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by Wojtek Graniczewski. L ippy and Messy is a television series for children (3–6 years of age) produced by the team of Bell Krakow and TVP (Polish Public TV). It combine s entertainment with English l anguage teaching.
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Lippy and Messyis a television series for children (3–6 years of age) produced by the team of Bell Krakow and TVP (Polish Public TV). It combinesentertainment with English language teaching. • The heroes, a mischievous boy-clown Messy and a talkative girl-clown Lippy, go through amusing adventures and each time they learn new words, new language structures and at least one original song. • They interact with a third character Wizzy (The Wizard of Words), who conjures up objects and situations to explain new language. • The actors are British native speakers of English.
The 180 episodes (each about4 minutes long) are divided into five series: • Lippy & Messy- in which they learn basic words and phrases and have a lot of fun with Wizzy • Lippy & Messy ABC- in which they also learn the letters of the alphabet • Lippy & Messy: Do-Be-Do- in which they do lotsof tasks and play at being in various jobs • Lippy & Messy: Go! Go! Go!- in which they visit different magic lands • Lippy and Messy Play and Learn - in which we watch examples of good classroom practice with The Lippy and Messy Teaching Packs.
EPISODE 22 - Winter! Winter! • Topic: Winter sports and games • Grammar: Let’s go, build, have, throw … • Vocabulary: Skis, skates, sledge, snowman, snowballs, warm clothes
USERS’ COMMENTS My daughter is two. When Lippy & Messy is on, she watches it open-mouthed and in absolute silence. My husband and I wish it were on all day long. My four and a half year old daughter loves it. She catches some of the words and is really happy that she understands. My little boy loves watching Lippy & Messy. For him it’s not English lessons but simply bright colours, catchy songs and simple situations. My little Alex loves Lippy & Messy. She’s simply nuts about it. If she is not in the room and hears the theme tune she arrives like a rocket. The only thing our little girl watches is Lippy & Messy. It’s a huge hit. Amanda just sits there hypnotised. Maybe she will be in the one in the family who is good at languages because her parents aren’t.
Lippy & Messy - Awards The European Language Label is awarded by the European Commission to innovative projects and products that have found creative ways to Improve the quality of language teaching and learning.
Lippy & Messy - Awards Main Award in the multimedia category in the ”Child-Friendly World”competition organised by the Polish Committee for the Protection of Childrens’ Rights
Lippy & Messy - Awards NOMINEE The British CouncilInnovationAwardsfor Englishlanguageteaching products and services, orELTons, arethe‘Oscars of the ELT world’. Theyareoffered to outstandingnewlanguage learning resources whichuseinnovativeideas.
a complete teaching system for pre-school and primary school children developed by ELT specialists at the Bell Institute for English Language Studies in Krakow together with the creators of the TV series Lippy and Messy
based on the first 30 episodeswhere twoclowns Lippyand Messy,togetherwithTheWizard of Words go throughamusingadventures childrenhavefun and learnlots of Englishwords and phrasespresentedin a playful and easily accessible form
It can be used • for teaching at: • kindergartens • primary schools • language schools The pack is composed of 3 modules, each of which contains: multimedia materials complete lesson plans attractive teaching aids
Itequipsteacherswith a rich bank of ideas for original and effectivelessons a set of materials and tools to conductthem detailedguidelines easyways to modify and adaptthe materials to specificteachingneeds
Contents of eachteaching module a bank of games and activities 50 detailedlessonplans teaching materials and aids necessary for eachlesson a DVD with10 episodes a CD withsongs a set offlashcards a set of colouring-in pictures a picture story book a cut-outtheatre
50 detailed lessonplans ineach module: allinall 150 complete lessonplans
3 DVDswith 10 episodeseach, allinall 30 episodes
3 CDswithsongs and song texts
3 sets of flashcards: A3, A4, A5, allinallover450 flashcards
3 sets of colouring-inpictures
3 picture story books (A3 format)
3 versions of theLippy and Messy cut-outtheatre
The 3 modules provide 150 lessons of Englishfromlevel A1 to B1.
To enhance the effectiveness of the method, the authors have also developed a series of activity books for children entitled Lippy and Messy Songs and Games with DVDs for home use.
TheLippy and Messy system of teachingisavailableafter makingdirectcontactwithits publisher and distributor: GAMA5 signing an agreement and attending an introductorytraining session (optional) signing a licenceagreement for the classroomuse of theLippy and Messy TV series For moreinformationpleasecontact: granicz@gamabell.com