Katherine Bilsborough – författare

Getting students engaged and motivated to learn English is often difficult. How do you get your students thinking critically? How do you influence them to contribute to class discussion and activities? How do you ensure that they are confident and well prepared for exams? Bright Ideas uses an enquiry-based approach in order to tap into children's natural curiosity and get them more involved in their own learning. This persuades them to asktheir own questions andfind their own answers. Every unit asks students a 'Big Question'. This gets students thinking about the subjects they know and love, such as family, school, and music. As they move through the content in each unit, they are provided with the skills and language necessary to answer the unit's 'Big Question' whilst having fun! This is followed by a 'Big Poll Question' which prompts students to think about the topic on a more personal and evaluativelevel. 'Think' tasks encouragepupils to apply their own experience and opinions to a particular topic and language practice is provided through songs, stories, and games. Through Online Practice and interactive eBooks containing class activities and homework tasks, students are able to further practice the content of each lesson. Automatic marking and progression tracking tools make it easier for development to be assessed. The flexible teaching package offers a range of tools and resources to ensurethat you areable to create the perfect lesson for your students. The Classroom Presentation Tool with on-screen Class Book and Activity Book provides comprehensive content for teachers to adapt to any teaching situation, class size or ability. The course provides a flexible, fresh and fun way to teach and learn English and ensures exam success for your students.

is an engaging story-based course with a fresh, modern design. Every lesson in Starlight follows a clear Engage - Practice - Communicate approach. Lively and imaginative stories with lovable characters introduce new language in every unit, and songs, role plays and games give students plenty of opportunities to practise new vocabulary and grammar, and communicate with one another. Exciting projects, CLILlessons and cross-curricular videos linkEnglish to the world outside the classroom and develop students' 21st century skills. The carefully-designed grammar, vocabulary and skills syllabus ensures that students develop the language they need for success in Cambridge Young Learner and KET examinations.

TheWorkbook provides plenty of extra practice of the vocabulary and grammar learnt in every unit. Lots of the activities are personalized, and extension activities keep fast finishers motivated. CLIL lessons are consolidated with further activities, and phonics pages provide extra practice in sounds and letters. A communicative cut-out activity in every unit provides opportunities for students to improve their speaking skills.

TheClass Audio CD supports teaching in class and contains all the listening material from the Student Book.The CD includes recordings of all the listening texts, reading texts, songs, chants, and speaking dialogues.

The lively and imaginative stories capture students’ attention and introduce new language in a meaningful context. Visual vocabulary presentations, story cards and activities activate students’ existing knowledge, and encourage creativity and critical thinking.A variety of contexts and songs, projects and communicative pair work give students plenty of opportunities to practise new vocabulary and grammar. CLIL lessons are consolidated and practised through listening activities and personalised communication games in the Student Book, as well as further activities in the Workbook. The Workbook provides plenty of extra practice of the vocabulary and grammar learnt in every unit. Lots of the activities are personalized, and extension activities keep faster learners motivated.Role plays, games, projects, and group or paired speaking activities provide opportunities for students to communicate with one another.s high-level course syllabus covers a wide range of grammatical structures and vocabulary in line with the Cambridge Young Learner and KET examinations. The integrated approach to language and skills development focuses on fluency and accuracy. Systematic recycling of all core language in every unit through review lessons are designed to elicit all unit language from students in preparation for their exams.Motivating CLIL lessons and projects encourage critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration, developing children’s 21st century skills. Culture pages offer the opportunity to transfer useful, practical English language to a range of different areas of the school curriculum such as Art, Music, Science, Geography, History and Maths. The colourful culture pages have real photos to increase student’s intercultural awareness. The course offers rich video content with animated stories and cross-curricular clips that resemble authentic materials, bringing English to life. A Project and Value Lesson in every unit integrates socio-cultural aspects of learning and promotes self-esteem, positive attitude, tolerance and respect. The Project and Value Lesson is an active, hands-on, long-form task in which students develop an item or skills that will be useful in real life. The lesson also introduces a civic value that connects to the unit topics. The project has tie-ins to the civic value, the CLIL lesson, the unit grammar structures, and/or the unit vocabulary. The project development makes it easy to practise the 21st century skills of critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity in the classroom.Posters, flashcards and story cards in the Teacher's Resource Pack offer opportunities for students to connect with the content and review vocabulary. The Classroom Presentation Tool delivers heads-up learning. The student’s website with interactive games, story animations, audio and downloadable resources extends students' contact with the language outside the classroom. Online resources for teachers include tests, extra worksheets and flashcards, and word cards.

is an engaging story-based course with a fresh, modern design. Every lesson in Starlight follows a clear Engage - Practice - Communicate approach. Lively and imaginative stories with lovable characters introduce new language in every unit, and songs, role plays and games give students plenty of opportunities to practise new vocabulary and grammar, and communicate with one another. Exciting projects, CLILlessons and cross-curricular videos linkEnglish to the world outside the classroom and develop students' 21st century skills. The carefully-designed grammar, vocabulary and skills syllabus ensures that students develop the language they need for success in Cambridge Young Learner and KET examinations.

TheWorkbook provides plenty of extra practice of the vocabulary and grammar learnt in every unit. Lots of the activities are personalized, and extension activities keep fast finishers motivated. CLIL lessons are consolidated with further activities, and phonics pages provide extra practice in sounds and letters. A communicative cut-out activity in every unit provides opportunities for students to improve their speaking skills.

TheClass Audio CD supports teaching in class and contains all the listening material from the Student Book. The CD includes recordings of all the listening texts, reading texts, songs, chants, and speaking dialogues.

The lively and imaginative stories capture students’ attention and introduce new language in a meaningful context. Visual vocabulary presentations, story cards and activities activate students’ existing knowledge, and encourage creativity and critical thinking.A variety of contexts and songs, projects and communicative pair work give students plenty of opportunities to practise new vocabulary and grammar. CLIL lessons are consolidated and practised through listening activities and personalised communication games in the Student Book, as well as further activities in the Workbook. The Workbook provides plenty of extra practice of the vocabulary and grammar learnt in every unit. Lots of the activities are personalized, and extension activities keep faster learners motivated.Role plays, games, projects, and group or paired speaking activities provide opportunities for students to communicate with one another.s high-level course syllabus covers a wide range of grammatical structures and vocabulary in line with the Cambridge Young Learner and KET examinations. The integrated approach to language and skills development focuses on fluency and accuracy. Systematic recycling of all core language in every unit through review lessons are designed to elicit all unit language from students in preparation for their exams.Motivating CLIL lessons and projects encourage critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration, developing children’s 21st century skills. Culture pages offer the opportunity to transfer useful, practical English language to a range of different areas of the school curriculum such as Art, Music, Science, Geography, History and Maths. The colourful culture pages have real photos to increase student’s intercultural awareness. The course offers rich video content with animated stories and cross-curricular clips that resemble authentic materials, bringing English to life. A Project and Value Lesson in every unit integrates socio-cultural aspects of learning and promotes self-esteem, positive attitude, tolerance and respect. The Project and Value Lesson is an active, hands-on, long-form task in which students develop an item or skills that will be useful in real life. The lesson also introduces a civic value that connects to the unit topics. The project has tie-ins to the civic value, the CLIL lesson, the unit grammar structures, and/or the unit vocabulary. The project development makes it easy to practise the 21st century skills of critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity in the classroom.Posters, flashcards and story cards in the Teacher's Resource Pack offer opportunities for students to connect with the content and review vocabulary. The Classroom Presentation Tool delivers heads-up learning. The student’s website with interactive games, story animations, audio and downloadable resources extends students' contact with the language outside the classroom. Online resources for teachers include tests, extra worksheets and flashcards, and word cards.

is an engaging story-based course with a fresh, modern design. Every lesson in Starlight follows a clear Engage - Practice - Communicate approach. Lively and imaginative stories with lovable characters introduce new language in every unit, and songs, role plays and games give students plenty of opportunities to practise new vocabulary and grammar, and communicate with one another. Exciting projects, CLILlessons and cross-curricular videos linkEnglish to the world outside the classroom and develop students' 21st century skills. The carefully-designed grammar, vocabulary and skills syllabus ensures that students develop the language they need for success in Cambridge Young Learner and KET examinations.

TheWorkbook provides plenty of extra practice of the vocabulary and grammar learnt in every unit. Lots of the activities are personalized, and extension activities keep fast finishers motivated. CLIL lessons are consolidated with further activities, and phonics pages provide extra practice in sounds and letters. A communicative cut-out activity in every unit provides opportunities for students to improve their speaking skills.

TheClass Audio CD supports teaching in class and contains all the listening material from the Student Book. The CD includes recordings of all the listening texts, reading texts, songs, chants, and speaking dialogues.

is an engaging story-based course with a fresh, modern design. Every lesson infollows a clearapproach. Lively and imaginative stories with lovable characters introduce new language in every unit, and songs, role plays and games give students plenty of opportunities to practise new vocabulary and grammar, and communicate with one another. Exciting projects, CLIL lessons and cross-curricular videos link English to the world outside the classroom and develop students' 21st century skills. The carefully-designed grammar, vocabulary and skills syllabus ensures that students develop the language they need for success in Cambridge Young Learner and KET examinations. The flexible teaching package offers an array of easy-to-use support resources, providing students with lots of opportunities to practise and consolidate their learning.

is an engaging story-based course with a fresh, modern design. Every lesson in Starlight follows a clear Engage - Practice - Communicate approach. Lively and imaginative stories with lovable characters introduce new language in every unit, and songs, role plays and games give students plenty of opportunities to practise new vocabulary and grammar, and communicate with one another. Exciting projects, CLILlessons and cross-curricular videos linkEnglish to the world outside the classroom and develop students' 21st century skills. The carefully-designed grammar, vocabulary and skills syllabus ensures that students develop the language they need for success in Cambridge Young Learner and KET examinations.

TheClass Audio CD supports teaching in class and contains all the listening material from the Student Book. The CD includes recordings of all the listening texts, reading texts, songs, chants, and speaking dialogues.

The lively and imaginative stories capture students’ attention and introduce new language in a meaningful context. Visual vocabulary presentations, story cards and activities activate students’ existing knowledge, and encourage creativity and critical thinking.A variety of contexts and songs, projects and communicative pair work give students plenty of opportunities to practise new vocabulary and grammar. CLIL lessons are consolidated and practised through listening activities and personalised communication games in the Student Book, as well as further activities in the Workbook. The Workbook provides plenty of extra practice of the vocabulary and grammar learnt in every unit. Lots of the activities are personalized, and extension activities keep faster learners motivated.Role plays, games, projects, and group or paired speaking activities provide opportunities for students to communicate with one another.s high-level course syllabus covers a wide range of grammatical structures and vocabulary in line with the Cambridge Young Learner and KET examinations. The integrated approach to language and skills development focuses on fluency and accuracy. Systematic recycling of all core language in every unit through review lessons are designed to elicit all unit language from students in preparation for their exams.Motivating CLIL lessons and projects encourage critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration, developing children’s 21st century skills. Culture pages offer the opportunity to transfer useful, practical English language to a range of different areas of the school curriculum such as Art, Music, Science, Geography, History and Maths. The colourful culture pages have real photos to increase student’s intercultural awareness. The course offers rich video content with animated stories and cross-curricular clips that resemble authentic materials, bringing English to life. A Project and Value Lesson in every unit integrates socio-cultural aspects of learning and promotes self-esteem, positive attitude, tolerance and respect. The Project and Value Lesson is an active, hands-on, long-form task in which students develop an item or skills that will be useful in real life. The lesson also introduces a civic value that connects to the unit topics. The project has tie-ins to the civic value, the CLIL lesson, the unit grammar structures, and/or the unit vocabulary. The project development makes it easy to practise the 21st century skills of critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity in the classroom.Posters, flashcards and story cards in the Teacher's Resource Pack offer opportunities for students to connect with the content and review vocabulary. The Classroom Presentation Tool delivers heads-up learning. The student’s website with interactive games, story animations, audio and downloadable resources extends students' contact with the language outside the classroom. Online resources for teachers include tests, extra worksheets and flashcards, and word cards.

is an engaging story-based course with a fresh, modern design. Every lesson in Starlight follows a clear Engage - Practice - Communicate approach. Lively and imaginative stories with lovable characters introduce new language in every unit, and songs, role plays and games give students plenty of opportunities to practise new vocabulary and grammar, and communicate with one another. Exciting projects, CLILlessons and cross-curricular videos linkEnglish to the world outside the classroom and develop students' 21st century skills. The carefully-designed grammar, vocabulary and skills syllabus ensures that students develop the language they need for success in Cambridge Young Learner and KET examinations.

TheWorkbook provides plenty of extra practice of the vocabulary and grammar learnt in every unit. Lots of the activities are personalized, and extension activities keep fast finishers motivated. CLIL lessons are consolidated with further activities, and phonics pages provide extra practice in sounds and letters. A communicative cut-out activity in every unit provides opportunities for students to improve their speaking skills.

TheClass Audio CD supports teaching in class and contains all the listening material from the Student Book. The CD includes recordings of all the listening texts, reading texts, songs, chants, and speaking dialogues.

is an engaging story-based course with a fresh, modern design. Every lesson in Starlight follows a clear Engage - Practice - Communicate approach. Lively and imaginative stories with lovable characters introduce new language in every unit, and songs, role plays and games give students plenty of opportunities to practise new vocabulary and grammar, and communicate with one another. Exciting projects, CLILlessons and cross-curricular videos linkEnglish to the world outside the classroom and develop students' 21st century skills. The carefully-designed grammar, vocabulary and skills syllabus ensures that students develop the language they need for success in Cambridge Young Learner and KET examinations.

The lively and imaginative stories capture students’ attention and introduce new language in a meaningful context. Visual vocabulary presentations, story cards and activities activate students’ existing knowledge, and encourage creativity and critical thinking.A variety of contexts and songs, projects and communicative pair work give students plenty of opportunities to practise new vocabulary and grammar. CLIL lessons are consolidated and practised through listening activities and personalised communication games in the Student Book, as well as further activities in the Workbook. The Workbook provides plenty of extra practice of the vocabulary and grammar learnt in every unit. Lots of the activities are personalized, and extension activities keep faster learners motivated.Role plays, games, projects, and group or paired speaking activities provide opportunities for students to communicate with one another.s high-level course syllabus covers a wide range of grammatical structures and vocabulary in line with the Cambridge Young Learner and KET examinations. The integrated approach to language and skills development focuses on fluency and accuracy. Systematic recycling of all core language in every unit through review lessons are designed to elicit all unit language from students in preparation for their exams.Motivating CLIL lessons and projects encourage critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration, developing children’s 21st century skills. Culture pages offer the opportunity to transfer useful, practical English language to a range of different areas of the school curriculum such as Art, Music, Science, Geography, History and Maths. The colourful culture pages have real photos to increase student’s intercultural awareness. The course offers rich video content with animated stories and cross-curricular clips that resemble authentic materials, bringing English to life. A Project and Value Lesson in every unit integrates socio-cultural aspects of learning and promotes self-esteem, positive attitude, tolerance and respect. The Project and Value Lesson is an active, hands-on, long-form task in which students develop an item or skills that will be useful in real life. The lesson also introduces a civic value that connects to the unit topics. The project has tie-ins to the civic value, the CLIL lesson, the unit grammar structures, and/or the unit vocabulary. The project development makes it easy to practise the 21st century skills of critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity in the classroom.Posters, flashcards and story cards in the Teacher's Resource Pack offer opportunities for students to connect with the content and review vocabulary. The Classroom Presentation Tool delivers heads-up learning. The student’s website with interactive games, story animations, audio and downloadable resources extends students' contact with the language outside the classroom. Online resources for teachers include tests, extra worksheets and flashcards, and word cards.

TheClass Audio CD supports teaching in class and contains all the listening material from the Student Book. The CD includes recordings of all the listening texts, reading texts, songs, chants, and speaking dialogues.