A five-level general English course for 14-19 year-olds, who are also preparing for the school-leaving exam.

Overview
The clear structure and step-by-step approach to communication provides supported language and skills training to get students speaking confidently.

Key features
* Every lesson has an outcome: the "I can" objective in each lesson gives students an immediate sense of achievement.
* Clear lessons mean Solutions is quick to prepare and easy to use.
* All school-leaving exam topics and task-types are covered in Solutions.
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The Project Achievement Tests are a set of four tests designed to assess and evaluate the level of competence that students achieved during the  Project course.
The tests cover reading, writing, listening and use of English. They can be used as a means of assessing students at a key stage in their education, for example at the transition from primary to  secondary school or as a preparation for formal assessments.