First of all, thank you very much for using English Land. It is always nice to hear from the teachers who are using the materials that we've authored.
It sounds like you have a successful school with a rigorous program. Four lessons per unit is a real good pace. At my home-based school, English Square (Kanazawa), I spend from eight to twelve months for one level, depending on the students' age and level. (I have 46 lessons per year. Phew!:-)
You mentioned that Hello unit could be tough sometimes. I imagine that it can be a good challenge if students are completely new to the linguistic materials presented in the unit. If so, I will suggest that you do not worry too much about how much your students have internalized the materials, and move on. Then, you will have some opportunities to recycle the vocab. such as colors, numbers and dates later in the course. These topics are relatively easy to integrate into your daily teaching.
Maybe you are doing all this, but if so, I hope this can be helpful for other teachers who are reading this post.
Thanks again, Daniel, for your post, and good luck with your teaching!
