Author Topic: Textbook Review 2012 - S-Daegyo (이재근) (Read 1066 times)

Paul · « **on:** September 15, 2011, 04:29:14 pm »

This thread is for discussing the new textbook. If you have any reviews or opinions on this text, please place them below.

Title: Elementary School English 5/6
Publisher: S-대교 (Logo like a rotated S, then Daegyo)
First Listed Korean Author: 이재근
First Listed Foreign Author: unknown, if any
Chapters: 16 plus 8 “Storytime” segments.

Paul · « **Reply #1 on:** September 15, 2011, 04:31:54 pm »

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wong812 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 16, 2011, 09:38:43 am »

I was allowed a quick flick through of all these books and I thought this one was one of the best; at least for my school where the English level is quite high.
The dialogue was above average as was overall content. Good story lines and video sequences were not too cheesy. If you are allowed to choose (I was told it is KT's job to choose) and the kids have a reasonable level then I would go for this one.

taeyang · « **Reply #3 on:** September 16, 2011, 11:15:05 am »

if this book is anything like the books for grades 3 and 4, then the pronunciation will be terrible, the cd-rom will be muddy and frustrating to use, and the lessons will be repetitive and uninspired.

complex303 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 16, 2011, 11:47:02 am »

Disclaimer: I may not know what the hell I'm talking about.

5th grade book: The Story Time’s are boring. The English is too easy and it sounds awkward.
The CD is voiced over.

6th grade book: The Story Time’s are boring. TOO EASY.
The CD is voiced-over.

I didn't bother doing a thorough review of this book. My school has the 3rd and 4th grade books, and I already know my students and co-teachers don't like it.

Maureen · « **Reply #5 on:** October 14, 2011, 11:10:03 am »

Overall, I find these books to be better than the others for two reasons. There doesn't appear to be too many mistakes in English (unlike the national textbooks) and these books will be popular next year, so there will be more people to share materials with.

However, some of the key expressions are awkward. For example, "How beautiful she is!" Does anyone say that?

krystalxoxo · « **Reply #6 on:** February 02, 2012, 07:21:18 pm »

My school chose this textbook for Grades 5 and 6 this year. In my opinion, it seems a bit better than the old ones. It has similar topics but the illustration seems a bit more attractive for kids and it's a lot lighter to carry.

Andrea.ESL · « **Reply #7 on:** February 14, 2012, 02:10:42 pm »

Does anyone have the CD for this yet? My school wants me to type up all the dialogues from the book, and it's going to take ages. I was hoping they'd have the CD and I could try copying from that, but we don't have it yet.

Lever · « **Reply #8 on:** February 27, 2012, 09:10:52 am »

Am I the only one who is overly upset with the fact the lines are printed upside down?

I was excited to see more chances for writing. However, the fact the students would be writing on hash marks TOTALLY ruined the elation.

Jrong · « **Reply #9 on:** February 27, 2012, 09:41:27 am »

How did they even decide to choose this book? Who says: "How beautiful she is!"? Maybe the company snuck "Jose" over here on a boat to write for them knowing it would make the execs rich: they hired an English book author, construction worker, and office maintenance guy all in one...

Actually, I think I did vote to use this book. I remember that I voted b/c I liked the "look and feel" of the chapter title pages. Damn it, Jrong, why do you have to be such an aesthetician?

Andrea.ESL · « **Reply #10 on:** February 27, 2012, 01:11:34 pm »

A few things to cringe over regarding grammar:

Let's go with us. (Grade 6 chapter 2 - Where is Anna's Doughnut Shop?)
I have a music class today. (as compared to "I have music class today," from last year)
Do you know about hanbok? (Grade 5 chapter 16, most ungodly sounding English I can think of)
You know what? Hallasan is taller than Jirisan. (Please, let's teach our kids how to sound condescending.)
Throw yut and move your game piece. (ugh...)

These are just a few. :\

marshapack · « **Reply #11 on:** March 02, 2012, 10:32:20 am »

For new people the english guide is on the supplemental CD under 영문 지도서. Helpful if your coteacher follows the book.

Also, is there a way to figure out how to use the cdrom easily? Too much Korean for me to figure out.

hokeypokey · « **Reply #12 on:** March 06, 2012, 08:20:55 am »

Quote from: marshapack on March 02, 2012, 10:32:20 am

For new people the english guide is on the supplemental CD under 영문 지도서. Helpful if your coteacher follows the book.

Also, is there a way to figure out how to use the cdrom easily? Too much Korean for me to figure out.

My computer's operating system is in English and the CD-Rom loaded in English for me, maybe it couldd be based on your OS. But I don't get the problem, for me everything has a fairly universal symbol. There is a music sign for the songs, a page symbol for the activities in the back of the book, and the lessons are numbered. On the other hand, we couldn't get the "Fun Talk to load properly on the classroom computer.

We had magnetic strips for each activity in the National books, but we didn't find them for this series so I made some. We put them up as we change activities in each lesson. I am uploading the pdf with a few blanks and the word document so you can add more if you want to

money55 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 06, 2012, 06:19:38 pm »

Can anyone give me a teacher's guide for this book?

hokeypokey · « **Reply #14 on:** March 12, 2012, 08:39:45 am »

Quote from: money55 on March 06, 2012, 06:19:38 pm

Can anyone give me a teacher's guide for this book?

I have it in HWP and can email it to you. Unfortunately, my school computer can't read Hangul so I can't open and upload it from here. PM me your email address and I'll send it to you. I am working on converting it to PDF and uploading it.

haden83 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 12, 2012, 12:48:30 pm »

for those who only has Korean teaching guides.

haden83 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 12, 2012, 01:42:52 pm »

for those who only have Korean teaching guides.

talklouder · « **Reply #17 on:** March 21, 2012, 08:50:30 am »

So, I have what appears to be a Teacher's answer book for a workbook of some sort. It says "평가 문제집". The problem is, it has all answers, and I have no empty version. There is a great test for each chapter, but the test has all the answers too. I have looked through every CD I've been given for these books, and I cannot find the blank test anywhere. The CD for this particular book only has MP3 audio clips, but no tests. Likewise, there are some extra exercises in this workbook that I would like to copy and use, but they have all the answers, so I can't give it to the children. Anyone else going through this? Anyone know where I can find the blank tests or additional activities? I even looked at the website, but it wasn't helpful.

Let me know. Thanks!

glb0b · « **Reply #18 on:** March 21, 2012, 12:45:27 pm »

We have the same book, but it also has all the answers.

I suspect you have to buy the question book for the students. Ask your co-teacher.

If you can't get it, my only suggestion is to photocopy the pages you want to use and liberally use whiteout to cover the answers before copying it for the students.

hokeypokey · « **Reply #19 on:** May 01, 2012, 02:56:17 pm »

Deh Gyo has a website with all the materials, cdrom, book, printables, teacher's manual, and suplementary videos. You'll need your co-t's id http://www.teachinglab.co.kr/

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