students are familiar with the building blocks of the English language.
Students are encouraged to use the Online Support material to practice and test themselves on their knowledge of the ‘World of Words’. If they succeed, they can receive a stamp on their Progress Page.
All People teachers undergo training when they join our schools. We also have ongoing training sessions several times a year.
With detailed manuals, teaching methods and Online-Teacher-Support, we can assure quality classes in every classroom.
Our curriculum is designed in Japan for Japanese students. Be it schooling, testing or travel, our goal is to have our students excelling at English in their future.
More about the textbooks!
Our textbooks have some unique features that have proven to be a very fun and effective way to help young learners. We have put a lot of thought into making this curriculum and have tried to address many of the challenges that English schools face. Some students have started studying from an early age, some students start later, some can read and some can’t read yet. We believe that our textbooks are ideal for dealing with students of all ages and abilities.
We believe that it is important that young learners have a thorough understanding of the basics of English grammar before moving forward, Yellow Book 1 and Orange Book 2 teach the concept of ‘The World of Words’.
Below is a basic contents of book 1 & 2. (You can see a more detailed list of the contents by clicking the CONTENTS button below). There are 8 units to complete in the year. Each UNIT takes about 3 to 4 weeks to complete. Other time is spent reviewing previous material to aid memory retention and fluency.
‘The World of Words’ concept, taught in books 1 and 2, is included into the front of books 3 to 6 . We spend the opening weeks of the year reviewing this CORE BASIC material. New students can use the Online support material to help catch up. Experienced students get a chance to confirm their knowledge, building fluency. The CORE BASIC material becomes more challenging with each year as it builds on the concepts taught in previous books.
The textbooks are made up of many parts. First, we review the CORE BASIC material before moving onto the new UNITS. The weekly PHONICS writing pages are in the middle and the WORD CLOUD challenges are accessed via the back of the book.
