Learn English with Dora the Explorer™

A three-level International English course for very young learners

Together, we can do it!

Learn English with Dora the Explorer™ guides students as they take their first steps into the world of English, together with the adventurous Dora the Explorer.

Take your students on a language-learning journey with activities, songs, and videos that will build confidence and develop the skills needed for primary school. Teaching with Learn English with Dora the Explorer™ is fun and effortless with a flexible package of resources to support your classes.

The course features the characters Dora, Boots, and their families and friends. Dora’s infectious sense of adventure, as she explores her lush, tropical environment, will engage and excite children as they start their own language-learning adventure.

Each unit of Learn English with Dora the Explorer™ is mapped with Reading Stars Graded Readers.

Authors

Sarah Dilger, Yoko Mia Hirano, Tracey Gibbins

Level

CEFR Pre-A1

TIMETABLE

60 to 80 hours

Why choose Learn English with Dora the Explorer™?

Inspire a love of learning and help develop problem-solving skills with much loved Nickelodeon characters who invite students to be a part of their adventure.

Build confidence in listening and speaking and promote a ‘can-do’ attitude towards learning English with songs, stories, projects, and plays that allow students to work together to solve quests.

Every course unit features an exclusive Dora the Explorer video animation, unique to Oxford University Press.

Develop the reading, writing and print awareness skills needed for a seamless transition to primary school.

Teach students the skills needed for exam success with preparation for the Cambridge English Qualification Pre-A1 Starter exam.

Learn English with Dora the Explorer™ at a glance

Get a feel for the course in this video trailer

Meet the characters

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Show parents evidence of learning and support them to make a difference in their child’s learning journey with letters, fun home-learning activities in the Parent’s Guide, and the Reading Stars Graded Reader series.