Close-up has been fully updated to be in line with the new First for Schools 2015 specifications. Close-up is still as interesting, topical and up to date as ever with spectacular National Geographic photography and facts that have been carefully selected to appeal to the inquisitive minds of young teenagers.
The integrated 'Exam Close-up' feature now gives students and teachers step by step advice and strategies for how best to approach exam tasks so students have an opportunity to put the advice into practise on the page
A new 'Learning Focus' feature introduces 'learning to learn' tips so students can see what they need to do themselves outside of the classroom to progress
A new series of colourful readers which uses a wide variety of story types and visual styles to build students' interest in reading. Topics and vocabulary are directly linked to the syllabus of Let's Go Third Edition, providing a fun reading opportunity for each unit of the course.
Top Notch, a dynamic 6-level course for international communication, sets a new standard, using the natural language that people really speak. Recipient of the 2006 and 2007 Association of Educational Publishers' Distinguished Achievement Awards, Top Notch has a rock-solid learner-centered approach and provides students an opportunity to confirm their own progress at the end of every easy-to-teach two-page lesson.
New English File Intermediate plus 3thd EditionAn innovative multi-level English course fo adults and young adults, written by authors with vast international experienceof the EFL clasroom. Nowadays this is the last version we have. English File Intermediate has an emphasis on building language confidence, with maximim opportunity for speaking within higly motivating topic areas.
Between 1967 and 1976 a number of extraordinary factors converged to produce an uncommonly adventurous era in the history of American film. The end of censorship, the decline of the studio system, economic changes in the industry, and demographic shifts among audiences, filmmakers, and critics created an unprecedented opportunity for a new type of Hollywood movie, one that Jonathan Kirshner identifies as the "seventies film."
