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PREVIEW LESSON. Previews the content of the

unit, activates prior knowledge, and gets students
thinking and talking about the topic of the unit.
GOALS. Clearly state the
communication goals of each
lesson in the unit.

AUTHENTICITY. Visual displays are

taken or adapted from authentic
sources, providing models of English
students will encounter outside of
class.

FOCUS ON LANGUAGE.
These exercises build
the important skill
of understanding
meaning from context.

PHOTO STORY. An authentic corpusinformed conversation introduces

memorable social language and
foreshadows the theme of the unit,
in this case transportation. Photo
Stories often include accented
characters who use English for
global communication, such as here.
National accents are identiied for the
student below the pictures.

THINK AND EXPLAIN. This

purposeful critical thinking exercise
requires students to support their
answers with information from a text.
PAIR WORK. Numerous pair work
activities enable a student-centered
experience and many opportunities
for self-expression.

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VOCABULARY. Clear
captioned deining
illustrations take the
guesswork out of the
meaning of new words
and provide a permanent
in-book reference for review
and test preparation.

GRAMMAR. Grammar
is presented with clear
explanations and examples.
Presentations cover form,
meaning, and use. The
use of boldfaced color text
ensures that students focus
on examples of the target
grammar.

GOAL. Each two-page lesson

has a communication goal,
ensuring that students know
what they will be able to do
at the end of the lesson.

GRAMMAR BOOSTER.
An optional Grammar
Booster at the back
of the Students
Book expands the
presentation with
additional explanations,
examples, grammar
points, timely reviews,
as well as additional
practice.

EXAMPLE SENTENCES. These models

take the guesswork out of what is
expected in the exercise, building
conident participation.
PAIR WORK. Integrated practice of
grammar, vocabulary, and thinking
skills provides dynamic, productive,
collaborative language practice.

NOW YOU CAN. Each lesson

ends with a series of guided
conversation-based activities
that conirm students
achievement of the lessons
communication goal.
PAIR WORK. The Conversation
Model is provided in a
conversation guide with
blank spaces for students own
language, permitting them
to practice the model and
personalize it at the same time.

CONVERSATION
MODELS. Short practical
conversations make target
social language, grammar,
and vocabulary memorable.
Photos support meaning
and provide a stimulus for
additional oral work.

CHANGE PARTNERS.
Students irst play
Student A, then Student
B, ensuring that all
students practice all
the language in the
Conversation Model.
DONT STOP! Practice doesnt
stop at the end of the Pair Work.
Dont Stop! suggests ways
to extend the conversation,
ensuring that students recycle
and reuse previously taught
language.
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GRAMMAR PRACTICE. Numerous

exercises provide contextualized practice
of the grammar, promoting its mastery.

RHYTHM AND INTONATION.

All Conversation Models are
followed by targeted rhythm
and intonation practice to
ensure the comprehensibility
of student speech.

FIND THE GRAMMAR. In

these cognitive exercises,
students demonstrate their
recognition of the target
grammar as well as its
meaning and use.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION.
Listening tasks go beyond auditory
discrimination to include critical
thinking skills such as inference.

CHANGE PARTNERS.
Students always personalize
the Conversation Model
with more than one partner,
providing a variety of
experience and helping
make the key language
unforgettable.

VISUAL CUES. Pictures and

other realia provide students
with a concrete stimulus to
use in their guided Pair Work.

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BEFORE YOU LISTEN. These

preparatory activities focus students
on the language and topic of the
listening passage, aiding in its
comprehension.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION. Exercises

systematically build both practical and classic
listening comprehension skills.

NOW YOU CAN. Lessons 3 and 4

engage students in free discussions
and role plays that achieve the
communication goal of the lesson.
In these activities, students access
and use newly and previously taught
language to express their ideas or
accomplish tasks.

PRONUNCIATION. A thorough
integrated pronunciation
syllabus ensures accurate,
comprehensible pronunciation,
intonation, and stress.

VISUAL CUES. Authentic visual stimuli provide

a structure as they support students in their
discussions and role plays.

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BEFORE YOU READ. Warm-up

activities build expectation and
prepare students to gain maximum
value from the reading passage that
follows.

VOCABULARY. Vocabulary
is also treated at phrase
level or as collocation,
furnishing students
with ready-to-use social
language chunks.

CRITICAL THINKING.
A range of reading
skills and strategies are
covered.

AUTHENTIC READINGS.
Authentic readings from
identiied sources prepare
students to comprehend real
reading materials in English.

EXTRA READING COMPREHENSION. The ActiveBook

Self-Study Disc in the back of the Students Book
contains more reading comprehension questions,
both factual and critical thinking, AS WELL AS even
more reading passages and exercises for all units.

NOTEPADDING. Concrete steps, such as these

notepadding activities, prepare students for
productive discussions and greatly accelerate
luency.
BE SURE TO RECYCLE THIS LANGUAGE. Wordposts
of previously taught language remind students to
re-use and recycle it over and over again, making it
unforgettable.

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REVIEW. These integratedskills exercises elicit, practice,

and review all language from
the unit, helping students
evaluate their readiness for
quizzes and tests.

WRITING. All
writing tasks are
linked to writing
skills development.

ACTIVEBOOK. This selfstudy disc in the back of the

Students Book provides
limitless hours of extra
interactive practice in all four
skills.

TOP NOTCH POP.

Professionally written Top
Notch Pop songs and karaoke
provide exciting integrated
practice of social language,
vocabulary, and grammar.

ORAL REVIEW. These illustrations

are designed to elicit and review all
language from the unit, demonstrating
to all students their ability to use that
language.

WRITING BOOSTER. An optional

Writing Booster in the back of
the Students Book presents a
full syllabus of writing skills. Each
Writing Booster also integrates a
writing skill with the units writing
task and provides guidance to
students as they write.

NOW I CAN. Students conirm

their mastery of the units
communication goals in a
motivating self-assessment
activity.

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