“Understanding and making others understand; the right words, in the right order.”
The English Language is a beautiful and rich system. Every student needs to be helped to make the best use of this language system, both to understand and to use English as effectively as they can. The role of Language Awareness is to have students answer these two simple but profound questions:
1. What words do we need to understand and use?
2. How are these words put together in ways that are understood?
Language Awareness is made up of five levels; as students move through these levels they start in Foundation and Level 1 by examining grammar and vocabulary in language reference and exercise materials. In Levels 2 and 3, students continue learning a lot of grammar and vocabulary, but begin to apply them to real language use, in all four skills (Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking). In Level 4, students spend all their class time looking at longer, more authentic samples of discourse, and use the language textbook for reference and self-help only. At the end of Language Awareness, students know a lot about how to use English, and also know where to find and use resources to learn even more.