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First English
English for pre-school and early primary school.

Both UK and US vocabulary included

Suitable for use with a smartboard

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First English has been developed specifically for children of pre-school and early primary school age. No reading ability is required. There is an option to display the text of what you hear, and if this is selected, then clicking on the text allows you to hear the words repeated.

The package consists of 60 topics and a range of activities to use these with. Some activities can be used with a large group and a whiteboard. Others are more appropriate for individual pupils at a computer.

The topics
Topics menu
Words and Quiz
Words and Quiz
The games
Snap
Sentences
Sentences

The activities can be selected from a picture menu as well as from the main menu bar.

See the vocabulary used:   UK vocabulary
US vocabulary
Picture menu

Minimum system requirements: WindowsTM XP or later.

Download 15-day free trial here. (205 mb)

Single user licence £  10.00
Site licence £100.00
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Terms and conditions

These terms and conditions do not affect your statutory rights.

Dispatch of goods:

Goods will normally be dispatched on the day the order is received, or the first working day thereafter. Orders to UK addresses will be sent 2nd class mail. Overseas orders will be sent standard airmail.

Return of goods:

Goods found to be unsuitable may be returned to us within 15 days of purchase. A full refund, less postage costs, will be made.

If there is a problem with any software which cannot be resolved, a full refund will be made.

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Site Licences

Our site licence allows you to copy the software onto a network or onto an unlimited number of free-standing machines, or to make copies on USB, all for use within the specified establishment.

It also allows teachers to install the software on home computers for use in connection with the licenced premises.

A copy of the site licence is available on request.

  Postage and Packing (number of items):

UK only £  3.00 £  3.00 £  4.00 £  6.00
Rest of Europe £  4.00 £  6.00 £  7.00 £10.00
Outside Europe £10.00 £10.00 £12.00 £15.00

 

How to order

Click Buy next to the chosen title. If you wish to order more than one title, click Continue shopping or use your browser's Back button.

When you have finished selecting, click Basket or Checkout.

Complete the Name and Address section and continue to the payment page (See 'How to Pay').

If you are buying a registration code for downloaded software, you must include the serial number of your software download.

If you have asked to pay by invoice, continue until your order is acknowledged.

How to pay

Payment should be made online by Paypal. If you do not have a PayPal account, you can pay as a guest using a credit or debit card.

The Invoice option is available to UK schools and nurseries only. Use the Additional Information box if you have an order number.

All other customers must pay for the goods before they are dispatched.

Topics menu

Topics menu:

Click on the topic name to show an illustration of that topic.

Words

Words (the learning page): Click on the pictures to hear the words spoken. This can be used with a whiteboard to teach the vocabulary to a group of pupils. The captions are optional.

Quiz (the testing page): Pupils are asked to find an item and click on it. The pictures can be kept in the same order or shuffled.

Snap

The Snap game:

One of three games that can be used to practise the vocabulary. Snap involves two pupils sitting at one computer. As the pictures change, the players have to be ready to press their chosen key when the two match.

The other two games are Memory (matching pairs), for one or two players, and Puzzle (identifying objects from some of the pieces of a jigsaw).  Puzzle and the two-player version of Memory are suitable for whole-class use.

Sentences

Sentences:

This activity uses the vocabulary of the topic (here: Transport) in meaningful contexts and introduces some new aspects of the language (here: go / goes to school, and by car / on foot). A matching exercise is included.