Question 1

What do the codes (i.e. B1.03) at the beginning of the resources mean?

Accepted Answer

Resource Codes

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Many of the resources have a little code in the title. For example, B1.03.

This is a very special, insider code that is only for members of the Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum.

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Alright, here is the top secret meaning of the codes:

B1 = Beginners Level 1 (B2 would be Beginners Level 2)

.03 = This is the unit number that the lesson comes from, in this case Unit 3.

Other codes:

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Question 2

Why do I get an error when clicking on a PDF download link in the membership?

Accepted Answer

Getting an error like the one in the image below?

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/VJjCVlXBck/resources/ElFHctgYys/Download%20Error%20.png (Download Error )

If you look at the error, it says the request has expired. Basically, when you load a page in the membership, it creates an expiring link. If you return after a few minutes to that same page without refreshing it and click on the same link, you'll get an error. You just need to refresh the page to have a new link created.

Question 3

How do I add a group?

Accepted Answer

Click on the Create a Group button on the Groups page and fill out the details for the group.

You can also find this link from the menu at the top or the dropdown labeled Create found in the Quick Menu in the sidebar.

Create a Group Now ->

Question 4

How should I group my students?

Accepted Answer

You can organize students any way you like, but you don't generally need to group students by any of the data you add on a student's profile—i.e. grade level, background flags, etc.—since you will be able to sort students by these fields at any time. You may want to consider organizing students by class or by goal or by content teacher. This allows you to view results, chart graphs, schedule forms, etc. specifically for that group of students.

Question 5

How do I assign students to a group?

Accepted Answer

When you create a group, you can add students to it on the same form.

You can also add students at any time by clicking on the Assign Students to a Group button or by visiting the Group Details page and adding students there. The Group Details page can be found by clicking on the Details button next to any group in the list of Groups.

Add Students to a Group Now ->

Question 6

How do I remove students from a group?

Accepted Answer

On the Groups page, when you click on the Details button for a group, a new window will open with that group's details including a list of the students in that group.
To remove a student, simply click on any row. A little popup will appear that says Delete. Click on the Delete button to remove the student from the group.

Question 7

What is a "tense" and why is it important?

Accepted Answer

As native speakers, we were never really taught formal English tenses.

We just learned them naturally, by speaking a lot.

If you ever took Spanish or French though, you'll know all about tenses.

The verbs in a sentence change based on the time frame in which they occurred. That is a tense.

And there are six major tenses in the English language. (There are lots more than that, but the others aren't as common and they are fairly easy considering they are just variations of the six major tenses.)

Here they are:

Present Simple
Present Continuous
Future ("will" & "going to")
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Present Perfect

I've had people argue with me that there is no such thing as a future tense, just a heads up.

In our case, considering we speak about the future using a particular grammar structure, for all effective purposes, it is a future tense, and our students need to know it in order to communicate effectively.

Now...

The next issue is how to teach these tenses.

Well, don't over-explain them.

Children learn English tenses just fine by interacting with their parents without their parents needing to give long, drawn-out grammar explanations.

Kids repeat everything they hear. Over and over.

Parents correct them at times by telling them how to say it correctly.

That's how we want to teach as well.

Tell the students what they need for a tense - a quick grammar explanation.

Then get them practicing it by hearing, speaking, reading and writing it A LOT.

That's it!

And that is exactly how the materials in the ESL Curriculum Membership are set up.

You'll find speaking pages with sentence starters that you can use with your students.

Start by using the example sentences, repeating them until the students have become familiar with the structure.
Then they can start changing words in the sentences to make them their own.
Then they can start making their own sentences in little back-and-forth Q&A activities with partners.
By the end of a class period, they will have said so many sentences in a particular tense that they will be doing it without thinking about it!!

Question 8

How can I add student seats?

Accepted Answer

You can easily add student seats from your account page:

Click on one of the Upgrade options to add the number of seats you need.
Use the same email at checkout.
The student seats will be added to the current number of seats you already have.
You can view your account history with any additional seats added on your account page.
You can cancel or decrease the number of student seats you're using at any time.

If you have any questions or need any help, please contact support.

Question 9

How do I use the vocabulary pages in the curriculum?

Accepted Answer

Click below to check out the video on how to use the vocabulary pages inside the ESL Curriculum Membership!

You can also check out how the vocabulary page can be used by heading over to one of the Grammar/Speaking Lessons Plans.

Question 10

How do I edit a group?

Accepted Answer

Double click on any field in the table to edit it.

Or you can click on any row in the Groups table and an edit button will appear. Click on the Edit button to edit details.