Bannatyne Reading, Writing, Spelling and Language Program

Third Edition

COUNTRIES THAT WANT ENGLISH 

AS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE

The Bannatyne Reading, Writing, Spelling and Language Program has great potential for educating all students quickly and thoroughly in speaking, reading, spelling and writing English as a fluent second language. One of the tremendous advantages of the Bannatyne Program is its continuous pervasive emphasis on interactive conversation and discussion between teacher and students as well as between the students themselves. Students for whom English is not their primary language require this constant auditory-vocal input and interaction in order to become fluent listeners and speakers of English.

Only a comprehensive, task-analyzed, integrated, conversational program, reading program, writing program, spelling program, language program, and reading comprehension training program, such as the Bannatyne Reading Program, will work super-efficiently with all kinds of students from the verbally gifted to those with low IQs.

Which countries can utilize the Bannatyne Program: 

Every country around the world, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, can use the Bannatyne Reading, Writing, Spelling and Language Program to teach their STUDENTS to speak, read, write, spell and comprehend the English language fluently and efficiently.

Every country around the world, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, can use the Bannatyne Reading, Writing, Spelling and Language Program to teach their TEACHERS to speak, read, write, spell and comprehend the English language fluently and efficiently.

Age considerations for students:  

Traditionally the teaching of English has been left to the High Schools because it was assumed in previous centuries that only the highly educated would need to learn a foreign language. Mostly these traditional courses were designed to enable the students to read and write English literature because, back then, travel was unusual and conversations with English-speaking people would be rare. However, in the twenty-first century, travel for business and pleasure has become commonplace, and the Internet (with its multi-media technology) is linking all the countries of the world with English--now the lingua franca of the world. Cell phones are also making international conversations commonplace. 

The younger that children are when they begin to learn any language, the better. The best time to start teaching students spoken English is birth, but as this is obviously a rare possibility in non-English-speaking countries, the next best time is at school entry, preferably in pre-school or kindergarten. The Bannatyne Program is ideal for teaching English to all beginning students in the 3 to 7 age-range of school entry. Of course, the Bannatyne Program can also be used for teaching English to older students.

Countries where very little English is currently spoken:

For countries such as China, Japan, Russia and Thailand, where very few elementary school teachers may speak English, we propose the following plan: 

• We begin by quickly training a relatively few bilingual teachers (who already know English) in how to use the Bannatyne Reading, Writing, Spelling and Language Program, perhaps in several areas of the country at the same time. 
• Once thoroughly versed in how to use the Bannatyne Program these bilingual teachers would use it to teach English to larger groups of non-English-speaking elementary school teachers.
• These elementary school teachers, who would now know all the necessary facets of the English language, will begin teaching it to their classroom students.
• They also train two or three other teachers, who then teach their students as well as two or three more teachers.
• This dual pattern of teacher and student training continues uninterrupted until soon, like the chess board analogy of exponential doubling up, thousands of teachers and millions of elementary school students are involved in reading, writing, spelling and speaking English competently.
• All students and teachers who have thus learned English are encouraged to speak and write English with each other whenever possible, and to continue to read English books supplied by their school.
• An entire new generation will have very competent English-speaking capabilities within a few years.

Countries where English is currently spoken by educated people:

For countries such as India, Sri Lanka, and South Africa, where most elementary school teachers speak English, we propose the following plan:

• We begin by quickly training a relatively few of these bilingual teachers (who already know English) in how to use the Bannatyne Reading, Writing, Spelling and Language Program, perhaps in several areas of the country at the same time. 
• Once thoroughly versed in how to use the Bannatyne Program these bilingual teachers would use it to teach the Bannatyne Program to larger groups of English-speaking elementary school teachers at Teacher Training Workshops.
• These English-speaking elementary school teachers, who would now know how to use and teach the Bannatyne Program, will begin teaching it to their classroom students.
• They also train two or three other teachers to use the Bannatyne Program, who then teach their students as well as two or three more English-speaking teachers.  
• Non-English-speaking teachers could also be trained to speak, read, write and spell English by using the Bannatyne Program in more extended Teacher Training courses.
• This dual pattern of teacher and student training continues uninterrupted until soon, like the chess board analogy of exponential doubling up, thousands of teachers and millions of elementary students are involved in reading, writing, spelling and speaking English competently.
• All students who have thus learned English are encouraged to speak and write English with each other whenever possible, and to continue to read English books supplied by their school.
• An entire new generation will have very competent English-speaking capabilities within a few years.

Countries where English is currently spoken by all the teachers and many citizens:

For countries such as The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Denmark, where all school teachers speak fluent English, we propose the following plan:

• We begin by quickly training a relatively few of these bilingual teachers (who are fluent in English) in how to use the Bannatyne Reading, Writing, Spelling and Language Program, perhaps in several areas of the country at the same time. 
• Once thoroughly versed in how to use the Bannatyne Program these bilingual Trainer Teachers would use it to teach the use of Bannatyne Program to much larger groups of English speaking elementary school teachers at Teacher Training Workshops, until all elementary school teachers are familiar with how to use and teach the Bannatyne Program.
• These English-speaking elementary school teachers, who would now know how to use and teach the Bannatyne Program, will begin teaching it to their classroom students.
• All students who have thus learned English are encouraged to speak and write English with each other whenever possible, and to continue to read English books supplied by their school.
• An entire new generation will have very competent English speaking, reading, writing and spelling capabilities within a few years.

Countries where English is spoken by all the teachers and all citizens:

For countries such as Singapore, Jamaica, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago where all school teachers and all citizens speak fluent English, we propose the following plan:

• We begin by quickly training a relatively few elementary school teachers in how to use the Bannatyne Reading, Writing, Spelling and Language Program.
• Once thoroughly versed in how to use the Bannatyne Program these Trainer Teachers would use it to teach the use of Bannatyne Program to much larger groups of elementary school teachers at Teacher Training Workshops, until all elementary school teachers are familiar with how to use and teach the Bannatyne Program.
• These elementary school teachers, who would now know how to use and teach the Bannatyne Program, will begin teaching it to their classroom students.
• All students who have thus learned English are encouraged to speak and write English with each other whenever possible, and to continue to read English books supplied by their school.
• This new generation will have very competent English speaking, reading, writing and spelling capabilities within a very few years.

Important Note to Experienced Teachers:

The Teacher Guides of the Bannatyne Reading, Writing, Spelling and Language Program are very detailed, thorough and complete, and therefore most competent, experienced English-speaking reading teachers in any country, anywhere, should have no problem teaching the Bannatyne Program without having to do a Training Workshop. Any necessary supplemental information is given on this Website. I can also be contacted by email if anyone has any additional questions about teaching the Bannatyne Program.

The Bannatyne Reading Program is a comprehensive, integrated reading program, writing program, spelling program, language program, and reading comprehension training program. The Bannatyne Reading Program is unlike any other reading programs currently available. This means you will find many features which are only in the Bannatyne Reading Program. In some Commonwealth countries the program may be referred to as: Bannatyne Programme, or Bannatyne Reading Programme. 

Bannatyne Reading, Writing, Spelling and Language Program -- Copyright © 2003 Alexander Bannatyne, PhD