Cambridge University Press

A four-level course for lower-secondary students. Each level contains six modules of two units, each divided into three manageable 'steps'. Clear aims and outcomes for each step mean students can put what they learn into practice immediately. Each level of the course provides 80-90 hours of classwork with lots of recycling in regular four-page sections. Level 1 assumes students have studied English at primary school, but gives full coverage of all basic language areas. The course takes students to an intermediate level by the end of Level 4. The Teacher's Resource Pack provides photocopiable tests, extra activities and drills.

Messages is a four-level course for lower-secondary students. Each level contains 6 modules of 2 units, each divided into 3 manageable steps. Clear aims and outcomes for each step mean students can put what they learn into practice immediately. Each level of the course provides 80-90 hours of classwork with lots of recycling in regular four-page review sections. Level 1 assumes students have studied English at primary school, but gives full coverage of all basic language areas. The course takes students to an intermediate level by the end of Level 4. An EAL (English as an Additional Language) Teacher's Resource CD-ROM is now available to supplement the course!

Messages is a four-level course for lower-secondary students. Each level contains 6 modules of 2 units, each divided into 3 manageable steps. Clear aims and outcomes for each step mean students can put what they learn into practice immediately. Each level of the course provides 80-90 hours of classwork with lots of recycling in regular four-page review sections. Level 1 assumes students have studied English at primary school, but gives full coverage of all basic language areas. The course takes students to an intermediate level by the end of Level 4. An EAL (English as an Additional Language) Teacher's Resource CD-ROM is now available to supplement the course!

The New Cambridge English Course is a course teachers and students can rely on to cover the complete range and depth of language and skills needed from beginner to upper-intermediate level. Each level is designed to provide at least 72 hours of class work using the Student's Book, with additional self-study material provided in the Practice Book. The course has a proven multi-syllabus approach which integrates work on all the vital aspects of language study: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, skills, notions and functions.

The New Cambridge English Course is a course teachers and students can rely on to cover the complete range and depth of language and skills needed from beginner to upper-intermediate level. Each level is designed to provide at least 72 hours of class work using the Student's Book, with additional self-study material provided in the Practice Book. The course has a proven multi-syllabus approach which integrates work on all the vital aspects of language study: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, skills, notions and functions.

New Directions is a thematically based integrated skills text designed to bridge the gap between ESL and college content courses. The Instructor's Manual contains teaching suggestions and an answer key for the book.

New Directions is a thematic reading-writing book aimed at the most advanced learners. It prepares students for the rigors of college-level writing by having them read long, challenging, authentic readings, from a variety of genres, and by having them apply critical thinking skills as a precursor to writing. This emphasis on multiple longer readings gives New Directions its distinctive character.

Objective KET offers students complete preparation for the Cambridge 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 and the Teacher's Book also contains photocopiable tests and activities, as well as a full answer key, recording scripts and helpful lesson notes.

Objective KET offers students complete preparation for the Cambridge 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 and the Teacher's Book also contains photocopiable tests and activities, as well as a full answer key, recording scripts and helpful lesson notes.

Objective KET offers students complete preparation for the Cambridge 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 and the Teacher's Book also contains photocopiable tests and activities, as well as a full answer key, recording scripts and helpful lesson notes.

Objective KET offers students complete preparation for the Cambridge 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 and the Teacher's Book also contains photocopiable tests and activities, as well as a full answer key, recording scripts and helpful lesson notes.

A series of ELT readers for young learners of English. Tracey and Ben explore their new house. And they find a ring ... a magic ring.

Would you like to give your pupils more opportunities to speak to each other in English? Are you looking for fun activities that you know they will enjoy? Do you need materials that are easy to use and quick to prepare? Then Primary Communication Box is just what you need. It contains over 50 photocopiable speaking activities designed to encourage real communication in the primary classroom. • Lots of different activity types including information gaps, role plays, class surveys and open discussions mean your lessons are never dull. • Activities based on realistic speaking situations so that pupils can cope in the real world. • Pupils are encouraged to work in pairs, small groups and with the whole class to share ideas and opinions in meaningful contexts. • Many of the activities are suitable for learners preparing for the Cambridge Young Learners English Tests (Cambridge ESOL). • Clear step-by-step teaching notes make preparation easy.

This photocopiable resource book makes pronunciation in the primary classroom fun. As part of the Cambridge Copy Collection, each activity contains a clear, step-by-step lesson plan explaining how to set the activity up and carry it out in the classroom. • A wide variety of games and activities to encourage pupils to practise their pronunciation • Ready made lesson plans to save the teacher preparation time • Attractively illustrated • Activities can be slotted into any coursebook • Suitable for learners preparing for Cambridge Young Learners English Tests (Cambridge ESOL) • Over 60 fun-filled activities including rhymes, chants, poems, puzzles and games which make pronunciation enjoyable. • Fully supported by an audio CD.

Are you keen for your students to develop good reading skills from an early age? Are you constantly looking for suitable texts to use in the classroom? Do you need materials that are simple to use and quick to prepare? Then you need Primary Reading Box to make your lesson preparation easy. It contains over 50 photocopiable reading activities designed especially for the primary classroom. • Material for children at all levels, from simple letter recognition tasks for pupils who are beginning to read to longer extended activities for more confident readers. • Clear step-by-step teaching notes make the activities easy to use. • Students are exposed to a range of different text types including fiction, magazines, comics, short stories, poems, jokes and recipes. • A wide range of activity types ensure pupils are given the opportunity to work in pairs, small groups and with the whole class to develop confidence in reading. • Many of the activities are suitable for learners preparing for the Cambridge Young Learners English Tests (Cambridge ESOL).

This much-needed text provides a practical introduction to implementing a coherent and strategic approach to teacher development. It examines ten different strategies that can facilitate professional development. Teacher Development for Language Teachers examines ten different approaches for facilitating professional development in language teaching: self-monitoring, support groups, journal writing, classroom observation, teaching portfolios, analysis of critical incidents, case analysis, peer coaching, team teaching, and action research. The introductory chapter provides a conceptual framework. All chapters contain practical examples and reflection questions to help readers apply the approach in their own teaching context.

This much-needed text provides a practical introduction to implementing a coherent and strategic approach to teacher development. It examines ten different strategies that can facilitate professional development. Teacher Development for Language Teachers examines ten different approaches for facilitating professional development in language teaching: self-monitoring, support groups, journal writing, classroom observation, teaching portfolios, analysis of critical incidents, case analysis, peer coaching, team teaching, and action research. The introductory chapter provides a conceptual framework. All chapters contain practical examples and reflection questions to help readers apply the approach in their own teaching context.

A series of ELT readers for young learners of English. What happens at Emma's pyjama party?

60 fun activities for intermediate students based around quizzes, questionnaires and puzzles. A bank of photocopiable classroom activities for teachers to use with intermediate students of English. The activities last from 20 minutes to a full lesson (50 minutes) and are easy to prepare. The material is divided into three categories: quizzes, questionnaires and puzzles. The activities are intended to provide teachers with fun activities to promote students' speaking and reading skills. Reading and writing are also covered. This material is especially suitable for teachers who want to a diversion from their usual coursebook. It should appeal to busy teachers, who have to stand in for absent colleagues at short notice or who are looking for filler activities after completing a coursebook unit or theme. The material offers quizzes, questionnaires and puzzles on a range of topics, looking at the topic from an original angle that students can relate to, thus promoting genuinely interesting discussion. Each activity has 1-2 photocopiable pages for the students plus a short notes section for teachers, including useful language, preparation instructions, a lead-in and a follow up task.

A series of ELT readers for young learners of English. I was ill and I couldn't go out in the snow, but Mum had a wonderful idea.

This book enables practitioners to apply statistics effectively to the development and use of language assessments. This is a Workbook and CD ROM pack which will support the main text. Each chapter will offer activities to parallel the chapters in the book. The activities are intended to provide readers with opportunities to work with and apply the concepts and procedures presented, using datasets from language assessment research.

Test your Business Vocabulary in Use: Advanced is suitable for upper-intermediate and advanced learners of Business English. Primarily designed as a companion to Business Vocabulary in Use: Advanced, it can also be used to supplement other upper-intermediate and advanced Business English materials. The book covers a wide range of business topics with easy-to-use tests. It can be used by students studying alone, or by teachers, as end of unit tests, with groups or one-to-one.

Did you know that testing your English Vocabulary could be enjoyable? You can use this book alone, or in class, and watch your rapid progress. Each test will build your confidence and help you remember even 'problem' words. You can use Test Your English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced on its own or along with the companion volume English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced.

This book reports on a two-part study: the validation of a test of spoken English for Norwegian secondary school pupils and the corpus-based investigation of the role played by 'smallwords', such as 'well', 'sort of', and 'you know', in bringing about fluency. The first study builds on the Messickian six central aspects of construct validity to produce a practical framework for test validation. It proceeds to use this framework to identify potential sources of invalidity in the test being examined, and concludes that a principal flaw lies in quality of the band-scale descriptors used in assessing test performance, particularly those relating to 'fluency', which was too vaguely described, and which took little regard to the particular language which helps us to keep going, within and across speaking turns, the smallwords. The second study sets about to explore the concept of fluency, and to expose the extent to which it is acknowledged in the literature to be associated with smallwords, albeit under other names. A study of corpora of the transcripts of test takers judged to be at low or high fluency levels, as well as of young native speakers taking the same test, reveals a clear correlation between smallwords use and fluency measured in mechanical ways. In order to investigate how smallwords were used, a framework, based on relevance theory, is drawn up and used to compare the communicative signals sent through smallwords by the learners with those sent by the native speakers. In conclusion, the findings from the corpus study are drawn on to propose new elements to include in descriptors of fluency, and the implications of the study for classroom practices are discussed. The book should, thus, be of interest to those concerned with the design and validation of tests of the spoken language, as well as those interested in what goes into spoken communication and how to help learners acquire fluency.