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
Angielski dla seniora - English for the Elderly (coursebooks and audio CD's)
A self-study course at elementary and pre-intermediate level especially tailored to suit the needs of learners aged 50 and above. The phrase booklets contain grammar explanations, wordlists, dialogues with translations, notes on the British culture, and practical exercises with keys. The audio CD's feature all recordings for dialogues and phonetic drills.
The daily question feature. You can receive a daily grammar question every morning as a notification. Click on the notification and you open a one question game. It is easy to opt in and out of this feature using the settings button.
Taking a fresh approach, the authors use the themes of optimization, equilibrium and empiricism to illustrate the power of simple economic ideas, and their ability to explain, predict, and improve what happens in the world. Each chapter begins with an empirical question that is later answered using data in the Evidence-Based Economics feature. As a result of the text’s practical emphasis, students will learn to apply economic principles to guide the decisions they make in their own lives.
Over 40,000 officials from at least 190 countries and various international organisations have been in Paris, in France. There, they took part in the UN's annual climate change conference. In this issue of Newsademic, we explain what the talks are about, the different viewpoints and possible solutions. In other parts of the world Akatsuki, the Japanese spacecraft, has succeeded in reaching Venus on its second attempt. We also feature the falling price of oil, the discovery of a treasure ship in Colombia and what could happen to all the bananas that we buy in the shops.