The English Ladder is a four-level course from an established author team that´s designed to help your pupils take their first steps in English. Based around the adventures of Freddie the frog and the Fantastic family, the course develops pupils´ language skills through lively stories that can be acted out, valuable phonics practice, songs, tongue twisters, games and communication activities. Progressing from a story-based approach in Levels 1-3 to a topic focus in Level 4, the course grows with your pupils, gradually widening their horizons along with their linguistic ability. The carefully structured literacy syllabus is accompanied by a values syllabus that runs through the stories and teaches essential social concepts such as making friends and sharing.