Straightforward        

Philip Kerr, Ceri Jones and Jim Scrivener

PRE-INTERMEDIATE

A new general English course for adults and young adults based on observation of what good teachers do in the classroom.

Straightforward is transparent in its structure, pragmatic in its methodology and varied in its content.

Key Features:
• A practical approach to methodology that prioritises what works in the real, as opposed to the ideal, classroom
• Double-page lessons offer a balanced mix of language input, skills work and oral tasks
• A wide range of speaking tasks help students become flexible communicators in English
• Engaging and modern topics promote reaction and interest amongst students
• An extensive, fully integrated lexical syllabus enriches students’ vocabulary and encourages greater awareness of lexical patterns
• Functional language lessons provide students who use English in their daily lives with language that is immediately useful
• Did You Know sections give up-to-date cultural information and encourage cross-cultural comparison

Student’s Book
• Provides approximately 90 hours of teaching materials organised into twelve ten-page units
• Each unit consists of four double-page lessons of integrated language input, skills practice and oral work. One lesson out of the four focuses on functional/situational language. The last spread of each unit consists of a language and grammar reference section and a unit wordlist
• One-page language reviews for each of the twelve units

Teacher’s Book
• Easy-to-follow procedural notes, ideas for extra activities, answer key and tapescripts
• Detailed notes on the language and cultural content of the Student's Book lessons
• Regular 'Methodology Builders' provide inspiring and practical advice
• Includes the Resource Pack with over fifty photocopiable ideas and activities and accompanying teacher's notes
• The accompanying CD includes tests and other resource material

Workbook
• A page of practice material for each Student's Book lesson, offering thorough consolidation of the language input
• Extra reading texts
• Self-contained writing course of twelve two-page lessons for classroom or self-study use
• The Audio CD includes dictation exercises and oral versions of all the Student's Book and
Workbook reading texts

Straightforward Pre-intermediate 1 405 01057 6 Student’s Book 1 405 07525 2 Workbook (With Key) 1 405 07526 0 Workbook (Without Key) 1 405 07548 1 Teacher’s Book and Resource Pack 1 405 01062 2 Class Audio CD