1. How many lessons does the Playguistics curriculum include?
We currently have 3 units available (27+ lessons) and will be adding additional units faster than they can be taught.
Our system will include 4 full levels before the end 2025. This will include 24 units, 72 unit sections, and enough content to teach a minimum of 216 lessons, but potentially over 600 lessons, depending on how you use the curriculum.
2. How is the curriculum organized?
Each level of our curriculum is divided into 6 units. Each unit is further divided into 3 sections. Each of the sections is sufficient to teach a minimum of 3 lessons. Therefore, you can teach at least 54 (6 x 3 x 3) lessons with one level of our curriculum.
3. Can I share the materials with my friends?
The license agreement for all Playguistics memberships only allows for one teacher to use the materials. With memberships currently available for just $36 per year, we've made every effort to make memberships affordable to every teacher. Therefore, while we do appreciate our members telling their friends about our curriculum, we ask that they abide by the terms of the license agreement and not share the content with non-subscribers.
Developing high-quality curriculum materials is a time-intensive endeavor and necessitates hundreds of hours of focused work. Our subscribers' payment of membership fees helps fund the cost of further developing our curriculum to include more levels and units and more variety of innovative teaching content.
However, if $36 per year is genuinely unaffordable to any teacher, we encourage them to contact us at team@playguistics.com and briefly explain their circumstances and let use know what price-point they would be able to afford. We don't want cost to prevent teachers from being able to utilize our materials and would be happy to arrange a discount to any teacher passionate about providing their students with the best possible learning experience.
4. What makes Playguistics's curriculum different from other products?
Every unit the Playguistics curriculum is built around a highly engaging speaking game or role-play activity, with all of the necessary materials provided. Teachers simply need to print and prepare the provided materials and students are guaranteed to have a ton of fun learning.
This is virtually unheard of in ESL curriculum, with teachers usually being forced to figure out all on their how to make content engaging and fun for learners.
Our innovative hands-on tools for teaching grammar and phonics are also unique to our product.
5. Do I need to strictly follow the teaching instructions included with your curriculum materials?
Absolutely not!
We've done our best to provide instructions that make it easy for teachers to understand the intended uses and potential functionality of the materials included in our activities.
However, we strongly believe that the teacher using our materials is always the best judge of their own students' needs and abilities. We encourage our curriculum users to feel free to be creative and use our materials as they see best.
That being said, a great deal of research and time was put into designing a step-by-step learning process that begins with the first unit and continues with the subsequent units. The order of the units is very strategic and designed to maximize the efficiency of both the learning of new content and the review of previously studied materials.
Following this system in the order that the units are presented will probably maximize the efficiency of your students' learning.
Trust your own judgment, though, and feel free to make adjustments where