DSA SMART START – A1 LEVEL

Descrizione

The DSA Smart Start Level A1 volume is designed to guide students with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) in their first steps in learning English. Thanks to a visual, multisensory, and inclusive approach, each teaching unit is designed to facilitate comprehension, memorization, and active use of the language, making the learning experience accessible and motivating.

This program represents the first level of the DSA Smart Start program , a method that integrates effective learning techniques, visual supports, and personalized strategies. It’s a useful tool not only for students with DSA, but also for anyone who wants to learn English in a more intuitive and gradual way.

This level follows the Cambridge English A1 preparation and, as such, represents an excellent path to taking the Cambridge exams. It is a valuable tool for students wishing to obtain a recognized international certification.

What you’ll find inside:
– Guided exercises and simple explanations
– Illustrations and symbols to support understanding
– Practical activities to reinforce learning
– Spaces dedicated to metacognitive reflection
– Worksheets with highly legible fonts
– Access to additional digital materials (audio and video)

Suitable for students aged 8 and up, parents, support teachers and learning tutors.

Grammar Topics:

– Unit 1: Subject pronouns and the verb TO BE in affirmative, negative, and question form
– Unit 2: Plural nouns regular and irregular
– Unit 3: Past simple of the verb TO BE affirmative, negative, and question form
– Unit 4: Saxon genitive and the use of the question word “whose”
– Unit 5: Demonstratives this, that, these, those
– Unit 6: Past simple of the verb TO BE affirmative, negative, and question form
– Unit 7: Present simple affirmative, negative, and question form; adverbs of frequency
– Unit 8: Past simple regular and irregular verbs in affirmative, negative, and question form; past time expressions
– Unit 9: Imperative forms
– Unit 10: The modal verb WILL affirmative, negative, and question form
– Unit 11: The modal verbs CAN and COULD used in present and past simple
– Unit 12: Object pronouns
– Unit 13: Have and have got affirmative, negative, and question form
– Unit 14: Prepositions of time and prepositions of place
– Unit 15: Present continuous affirmative, negative, and question form