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The Student's Book contains 18 short Units (plus 3 Extended Reading sections)
providing lots of variety for students with different interests. All Units
follow a similar, clear and simple 10-step format, so that learning how
to use the material is a quick and easy task that does not have to be
repeated.
An introductory Unit (Unit 0) is available free to download
from this website.
- The BIG Question - grabs students' attention.
What's new? - lists the Subjects or Topics, Functions and new
Language introduced in each Unit.
FACT box - amazing facts supporting the Topic.
- FOCUS ON… words - Pre-teaching new VOCABULARY; lexical
development is a key feature.
FOCUS ON … ideas - personalised and intercultural
Speaking activities prepare for READING.
FOCUS ON … Language - introduces new GRAMMAR items inductively,
with cross-reference to explanations and exercises in the Workbook.
- Reading. Many different types of authentic and interesting
READING texts, all available as recordings on CD 2 for those who like
to listen and read simultaneously. Pre-reading activities and comprehension
questions and activities.
- Talk about it. Innovative SPEAKING activities designed to
activate key functional language, by using the Language Banks
that are on the fold-out covers of the Student's Book. They also appear
with exercises in the Workbook.
- Listen in - Audio CD LISTENING inputs with both pre-listening
and listening comprehension exercises.
- Controversy - wide variety of SPEAKING and discussion activities
based on the Role Cards that appear in the Workbook.
- Portfolio writing - Large variety of guided WRITING tasks,
with more in the Workbook.
- CLIL - integrated cross-curricular study with short reading
passage and supporting vocabulary and comprehension activities.
- Conversation, Interactive Task, Your Topic - using the format
of the Trinity SPEAKING exam in pairs, by making a presentation and
by leading a discussion.
- Your answer - using the Big question to reflect on what students
have learnt in the Unit.
See also :
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