Textbook Analysis Lucía Scaramuccia Camila Viña Title: Happy Earth 2 Type of textbook: main course. General English Publisher: Oxford University Press Intended audience: 5th - 6th form Extent: Class Book Activity Book Teacher‟s book Cassettes / Audio CDs Website Total estimated time: one year Design and Layout: four-colour paper back Distribution: List of contents Plays Subdivisions: Eight „units‟:
1 all about me 2 Clothes zone 3 At work 4 Focus on food 5 At sea 6 My body 7 Around town 8 In space
Each unit is divided into 5 stages. Stage 4 is always „Action File‟ and stage 5 „Story‟. These two stages are repeated in every unit. Also, every two units there is a „Do you remember?‟ section for revision. In units 1, 3, 5 and 7 include different episodes of the „Bulldog and Friends‟ story.
In-depth analysis Unit 2: Clothes Zone Stage 1: Our Clothes Task 1: Find the clothes in the picture Task 2: Listen and match the names with the people Task 3: Play “Guess who?” with your class Task 4: Read and match the questions with the answers Task 5: Work with a partner. Ask and answer
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