Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience.Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills.Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story - very important for fluent reading and extensive reading.There's a wide choice of titles too - something for everyone.
When the Emperor calls every man to join the army and fight the enemy, Mulan's father is old and ill, and cannot go. Wearing men's clothes and riding a horse, Mulan leaves her family and fights bravely for the Emperor in her father's place.She is soon a hero for all the soldiers in the Chinese army. One of them, Ye Ming, is her best friend. But does he know that she is a woman? And can Mulan fall in love with a friend?
You can drink it, and you can cook with it. You can even make buildings, dresses, hats out of it. You can give it to somebody as a present, or you can buy it for yourself. And of course you can eat it. Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, chocolates with gold on the outside -- everybody loves chocolate
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
Hercules is the strongest man in the world, but one day he does something very bad. The priestess at Delphi tells him: 'The gods are angry with you. For twelve years you must work for King Eurystheus, and do twelve tasks for him. When you finish, the gods can forgive your crime.' Some tasks are easier, and some tasks are more difficult. Can Hercules finish all twelve of them? And what happens when he does?
The activities in Dominoes keep students engaged in the stories and help to reinforce their understanding of the key language. They can be completed at home or in class. The project activities in Dominoes build on the themes from the story and encourage students to draw on their ownexperiences. Activities include note-taking and language tasks, leading to extended writing, poster-making, and class presentations. They are ideal for group work in class or individual assignments.
"It's a good place for gold,' said people in the 1840s, and they came from all over the world. 'It's a good place for a prison,' said the US government in the 1920s, and they put Al Capone there on the island of Alcatraz. 'It's a good place for love,' said th ehippies in the 1960s, and they put flowers in their hair and came to Haight Ashbury. And San Fransico is still a good place - to take a hundred photographs, or see the Chinatown parade, or just to sit in a coffe shop and be in this interesting, different city..." -- Page 4 of cover
This is the story of 'Good King Hal', whose infamous matrimonial problems had such a profound effect on a deeply religious country
For a child in the great city of Venice in the thirteenth century, there could be nothing better than the stories of sailors. There were stories of strange animals, wonderful cities, sweet spices, and terrible wild deserts where a traveler could die. One young boy listened, waited, and dreamed. Perhaps one day his father and uncle would return. Perhaps he too could travel with them to great markets in faraway places. For young Marco Polo, later the greatest traveler of his time, a dangerous, exciting world was waiting ..
The activities in Dominoes keep students engaged in the stories and help to reinforce their understanding of the key language. They can be completed at home or in class. The project activities in Dominoes build on the themes from the story and encourage students to draw on their ownexperiences. Activities include note-taking and language tasks, leading to extended writing, poster-making, and class presentations. They are ideal for group work in class or individual assignments.
A radical revision of the successful Streetwise course for teenagers, combining new material with the best of the original edition.
Workbook with Online Practice
Workbook: Six pages of additional practice for each Student's Book unit, including exercises for vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing; all at three levels of difficulty Workbook: Two-page progress review after every unit with self-assessments and I can... statements Workbook: Reference section which includes a Language focus reference, a pronunciation bank, an alphabetical Wordlist with illustrations and a phonetic chart, an Expression bank, and an Irregular verbs list Workbook: Answer Key which can be found on the English Plus Teacher's site and on iTools Online Practice: Allows you to assign extra grammar, vocabulary and skills-based activities for the classroom or home and track your students' progress Online Practice: Features 250 activities per level including integrated video and audio, speak and record practice and writing practice Online Practice: Unlimited attempts on activities and the ability to check the correct answer inspires autonomous learning Online Practice: Set writing and speaking practice that you can mark and give one-to-one feedback on outside the classroom to free up teaching time Online Practice: Extra tools for teachers include creating groups of students for differentiated instruction, and setting up online discussions on topics from the Student's Book Online Practice: The access code for Online Practice is on a card with the Workbook
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The Teacher's Book contains an introduction with information on English Plus methodology. Teaching notes and answers for all the Student's Book material. Ideas for extra optional activities and mixed-ability classes. Background notes, cultural information, and language notes. The audio scripts for the Student's Book and the Workbook. The Workbook answer key. A Teacheraccess card to the online Practice Kit. The Teacher's Resource Disk contains Photocopiable language focus and vocabulary worksheets at three levels: basic, revision and extension. Photocopiable speaking worksheets. Diagnostic tests to use at the beginning of the school year. End-of-unit tests, including listening, vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing activities at three levels: basic, standard and higher. There is also a speaking test for each unit. End-of-term and end-of-year tests at three levels: basic, standard and higher. Five-minute tests covering language from the vocabulary and language focus lessons.Parallel (A/B) tests are also offered to prevent copying. All the tests are available as editable Word files and PDFs.
Workbook: Six pages of additional practice for each Student's Book unit, including exercises for vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing; all at three levels of difficulty Workbook: Two-page progress review after every unit with self-assessments and I can...
A radical revision of the successful Streetwise course for teenagers, combining new material with the best of the original edition.
"English plus is a five-level course for 10 to 15 year olds. It builds students' confidence through supportive graded practice, helping them to achieve the learning outcomes in every lesson"--Page 4 of cover
Six pages of additional practice for each Student's Book unit, including exercises for vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing; all at three levels of difficulty Two-page progress review after every unit with self-assessments and I can... statements Reference section which includes a Language focus reference, a pronunciation bank, an alphabetical Wordlist with illustrations and a phonetic chart, an Expression bank, and an Irregular verbs list Answer Key which can be found on the English Plus Teacher's site and on iTools MultiROM included with Workbook for a complete interactive self-study resource
A radical revision of the successful Streetwise course for teenagers, combining new material with the best of the original edition.
Brighten up your classroom with English Plus Second Edition! With 80% new content, more video, new grammar animations, puzzles, and games, it's never been so easy to capture your students' attention. You'll find the same clear structure and high level of support for mixed-ability classes. With English Plus, every student can practise at the right…
Brighten up your classroom with English Plus Second Edition! With supportive graded practice, multimedia-rich resources and a wealth of extra classroom material, you can easily tailor your lessons to your class.With English Plus, every student can practise at the right level for them, and achieve success.Supported activities in the Student's Book are accompanied by graded Workbook exercises, photocopiable worksheets and tests, plus fast finisher exercises to stretch stronger learners.Learning is made fun with more video, new grammar animations, songs, puzzles and games. The extra Options lessons let you extend the course to suit your class.The English Plus Workbook provides plenty of carefully planned practice to build students' confidence whatever their ability and also includes access to the Workbook audio and online Practice Kit.
