Maximize English language retention and get your ESL students listening, speaking, reading and writing on their feet throughout a range of highly interactive activities ideal for both individual and whole-class environments.

RM Sonica ESL is an exciting, engaging and motivating way for Spanish speakers to learn conversational English with over 180 activities! Sonica provides busy school teachers with everything needed to confidently deliver a lesson and includes a number of activities for individual and whole class teaching as well as extensive teacher support. Built with Elementary and Middle Schools in mind, but can certainly be used beyond the classroom for all age ranges, the extensive and focused learning activities includes dance mat and interactive adventure games, which seek to push the boundaries of kinesthetic learning.

Use RM Sonica ESL with the latest classroom technologies such as all brands of Interactive Whiteboards and Wireless Slates.

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Click on the sample activities below for a demonstration of the high quality and interactive activities included within RM Sonica ESL

Unit 1 Activities

Hello, How are you?, Numbers from 0 through 12, My Name is..., What's your name?, Vowels, The Consonants, How do you spell?, Calling attendance, Who is this?, How do you spell? (classroom objects), What is this?, In the store 1 and 2, Teacher Tips, Student Help

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Unit 2 Activites

Numbers 13 through 21, What number is it?, Revision - Number 1 through 21, How old are you?, Your age, Where do you live?, Welcome to the United States of America, Your address, The weather 1 and 2, Days of the week, The weather report, Teacher Tips, Student Help

Unit 3 Activities

Who is it?, What's he/she called?, This is... , How many brothers and sisters do you have?, Who are you?, Numbers 21 through 31, The months, The date, Colors (Dance Mat Activity), More about Colors, What color is it?, I like/I don't like, What color do you like?, What's your favorite color?, All About you, Teacher Tips, Student Help

Unit 4 Activities

Animals, How do you spell? (Animals), I have lots of animals, Do you have any animals at home, How many animals do you have?, Plurals, Which animals do you like?, Grammer Practice, Adjectives, What is it like, In the bank, Numbers ans colors, Revision - Numbers and Colors, Revision - Numbers, Easter, Teacher Tips, Student Help

Unit 5 Activities

Revision - Dates, Special Celebrations, My birthday, When is your birthday?, Numbers 31 through 100, Lotto (numbers game), Plus or Minus, 19th March, The time, What time is it?, Revision - What time is it?, TImes of the day, Revision - Times of the day, Invitations, Happy Birthday, Personal Information, Teacher Tips, Student Help

Unit 6 Activties

Continents and Oceans, Countries and Continents, Numbers ans Continents, What's the country, What color is the flag?, Cities and Countries, What's the capital of...?, Revision - Cities and countries, The postcard, The compass, The compass and cities, The world - geography, Where are you going?, Geography, What is there in Spain?, The Geography of Latin America, Teacher Tips, Student Help

Unit 7 Activities

My school, School subjects 1 and 2, Days and school subjects, The time / Telling time, Telling time 2, Revision - Telling Time, What time is it?, The school timetable, Revision - The school timetable, Do you like English?, What subjects do you like?, What subjects do you prefer?, Classroom Objects, At school 1 and 2, Teacher tips, Student help

Unit 8 Activities

Drinks, Food, What flavor?, Food and drink, What would you like?, Numbers 100 through 200, Revision - Numbers 100-200, At the supermarket, Shopping, What foods do you like?, How much does the food cost?, At the cafe, The bill please, Revision - At the cafe, Meal times, A recipe, Teacher tips, Student help

Unit 9 Activities

The head, The body, Parts of the body, The monster, The magic potion, Sports 1 and 2, Do you like... ?, Who am I?, Adjectives, I like sports, Email, Video Conference, What time is...?, The timetable, The letter, Teacher tips, Student help

Unit 10 Activities

Clothing 1 and 2, How much does it cost?, How much do they cost?, Going Shopping, Clothes and colors, What is he/she wearing, I am wearing..., Adjectives and clothing, Adjectives 2, Items of clothing, The catwalk (fashion walk), Someone new, Put on and take off, Do you like it?, The letter, Teacher tips, Student help

Unit 11 Activities

In the city, What is there in the city?, What's your town like?, The letter, The interview, Is there a ... around here?, Where is... ?, In the elevator, Revision - In the elevator, Directions, Revision - Directions, What features does it have?, Where is the hotel?, Geting around the city, Which state is it?, The tourist information office, The postcard, Teacher tips, Student help

Unit 12 Activities

The trip at the end of the course, I would like to go to..., Email, What's it like?, Transport, I would like to go to San Francisco, Transport timetable, The passport, Where are we going this week?, Where are we going?, Getting around school, I would like to buy..., Party Food, Latin American food, The postcard, Teacher tips, Student help

Encourage Kinesthetic Learning with the RM Dance Mat. RM Sonica includes 3 RM Dance Mats to get your students up and learning students on their feet!

Above: Colors activity in unit 3

RM Sonica ESL has been created with the teacher in mind Sonica Spanish includes fantastic support for the teacher, this makes it ideal for teachers with only basic or no grasp of ESL teaching. It includes:

• Teacher support notes –
one for each 12 units. These guide you through the concepts taught in the unit and they detail attainment targets and extension activities for the whole group or individuals.

• Audio/visual dictionary
this includes over 1000 Spanish to English (and vice-versa) words spoken by English speakers. Simple and easy to use, you can look up the word by way of Unit or alphabetically and when you select it you can see and hear it pronounced.

• IT Know How documents
guidance to help you get the most out of RM Sonica ESL. Includes notes on working with accents on the PC, using an interactive whiteboard, setting up a dance mat etc

• Assessment
End of unit assessment activities – providing auto-marked summative and formative assessments for a range of question types: drag and drop, fill the gap, multiple selection, multiple choice and sequencing.
Easily monitor and report on the progress of your class and individual students. The assessments are provided in a format that allows you to print an overview of class progress at the click of a button as groups and students can be pulled in at a click of a button using the CSV import facilities.
A useful mark book tool allows student’s results from the summative tests to be recorded and analyzed through integrated reports, including: student, test, question and diagnostic reports.

Lesson and Activity Manager for all RM Sonica ESL Resources

Sonica was a winner of the Education Resources Awards 2006 - UK Innovation, the e-learning Awards 2005 - Most Innovative use of e-learning and Big Chip Awards 2006 - Best e-Learning Project.

Technical Specs for school teacher/student environment

• Operating systems: Windows XP SP2 and Vista
• Version 2.0 of the .NET Framework
• Processor: PIII (Min 450 MHz) and above
• Memory: 128 MB of RAM minimum
• 1 GB free hard disk space
• 16x speed CD-ROM drive
• 16 bit graphics and sound card
• Color resolution: 16 bit high color or higher
• Screen resolution: 1024 X 768 or higher
• Other third party software like Adobe, Flash etc ( in case resources of that type are used )