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What is in a name?
Global English
Speak Volumes
Mapped out
Can do
English for life
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Interplay
Everyday English
Second nature
NetworkNon-stop English
Interactive English
World class English
Planet EnglishBreakthrough
Lift off
Essential
English for
today
A* English
Five Star English
Ace
Upbeat
Leaps and
bounds
Star turn
+ points
Watchword English unlimited
By word
Say the word
In a word
A way with words
Wordwise
Real DealHit the markMeet the challenge
Made to measure
Bearings
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What is the Tour de France?
and other failures to
consider outcomes
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Business of everyday life
Communicating ideas and feelings
Deepening understanding of cultures
CEF Outcomes
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• Conversations and Functional
dialogues
• Lectures and Presentations
• Radio programmes and news stories
• Interviews, blogs, comments
• Folktales, stories
• Emails and essays
• Test and exams
Social, professional, academic
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• Explain why you’re late
• Give recommendations to a foreign visitor
• Deal with doctors
• Explain a menu
• Hire a car
• Deal with banks
• Make enquiries and chase things up
Business of everyday life
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• Get to know someone
• Talk about your weekend
• Talk about feelings
• Talk about your job
• Talk about things in the news
• Talk about politics
Exchange ideas and feelings
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• Schooling in Korea and Spain
• Housing issues round the world
• Going out in Krakow and Buenos Aires
• The Dragon’s Den in Afghanistan
• Chinese Sayings and folktale
• A Vietnamese’s journey to Australia
• Famous Belgians
Knowledge of other cultures
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• Vocabulary and Practice: feelings
• Vocabulary Builder
• Grammar and practice: linking verbs
• Grammar reference
• Language Patterns: expect
• Listening
• Speaking
• Developing conversation: response expressions
• Conversation practice
• Native speaker note: How come?
Input to outcomes
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• Top 3000 words
• Acknowledge, adequate, allegation,
alliance, arise, breath, burden, carbon,
clash, coal
• Readings and listening texts
• Vocabulary Builder and Grammar
reference
Natural and international …
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• Material which is . . .
– quick and easy to prepare
– suitable for mixed-level classes
– motivating
What do TEACHERS need?
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• Clear relationship between input and
outcomes
• Limited number of sections in all units
• Regular structure to units
• Variety of familiar tasks
• Clear rubrics
• Transparent contexts
Ease of use
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• Grammar / vocab linked to texts
• Short grammar explanations fronted
• Grammar Reference clearly signposted
• VB organised spread by spread
Ease of use
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• The Vocabulary Builder
• Grammar boxes & Grammar Reference
• Easy to difficult
• Translation
• Test and remember
• Native Speaker / Language Patterns
• Teacher’s Book
Easy with mixed-level classes
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• Outcomes match Ss’ wants & needs
• Clear menu of input and outcomes
• Input / tasks to match outcomes
• VB has manageable list of keywords
• Texts that amuse, inform, move, etc.
• Range of speaking tasks
• Great design!
Motivating students . . .
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