Components & ISBNs
Student components
Student Book
There are two versions of Student Book: with and without Online Practice.
- 12 units, with teaching material designed for 9+ hours of English a week
- Unit title phrased as a big question sparks students’ curiosity and builds engagement with the topic
- Students come up with answers throughout the unit and reflect on what they have learned on the Now I Know page at the end
- Unit objectives phrased as simplified GSE descriptors appear at the beginning and at the end of the unit helping students see what they have learned
- International English box highlights differences between British and American English
- BBC video clips (topic and story clips) enhance engagement and understanding of the topic
- One text per unit is factual, allowing students to gain non-ELT knowledge, and another text is a story focusing on a value
- Clear grammar practice helps students build confidence with the language
- Strategy boxes help teach all skills
Teacher components
Teacher's Book
- Reduced Student Book pages with answers provide teachers at-a-glance look at the lesson
- Suggestions for extra activities help teachers add extra focus to the lesson
- Suggestions for differentiating activities help teachers adjust teaching to the needs of individual students
- Activities focusing on 21st Century Skills highlighted in the notes indicate when the core skills are covered
- Additional resources include audio scripts and answer keys
- All digital activities are clearly marked with an icon making the correlation between print and digital very clear
- All Teacher’s Books come with access to the Pearson English Portal
