The Happy Alphabet Book teaches children the Roman alphabet. Pair work activities and games provide lots of regular speaking practice.
Level 1 focuses on writing at a word and sentence level, so that by Level 2 children can express themselves in mini- paragraphs.
Writing skills are systematically built up. Speech bubble stories give children the opportunity of acting out the text 'Colin in Computerland' provides revision and language presentation through an exciting adventure story and the 'Extended reading' sections include topic-based information, rhymes, and jokes. It introduces children to different types of reading text. The lively songs and chants have a contemporary feel which add to pupils' enjoyment of the course. The characters from Happy House, Polly and Jack, take young learners outside the context of the house and help them to explore the neighbourhood. Happy Street can be used after an oral/aural course such as Happy House, or as a first English course which includes reading and writing from the beginning.