Golden Leaves, Coursebooks, Workbooks and Literature Readers 1–8, is a series that has been created on the premise that English, as a language, should be developed progressively through meaningful experiences rather than as a mere drill or rote exercise.

Based on the core recommendations of the NEP 2020 and NCF-SE 2023, Golden Leaves has the following features:

• It is theme based rather than topical.
• The series has a child-centred approach that is evident in the warm-ups, explanation of concepts and pattern of questions/tasks.
• It has a rich variety of tasks and activities like mazes, quizzes, craft, etc.
• The key concepts covered follow a spiralling approach where by important concepts are revisited with increasing complexity.
• The course follows an integrated approach.
• The course design provides ample opportunities to learners to learn by doing and construct their own knowledge through engagement and interaction with their peers.
• As recommended by the NEP 2020 and NCF-SE 2023, a discovery and activity-based approach has been adopted to enable students to be future ready.
• The course design also allows nurturing of life skills and values.
• Learning through art integration is a recurring feature of the series.
• There is a strong Indian representation in the selections across the series.

 

Components of the series

•  Coursebooks, Workbooks and Literature Readers
•  Teacher Support Material (lesson plans, answer keys, worksheets with answers)
•  Digital tools and resources (e-book, animations, model reading, test generator, interactivities)

 

About the Author

Barry O’Brien is a vastly experienced teacher, having taught at prestigious schools early in his career. He understands ‘the child’ on one hand, and the ‘challenges before the teacher’, on the other. His ‘classroom’ over the last three decades has been the length and breadth of India. A pioneering author of school textbooks, his area of specialization is empowering students to read, write and speak fluently in English while encouraging them to ‘think’ in the language they are using at any given time. He regularly conducts courses, developed and designed by him, on Public Speaking, Personality Development and Effective Communication in English.