let's go teacher packs

[billd766]

My son is 12 and my neighbours children are 11 and 8.

 

They are learning English at school using the Oxford University series called Let's Go books 1 to 6, 4th edition

 

The two eldest are on book 6 and the younger is on book 3.

 

I spend about 15 minutes a night with each of them, one on one, teaching them pronunciation.

 

I have copies of the student books and the English teacher at the eldest's school lent me his book 6 teachers book which I copied but there are also student plus teacher CDs which I cannot get.

 

Does anybody know where I can buy or copy them? We live in rural Khampaeng Phet nowhere near any bookstores.

 

Thanks for any help or information.

[lostinisaan]

I've put a lot of work in to have grade two and three on Power Points, with the possibility to let answers pop in, etc...

 

    Here's what I've got: English, science and math for grade two and grade three. I've got both, the students and the workbook scanned in and on Slideshows which makes your job much easier.

 

    I never received the CD's for them, guess the HoD kept them for herself. But I might have the math CD. 

 

            Here's a tip what you could do. When you see some characters and several choices, why don't you ask the questions and let your kids decide what the right picture to it is?

 

   Please page me, but give me a little bit of time, I'm more than busy right now. Cheers.     

 

   P.S. The Let's Go isn't too bad, but the kids should start with them in grade one. You can't throw a grade six book at kids who aren't good at English, that doesn't work. 

 

                 

Edited September 29, 2016 by lostinisaan

[billd766]

14 hours ago, lostinisaan said:

I've put a lot of work in to have grade two and three on Power Points, with the possibility to let answers pop in, etc...

 

    Here's what I've got: English, science and math for grade two and grade three. I've got both, the students and the workbook scanned in and on Slideshows which makes your job much easier.

 

    I never received the CD's for them, guess the HoD kept them for herself. But I might have the math CD. 

 

            Here's a tip what you could do. When you see some characters and several choices, why don't you ask the questions and let your kids decide what the right picture to it is?

 

   Please page me, but give me a little bit of time, I'm more than busy right now. Cheers.     

 

   P.S. The Let's Go isn't too bad, but the kids should start with them in grade one. You can't throw a grade six book at kids who aren't good at English, that doesn't work. 

 

                 

 

 

The children have gone through the school with lets go but we live 65 km from the school and the feedback from the teacher has not been as good as I had hoped. I now spend about 10 to 15 minutes, one on one with each of them doing reading practice and pronunciation. The two eldest are due to go up next year and the school they want to go to wants a GPA of 3 for them to enrol so I have my work cut out from now until March.

 

Anything that you can supply me with I will be grateful for and I am sure we can come to an agreement to recompense you for all your work.

 

Whenever you get the time please send me a PM.

 

Thanks a lot.

 

Bill

[chowny77]

There is a website address on the back of the textbooks. www.oup.com. you can sign-up for free and they have pre-tests per unit for all levels. have a look and sign-up

[muzmurray]

On 9/29/2016 at 9:43 PM, lostinisaan said:

I've put a lot of work in to have grade two and three on Power Points, with the possibility to let answers pop in, etc...

 

    Here's what I've got: English, science and math for grade two and grade three. I've got both, the students and the workbook scanned in and on Slideshows which makes your job much easier.

 

    I never received the CD's for them, guess the HoD kept them for herself. But I might have the math CD. 

 

            Here's a tip what you could do. When you see some characters and several choices, why don't you ask the questions and let your kids decide what the right picture to it is?

 

   Please page me, but give me a little bit of time, I'm more than busy right now. Cheers.     

 

   P.S. The Let's Go isn't too bad, but the kids should start with them in grade one. You can't throw a grade six book at kids who aren't good at English, that doesn't work. 

 

                 

 

How on earth can you be using a textbook that has audio, when you don't have the CD? Are you just ignoring all of those exercises?

[jadee]

Hi, if you're set on buying the physical CDs, the printed edition of the books come with CDs. Amazon.com sells them, when I checked they said they can ship to Thailand with their Amazon Global Priority Shipping service. 

Alternatively, some aspects of the Let's Go series have been uploaded to YouTube, for example here. Perhaps those people could help. 

The official OUP website has many free teacher and parent resources here. 

[BruceMangosteen]

On 10/1/2016 at 7:22 AM, muzmurray said:

 

How on earth can you be using a textbook that has audio, when you don't have the CD? Are you just ignoring all of those exercises?

 

Almost every textbook book has an audio accessory. I'm surprised you didn't know this considering your expansive insight to everything. Often CD players aren't available or computers don't work even if you have the CD. You, the teacher, has to supplement this using her own voice or making assumptions etc.. You can create the exercise and enhance it. Don't give up or think things revolve in your little world of common sense. You remain in a third world country where Education isn't considered that important and English even less so. Consider if you must how much paper is wasted. A memo about when school closes and opens requires 3500 copies?

[billd766]

2 hours ago, BruceMangosteen said:

 

Almost every textbook book has an audio accessory. I'm surprised you didn't know this considering your expansive insight to everything. Often CD players aren't available or computers don't work even if you have the CD. You, the teacher, has to supplement this using her own voice or making assumptions etc.. You can create the exercise and enhance it. Don't give up or think things revolve in your little world of common sense. You remain in a third world country where Education isn't considered that important and English even less so. Consider if you must how much paper is wasted. A memo about when school closes and opens requires 3500 copies?

 

Unfortunately I am not the teacher, just a concerned Dad. I was lucky that my son's English teacher allowed me to copy his teachers book but sadly the CDs were not available. My son and a neighbours daughter are going up to high school next year and the younger girl next door has 3 more years before she goes up.

 

I spend about 15 minutes in the evening, one on one teaching them pronunciation. If I can get hold of the CDs all our lives will be a little easier.

 

I have no idea what system they use at the high school yet but I will need to find out and prepare for the next 6 years.

[muzmurray]

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

muzmurray is actually talking about me as I opened the topic originally asking for help.

 

Actually, the original post by me was addressed to "LostinIsaan" as he said he is using textbooks without the audio - and he is a teacher.

 

You are not a teacher, you are just trying to help your own children, and for that you should be commended.

 

[BruceMangosteen]

2 hours ago, billd766 said:

 

3   Have you read the Let's Go series and heard the audio files or did you hear something else?

 

I did buy the Let's Go series in Cambodia some years ago. I'm writing about quality of said CD's in general, not specific to what your children may or may not be exposed to in/with the current Let's Go series. 

 

The Oxford University Press referral you cited should not be confused with an actual audit or preparation of said textbooks by someone at Oxford University. The books are a money making business in Thailand, as you must know by now. The Government pays dearly for these paperback books which fall apart usually by the end of term one. Quality isn't the issue, either of the book or it's content. MEP programs do generally but not always use a different textbook but in reality, it's just more advanced, not a lot of other differences. Cheers mate. 

[lostinisaan]

4 hours ago, muzmurray said:

 

Actually, the original post by me was addressed to "LostinIsaan" as he said he is using textbooks without the audio - and he is a teacher.

 

You are not a teacher, you are just trying to help your own children, and for that you should be commended.

 

 

 I was three days without Internet and I'm glad to give my 5 baht to it now. A good teacher doesn't need the audio CD's, because you can use your imagination and do the speaking part. 

 

    What if the school coordinator keeps the CD's for her own lessons. Would you go to the cops? Then you'll have to find your own way and a good teacher should  always be able to cover ALL Audio parts with his/ or her own voice. 

 

       Op, one drive seems to be the best option, just wait for an e-mail. 

 

          The files are too big to send them here, or even via e-mail. Talk soon. 

 

             

[billd766]

13 minutes ago, lostinisaan said:

 

 I was three days without Internet and I'm glad to give my 5 baht to it now. A good teacher doesn't need the audio CD's, because you can use your imagination and do the speaking part. 

 

    What if the school coordinator keeps the CD's for her own lessons. Would you go to the cops? Then you'll have to find your own way and a good teacher should  always be able to cover ALL Audio parts with his/ or her own voice. 

 

       Op, one drive seems to be the best option, just wait for an e-mail. 

 

          The files are too big to send them here, or even via e-mail. Talk soon. 

 

             

 

 

OK

 

Thinks.... now what did I do with my one drive?

[lostinisaan]

2 minutes ago, billd766 said:

 

 

OK

 

Thinks.... now what did I do with my one drive?

 

I just give you access to mine. Tomorrow is a long boring day at school, grades are done and dusted, so please let me check this out and get in touch with you.

 

      P.S. Once you've got access to the files of my One Drive, you just download them. 

 

           Have a good one, dude. 

Edited October 3, 2016 by lostinisaan

[lostinisaan]

34 minutes ago, billd766 said:

 

 

OK

 

Thinks.... now what did I do with my one drive?

 

Please check your e-mail......I gave you full access....save whatever you see.....

      

         Talk soon.

 

             M.M>

Edited October 3, 2016 by lostinisaan

[Johnniey]

Bill if your son is 12, those Let's Go  books are nowhere near the level that he should be reading, assuming he speaks English and not Thai with yourself.

 

Get him reading real books! I can't stress this enough. There are great Oxford books levels one to 6 available at most decent bookstores, which would suit his age, if he goes to a country school.

[billd766]

17 hours ago, Johnniey said:

Bill if your son is 12, those Let's Go  books are nowhere near the level that he should be reading, assuming he speaks English and not Thai with yourself.

 

Get him reading real books! I can't stress this enough. There are great Oxford books levels one to 6 available at most decent bookstores, which would suit his age, if he goes to a country school.

 

He actually goes to a city school but it is 65km away and the Lets Go series are the ones used on the Mini English Program.

 

The nearest bookshop is there also.

 

He is due to go up at the end of the next term so I will have to visit his new school to see what books they will be using then before buying any new books.

[Scott]

The Let's Go series is a pretty good one and covers all the major areas of English, but it is a little on the light side for academic use.  

 

It is primarily a conversation series and should be supplemented by age-appropriate reading.  

 

I should add, some nasty, bickering off-topic posts have been removed.  

[billd766]

4 hours ago, Scott said:

The Let's Go series is a pretty good one and covers all the major areas of English, but it is a little on the light side for academic use.  

 

It is primarily a conversation series and should be supplemented by age-appropriate reading.  

 

I should add, some nasty, bickering off-topic posts have been removed.  

 

Thank you for removing those off topic posts.

 

I sometimes wonder about the mentality and intelligence of some posters on TVF.

[nellyp]

I think Let's Go is boring. I also think that if you are teaching pronunciation you can use anything; personally i would go with some action comics as they would be more appealing to the age group, but will still have the relevant souinds you need.

 

If you do not have the Let's Go material yet, PM me and I will get them to you

[jaiyenyen]

I also recommend the Oxford Bookworm series. Choose a level suitable for your child, and away you go. Se-Ed bookshops usually have a good selection on offer.