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■Please welcome! Our Discovery Island

2011/09/22


 Our Discovery Island
- where learning is an adventure!



Welcome to Our Discovery Island! Our Discovery Island makes learning English a memorable, exciting experience by harnessing the fun and excitement of a fantasy Online World with sound ELT methodology. Every level of the course presents students with a quest, which leads them on an exciting journey to strange, but interesting islands. The Online World of this series recreates a digital environment today's children are naturally drawn to, guiding them in their English learning through a real desire to play, explore, create, and interact.

 

Download Our Discovery Island Brochure:
ODI_Brochure.pdf (4.2MB)

 

 

 

Student Book (sample pages from Level 1, Unit 1)

Opening pages introduce the theme and provide a fun, vibrant way to present the vocabulary and grammar.

Grammar Box explains the grammar in a simple form.

Quest asks children to find a secret object!

A band at the bottom of every page indicates the language focus.

 

Engaging Song or chant reinforces vocabulary.

Home-School Link invites children to share what they have learned at home.

A Story in every unit consolidates vocabulary and grammar of the unit. Children see how the language is used in context.

Characters come to life in the Online World, where children practice their new language through variety of interactive activities!

 

A simple cross-curricular lesson makes the critical connection between English and other content areas, and introduces the connection across the curriculum.

The Sounds Fun! section helps children learn how to sound out the letters and form the words.

 

The I Can Checkbox give children the chance to evaluate their own progress and feel successful.

 

 

 

Let's take a look at the Online World.....

Easy registration to get the adventure started! Create your OWN avatar.




Ask questions and help characters to get items to complete the quest!

 

 

 

 

  

Variety of tasks that helps children practice English while they are having fun!

 

Visit and re-visit the scene which theme matches with the Student Book units. Children can challenge the tasks wherever, whenever they want to!






   

Children can see how far they have achieved by checking Report Card on their own page. Progress Review System* enable teachers to check how far and for how long the children challenged the tasks.
*To access Progress Review System, you need Teacher Access Code which you can find in the Teacher's Edition.

 

Now what are you waiting for? Enjoy Our Discovery Island - where learning is an adventure!

To find out more about each level, click the below link.

Our Discovery Island Level 1
Our Discovery Island Level 2
Our Discovery Island Level 3
Our Discovery Island Level 4
Our Discovery Island Level 5
Our Discovery Island Level 6