DONALD ADAMSON ANA ACEVEDO MARISOL GOWER LONGMAN FAContents Introduction: Welcome to High Flyer Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 Unit 9 Unit 10 Unit 11 Unit 12 Unit 13 Unit 14 Unit 15 Unit 16 Unit 17 Unit 18 Unit 19 Unit 20 Unit 21 Unit 22 Unit 23 Unit 24 Show business Bumps, thumps and flashes Comic Thrillers Animal helpers Revision Mars Songs and singers Communication Reading and rhyming Great adventures Revision Glorious food Wish you were here! Matters of the heart Give me a clue Believe it or not! Revision Do the right thing Schoolwork It takes all sorts An interactive life ‘The Sporting body Revision 100 106 112 118 123 129 134 139‘Welcome to High Flyer The course High Flyer is a two-book course especially designed for young teenagers who have reached an intermediate level of English. It follows a solid grammar syllabus and includes development of the four skills, while focusing on topics that reflect young people's interests. The components High Flyer Intermediate consists of: A Students’ Book with 24 units organised into four blocks of six units each. The sixth unit is a revision of the grammar and skills work featured in the previous five units. It includes project work, a summary of the teaching points in the block and a series of grammar practice exercises. ‘A Class Cassette to accompany the Students’ Book. A Workbook with 24 units which provide further practice in all elements of the syllabus and parallel the topics in the Students’ Book. It can be used in class or set for homework. A Grammar Praetice book which provides further practice of the grammar points in the Students? Book. A book of Tests to help monitor the progress being made. This Teacher's Book with detailed unit by unit notes and an answer key for the exercises in the Students’ Book and Workbook. The strands in High Flyer ‘The course consists of the following strands running parallel through both levels: Grammar Learners of English who have reached an intermediate level in their early teens may have already acquired the basic rules of English grammar in a subconscious way. However, given the relatively short amount of exposure, there may not have been sufficient opportunity for practice to allow learners to achieve accurate production. At the intermediate plateau stage, it is necessary for them to take stock and to revise what they know. ‘They can then add to that knowledge. Sccond language acquisition research has shown, that the grammar of the second language does not develop unless an effort is made to consciously analyse, learn and practise it. “The core of High Flyer is a grammar syllabus which starts with a revision of the main tenses. Each unit revises or presents two different grammar points in the context of a topic, through a reading or listening text. The rules of form and use of each point are then explicitly highlighted in a grammar box, like this: Present Continuous 1 Supersonico are taking part in an international music festival 183 a temporary situation. 2 Two members of the band are giving an interview. Now, at the moment of speaking. Present Simple 3. Silvia often plays in clubs with her band. It’s an habitual action. 4. Supersonico live in Cérdoba. Ita permanent situation. Tamtiking pop music. X I like pop music. 7 Also: hate, want, believe, know (for more see page 111) (Unit 1) ‘These grammar boxes have deliberately been kept succinct so as not to overload or intimidate students. The back of the Students’ Book contains a grammar reference section with further information for teachers to refer Students to in class or for students to consult independently when studying on their own, “The boxes are followed by controlled and then freer practice of the structure. This allows the rules to be internalised so that the learners can achieve linguistic competence.