Components Students’ Book and Word Store eight thematic units, each of which is ten pages long and divided into the following sections: Vocabulary, Grammar, Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing. Additionally, the Students’ Book opens with an Intro unit consisting of eight individual lessons that help students revise the material from the preceding level. Each main unit is followed by a two-page FOCUS REVIEW section, which revises the material covered in that unit. The majority of the task types in this section are exam oriented. The GRAMMAR FOCUS section at the back of the book contains grammar explanations for each grammar point, with additional practice exercises. The Students’ Book also comes with a twenty-four-page WORD STORE booklet inserted at the back. By completing the exercises in the WORD STORE, students compile their own mini dictionaries of the most important words and phrases from the unit. The WORD STORE also contains a wealth of support material such as a list of phrasal verbs with example sentences, a list of prepositional phrases and additional Use of English activities focusing on language from the unit.
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Class CDs The audio material is an important element of Focus. The class CDs include dialogues and listening activities from the Students’ Book, which include use of all the vocabulary from the WORD STORE.
Workbook The Workbook has been specifically developed to help students pass their exams. It activates all of the language introduced in the Students’ Book. It mirrors the organisation of the Students’ Book and its helpful features include: Exam strategies: explanation of the different exam task types students will encounter, as well as coaching students in the best techniques to use in the actual exam. •
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Function phrase bank, writing: reference for the writing exercises in the Workbook. Function phrase bank, speaking: a collection of phrases from the SPEAKING FOCUS boxes in the Students’ Book, providing reference for the speaking exercises in the Workbook. Vocabulary and Grammar sections, as well as practice Vocabulary exercises, containing the following features: •
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SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW: catch-up exercises that ensure that all students start with the same input. SHOW WHAT YOU’VE LEARNT: test-format exercises that help students assess whether they have mastered the material adequately. VOCABULARY BANK: this section at the back of the book contains all the vocabulary from the course which is organised by topic and lexical set, followed by practice exercises. Students are advised to do the exercises from this section once they have completed the corresponding unit in the Students’ Book.
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Skills sections: each unit provides further exam oriented practice of Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing and Use of English. The LISTENING LANGUAGE PRACTICE sections include exercises that further exploit the audio scripts from the Students’ Book Listening lessons. Both the READING and LISTENING LANGUAGE PRACTICE sections also contain exercises which practise the language items from the respective WORD STORE sections in the Students’ Book. Speaking exercises help students memorise and practise the functions introduced in the Students’ Book and in the interactive speaking videos. Writing sections include a model text which students use for their homework assignments and a SHOW THAT YOU’VE CHECKED CHECKED box that helps students students check their written assignments before handing them in. SELF-CHECK sections: these sections in every unit help students prepare for the tests in the Assessment Package. And as the key to these sections is provided in the Workbook, students can assess their progress and decide if they need further practice.
MyEnglishLab This is an online Workbook which can be accessed by teachers and students at http://myenglishlab.com http://myenglishlab.com.. It provides additional motivating material for self-study and allows teachers instant access to their students’ scores. MyEnglishLab: contains the same material as the paper Workbook in an interactive format contains all the video content of the course has self-check and remediation functionality to save teachers time allows students to monitor their own progress is intuitive and easy to use requires an Internet connection. You Y ou can also add Progress , an optional separate test component to help track students’ progress in a granular way (see full description on page 12). •
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Teacher eacher’’s Book B ook The Teacher’s Book contains a wealth of additional material for teachers. The introductory pages provide information about the unique features of the Students’ Book as well as the other course components, including the video elements. They contain a Unit walkthrough (see pages 5–10) which gives a visual presentation of how the Students’ Book units work, ideas on how to use the Word Store at the back of the Students’ Book and what additional resources resources and material are available as part of the Students‘ Book. The Teacher’s Book contains slightly reduced reproductions reproduct ions of the Students’ Book pages, complete with answers, suggestions for extra activities and detailed information about the contents of all the other components that can be used with a given lesson.
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