EXPLORING ENGLISH
Exploring English Series
Exploring English 1
- Emphasis on the spoken language
- Dialogues in comic-strip style with an appeal to the target age group
- Reading material in a teenage magazine format
Key Features
Components
Unit Format
C.E.F A1 & A2
Key Features
Components
For the Student:
- a Coursebook
- an Activity Book
For the Teacher:
- a Teacher’s Book containing teaching notes, guidance on classroom procedures, answers to the exercises, extra activities, and photocopiable material for extra practice.
- An Activity Book with Answers in full colour, with answers shown in place.
- Digital Material is containing recordings of all dialogues, reading passages, plus the Listening exercises and the Language Spot pronunciation drills.
- Interactive Whiteboard Software material for the classroom environment
- a Test Booklet with tests on each block of four units. There are three separate, parallel versions of each test, allowing the teacher to give pupils sitting next to each other different tests if desired.
Unit Format
- Each standard unit consists of four double pages. Each double page spread begins with either dialogue or a reading passage (Listen and Read). Note that all these are recorded on the digital. Every fourth unit is a shorter revision unit.
- The Listen and Read dialogue or reading passage are followed by a Comprehension Check and (in Levels 2 and 3) a Vocabulary Check.
- The second page of the double page spread then begins with either a grammar box and related Practice exercises, followed by skills work (Speaking, Listening, Writing), or -if there is no new grammar – with Practice exercises leading directly into skills work.
- Language Spot sections focus on common mistakes, highlight usage and other useful language points, and practice pronunciation and intonation.
Exploring English 2
- Emphasis on the spoken language continues’ but with a gentle progression to longer reading texts
- More informal language learned in dialogues
- Reading material again in a teenage magazine format
Key Features
Components
Unit Format
C.E.F A2+ & B1
Key Features
Components
For the Student:
- a Coursebook
- an Activity Book
For the Teacher:
- a Teacher’s Book containing teaching notes, guidance on classroom procedures, answers to the exercises, extra activities, and photocopiable material for extra practice.
- An Activity Book with Answers in full colour, with answers shown in place.
- Digital Material is containing recordings of all dialogues, reading passages, plus the Listening exercises and the Language Spot pronunciation drills.
- Interactive Whiteboard Software material for the classroom environment
- a Test Booklet with tests on each block of four units. There are three separate, parallel versions of each test, allowing the teacher to give pupils sitting next to each other different tests if desired.
Unit Format
- Each standard unit consists of four double pages. Each double page spread begins with either dialogue or a reading passage (Listen and Read). Note that all these are recorded on the digital. Every fourth unit is a shorter revision unit.
- The Listen and Read dialogue or reading passage are followed by a Comprehension Check and (in Levels 2 and 3) a Vocabulary Check.
- The second page of the double page spread then begins with either a grammar box and related Practice exercises, followed by skills work (Speaking, Listening, Writing), or -if there is no new grammar – with Practice exercises leading directly into skills work.
- Language Spot sections focus on common mistakes, highlight usage and other useful language points, and practice pronunciation and intonation.
Exploring English 3
- Students learn the idioms and phrasal verbs most commonly used in spoken English
- Reading texts get longer, but are still in magazine format
- Writing skills are further developed in exercises with clear guidelines; full models for writing are always given
Key Features
Components
Unit Format