Components & ISBNs
Components
Student's Book
- Eight units per book
- Two pages per lesson
- Word lists
- Grammar reference section
- Extra speaking lessons
Activity Book
Activities graded according to difficulty to help teachers with mixed-ability classes:
- foundation exercises for basic level
- activation for controlled and less controlled practice
- extension for more confident and able students
Teacher's Book
The Teacher's Book shortens lesson preparation time. It includes:
- Lesson-by-lesson teaching notes and answers to exercises
- Students' Book audio scripts
- Teaching tips and notes on supporting students with learning difficulties
- Reduced pages from the Student's Book
- Background culture notes, suggested warm-ups and lead-ins
- Activity Book audio scripts and an Activity Book answer key
Teacher's E-Text for Interactive Whiteboards
The Teacher’s eText, a digital version of the Students’ Book, comes with the Teacher’s Book or as a separate component. Make learning more engaging and easier – especially for students with learning difficulties – with immediate feedback and repeat playback of recorded exercises. The eText contains:
- Class audio
- Class video
- Unit lead-ins
- Photocopiable extra practice worksheets
- A workshop on teaching students with dyslexia
- Photocopiable tests
Tests and Assessments
Make testing mixed-ability classes easier with tests that you can personalize to students’ abilities.
- Diagnostic assessment – Diagnostic test at the beginning of the year
- Continuous assessment - Unit tests* in each unit A and B tests, extension and revision tests for stronger and weaker students
- Progress monitoring - Progress tests and Skills tests* after every two units A and B tests, extension and revision tests for stronger and weaker students
- Measuring ability - Attainment tests* at mid-year and end of year A and B tests, basic and standard level
*Unit, Progress, Skills and Attainment tests have specially adapted versions for students with learning difficulties.They are designed and formatted for the needs of dyslexic students, with larger font sizes, increased interlinear spacing and a dyslexia-friendly layout.
Class Audio CDs
The Class audio CDs contain:
- Recordings of all the Students’ Book dialogs
- Reading texts
- Listening tasks
- Activity Book audio
- Audio for the tests
