Objective KET offers students complete preparation for the Key English Test.
The course combines solid language development with systematic and thorough exam preparation and practice. The short units give a sense of progress and cover a wide variety of motivating topics relevant to the exam. Regular revision and recycling of language is provided by the revision units.
Mother Goose Jazz Chants is a collection of 28 well-known and loved nursery rhymes and childhood songs with over 50 lively variations by Carolyn Graham. Students new to English are charmed by traditional rhymes like "Mary Had A Little Lamb", and go on to exploit them and have fun with language in variations such as "Freddy Had a Little Frog" and "Harry Had a Little Horse". The beautifully illustrated book is full colour throughout, making it a favourite with children and adults alike.
Issues Now in the News is a course book designed to improve useful language skills for advanced-level learners while raising awareness about world issues and current events.
Each of the 25 units contains an authentic news text from Voice of America, a multimedia broadcasting service funded by the US government. These texts highlight a wide variety of regional and global issues grouped into five themes: International Concerns, World Affairs, Life & Trends, Environment & Health, and Culture & Entertainment.
Ideas That Shaped Mankind: A Concise History of Human Thought
Ideas That Shaped Mankind flows from internationally respected historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto’s views on the notion that man’s capacity to produce ideas in itself brings about sweeping changes in the world. This ability, seen most profoundly in individual, startling moments of genius—or equally startling moments of chance—is what separates humans from the animals and allows humans to re-imagine the world in ever more complex designs.
First Certificate Listening and Speaking is designed to bridge the gap between creative skills training and systematic preparation for Papers 4 and 5 of the First Certificate examination.
