This popular two-level course for ages 3 to 5 guides young learners through their first steps in English. A communicative approach develops solid foundations in the key skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking, with plenty of fun along the way. Carefully adapted to meet the needs of Nigerian classrooms and reviewed by local experts, this new edition incorporates Nigerian characters and culture for an engaging learning experience.

York Super Rory Gold is a two-level course for very young learners of English. York Super Rory Gold introduces pre-school children to English through a carefully graded language syllabus. It has been planned so that children will be able to make progress in developing at their own pace the four language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking.

York Super Rory Gold provides:

• eight rich units, each of eight lessons
• Fun time! revision units
• a double-page spread introduction to the story characters
• a magic word at the end of each lesson
• a variety of activities to practise and consolidate the language learnt
• writing practice to help children develop the correct hand movement and letter recognition
• introduction and recycling of numbers
• audio material of the stories, songs and listening activities
• posters to present the stories and practise the vocabulary and grammar.

The course package includes:

• a hand puppet of the main character, ‘Super Rory’, to help teachers bring the stories to life
• a Pupil’s Book packed with colourful illustrations and lively stories introducing simple vocabulary and common language structures, accompanied by an audio CD
• an Activity Book, also accompanied by an audio CD
• a Writing Book with extensive opportunities to practise the correct formation of upper- and lower-case letters
• a Mathematics Book with engaging activities designed to teach pupils numbers 1 to 10 in KG1 and 11 to 20 in KG2, along with basic addition and subtraction
• two Readers for each level, building learners’ confidence in English with enjoyable classic stories retold in simple language, illustrated with colourful and imaginative pictures
• well-designed posters and flashcards, to be used as props for practising material actively in the classroom
• a comprehensive Teacher’s Book with a step-by-step guide to each element of the course, offering teaching guidelines for every activity, ideas for warm-ups and revision, clear summaries of the aims for each unit and lesson, and guidance on assessment.