Student Book and eText with Digital Audio CD
Skill-integrated units focusing on all communication skills
Variety of grammar, vocabulary, listening, pronunciation, reading, writing, and communication activities
Personalisation activities that get students to share information about their backgrounds, interests, and opinions
Standards-based life skills lessons aligned with key curriculum frameworks and assessment systems
New Reading and Writing Workshop sections for career and academic readiness:
Language arts academic discourse activities
Informational readings
Writing process lessons
Picture dictionary lessons for introducing unit vocabulary
Check-up tests and skills checks in all units
Gazette magazine sections with high-interest material for use in class and at home
Standard CD tracks for Gazette activities and mp3 audio files for major lesson features, including model conversations, readings, and Gazette activities (downloadable to a computer or audio player)
eText
Use this digital tool to complement the program’s dynamic conversational approach. The eText supports students’ independent practice for self-paced learning.
Pages of the Student Book, with the complete audio program in embedded links, provide conversation, listening, pronunciation, reading, and Gazette practice
Notes and Bookmark tools enable students to add, receive and share notes, and bookmark pages to revisit them later
FunZone activities, games, videos, music, and animations reinforce each unit’s objectives:
Vocabulary flashcards
Skill building activities for vocabulary, grammar, reading, and life skills
GrammarToons animations with activities
GrammarRaps, GrammarSongs, and video segments with activities (Levels 1 and 2 only)
