Open to Life 1 Interactive Smartboard Book

The four coursebooks in the Open to Life series have been developed according to the Common European Framework for Languages and are appropriate for early adolescents. The series covers the CEF Levels: A1, A1+, A2, B1.

The four coursebooks have incorporated the latest technologies, such as cam-to-cam and blogs. There is a wide range of themes incorporating different lifestyles, cultural diversity, human values with respect to the self and others, critical thinking and a global view.

Each unit contains:

Open to One Another

• Spoken and Functional language
• Pronunciation and a variety of other material (poems, quotations, jokes, optical illusions etc)

Open to Knowledge

• A reading text followed by a variety of reading comprehension tasks
• Authentic material(adverts, posters etc) with a comprehension task

Open to Vocabulary

• Several tasks based on the lexical items in the texts

Open to Grammar

• Grammar presentation tables(with detailed explanation s in the Appendix) and a variety of grammar tasks

Open to Communication

• Speaking tasks with useful expressions and language
• Listening tasks based on real-life situations
• A variety of writing tasks with a model, a plan, and a useful language

Open to Culture

• Visual prompts with discussion questions to show the diversity of culture around the world