VISIONS ACROSS AMERICAS is a good fit for developmental writing courses that focus on essay-level writing. This text is also appropriate for some freshman composition programs. The book's cross-cultural essays cover a variety of themes--from cyberspace, humor, and popular culture to ecology, politics, and work. Writing guidance includes an overview of the writing process, writing tips, pre- and post-reading questions that reinforce understanding of the rhetorical modes, and optional activities on conducting research online and documenting sources.
Horizons is for secondary school students aged 14-19, and builds confidence in communication by providing clear structures and models.
- Multiple entry points cater for different teaching situations. - Optional Starter unit for real beginners (level 1) or mixed classes (all levels) to revise basics. - Grammar is presented in the context of dialogues, and practised systematically. - Optional lessons with extra language practice. Recorded dialogues from the Student's Book photostory, various listening texts.
This six-level course offers a fast-paced syllabus and a wide range of optional resources to support a high number of teaching hours per week. The series starts with an optional pre-school course, First Friends , before children move on to Family and Friends.
Advanced Matters is aimed at advanced level learners and provides approximately 90-120 hours of classroom material. It contains 10 core units plus the Language Bank and Writing Bank of optional exercises and activities.
