Programs for Everyone
In the Land of the Bears
A program designed for children aged 3-5, In the Land of the Bears is the first course in the English With A Smile series. The program teaches speaking and listening skills through the core story presented in the picture storybook, through role playing and through rhymes, songs, games, activities and movement suitable for the very young learner.
Bobby English in the Land of the Bears
Bobby English and the Bears is a program designed to teach pupils to understand and speak English. The program is an oral-aural, prereading course for young learners aged 5-7. The program targets young children who have completed In the Land of the Bears, and children in kindergarten and first and second grades. It is the second course in the English With A Smile series. The course builds and expands upon what was taught in In the Land of the Bears.
Together in the Land of the Bears
Together in the Land of the Bears is a program designed to teach pupils listening comprehension and speaking skills in English. The program is an oral-aural, prereading course for young learners aged 6-9. The program targets young children who have completed Bobby English and the Bears. The program is suitable for both kindergarten and early primary school grade pupils. It is the third course in the English With A Smile series. The vocabulary and structures introduced and practiced are at a more advanced and challenging level than the language items in In the Land of the Bears and Bobby English and the Bears.
The Reading Express
The Reading Express is EWAS's unique program to teach pupils aged 6-10 to read English. The program continues the work of Bobby English and the Bears and serves as a stand-alone course for pupils who have not yet learned to read English either in the public schools or in private lessons. It is suitable as the continuation of other beginning level spoken English courses as well. The Reading Express teaches the four basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Surprise at Little Bear Lake
Surprise at Little Bear Lake follows naturally from where The Reading Express left off, both in terms of the storyline and by continuing with EWAS's unique methodology in teaching young pupils to read English. We continue to color code vowels and we practice reading the words, phrasing and sentences that appear in the storybook in multiple settings: the storybook itself; the songbook, the wordbook; activity book exercises and more.