Signpost 1 Student Book (New Edition)

Signpost is all about listening, speaking and responding to spoken English. There is no reading and very little writing in this course for young learners from elementary school through to junior high school. Language is introduced pictorially and aurally through the natural pronunciation of native English speakers. Students learn to speak English, without needing the written word.

Features of this course include:

• 13 units - approximately 35 hours of class work and about 2 hours of listening material.
• Graphical representation of the language with intensive aural guidance to help develop students' cognitive abilities to use English, similar to how a student's first language is learned.
• An emphasis on non-verbal, physical responses to English remove the initial fear created when required to reproduce language too early in the learning process.
• Communicative student-to-student and student-to-teacher activities to keep interest and motivation high.
• Vocabulary and grammar chosen to complement the Monbusho requirements for junior high school English courses.
• A comprehensive Teacher’s Guide tha includes introductions, explanations, step-by-step instructions, supplemental activities and extension ideas.
• An audio component that introduces all words, phrases and sentences in the course, and listening activities in every unit.