Big Surprise ! 1 - Class Book + MultiROM - Ed. Oxford - 9780194516204

Open up and discover!

The best-selling course is back, fully updated and revised in line with teacher feedback.
Big Surprise! is the course that brings imagination and excitement into the classroom. A special surprise at the start of each unit focuses attention and creates a sense of curiosity and wonder. Stories, songs and chants make learning fun and memorable. Open up Big Surprise! and discover new resources for your dynamic English classroom.

Key features

• More skills, more vocabulary and more opportunities to communicate.
• More material than ever before for mixed-ability.
• Free skills book and website encourages strong home and school links and helps parents get involved with their child’s learning process.
• Live-action performances of songs and plays get students fully energized and involved.
• Cross-curricular lessons reinforce all-round learning by integrating topics from other areas of the curriculum.

Open up a world of surprises...

Use the Big Surprise! box at the start of the lesson* to focus attention and inspire curiosity. To activate your students’
English, ask ‘what is inside?’ Now you have their attention, open the box and reveal the surprise: colourful fl ashcards that make learning vocabulary fun.

Stories to captivate and inspire

Big Surprise! captivates classes with a rich variety of stories and story-telling options including storycards*
and animations.
Each level has six beautifully illustrated stories that explore different genres from traditional fables and fairy tales to modern action-adventure, from make-believe to real-life experiences.

Build a solid language base

Extra communication activities and games provide practice in all skills areas and the real-life photostories help bring useful, everyday phrases in English to life.
Reading and writing skills also take centre stage in Big Surprise! Guided writing activities consolidate language, and speaking activities give students the opportunity to personalise language in meaningful contexts.
If you want to take your students a little bit further in levels 1 and 2, try the optional synthetic phonics programme. The Phonics Pack includes a user’s guide, two wall posters and an innovative DVD-ROM with customisable print and presentation options. Its focus on authentic English sounds, improves pronunciation and accelerates literacy.

With Big Surprise! you will meet all the requirements of the new curriculum

Big Surprise! enables children to:
• Develop critical thinking skills, like making predictions.
• Gain awareness of other cultures.
• Make connections between different subjects.
• Learn digital literacy skills.
• Extra resources for teachers, exclusive on www.oxfordpremium.es:
- Social Task booklets integrate Key Competences in class.
- Programaciones with specifi c rubrics for the new curriculum.

Engaging cross-curricular and culture content

Make cross-curricular teaching more engaging with eye-catching photography and topics that get children thinking about other subjects and their own life experiences.

Review sections every two units include real-world information, photos and topics of cultural interest, giving students a chance to reinforce their learning.

More for mixed-ability

To help with effi cient classroom management and cater for various levels of ability, Big Surprise! provides four-levels of worksheets for each key lesson; catch-up, support, reinforcement and extension. These worksheets make sure everyone moves forward together.

Get families involved

A special emphasis on the link between home and school identifi es opportunities for families to contribute to their child’s learning.

The full-colour Skills Booklet includes a letter to parents, English-at-home activities, and a progress chart to help learners strengthen their skills and competences.

The Oxford Online Learning Zone website is great for revisiting the fascinating stories and practising language at home.