ESL books: face2face

face2face First edition

Chris Redston, Gillie Cunningham and Jan Bell

Beginner, Advanced, Upper-intermediate, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate

British English

 

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face2face is a six-level general English course for adults and young adults.

Description

Based on the communicative approach, face2face prepares learners for life in English. Vocabulary and grammar are of equal importance and there is a strong focus on listening and speaking for social situations. Students are given numerous opportunities to practise new language through a variety of communicative activities, many of which are personalised. face2face is fully compatible with the CEF and gives students regular opportunities to evaluate their progress. Mapping is available online, as well as in the relevant Teacher's Book. Each self-contained lesson is easily teachable off the page. Each level provides approximately 80 hours of core teaching material, which can be extended to 120 hours using the photocopiable resource material and extra ideas in the Teacher's Book (60 hours extendable to 90 for the Starter level). The Student's Books come with a free CD-ROM/Audio CD offering extra practice activities, video, recording capability, customisable tests and more.

Key Features of this Title

• With vocabulary selection informed by the Cambridge International Corpus and the Cambridge Learner Corpus, students can be confident that the language they learn is up-to-date, relevant and natural.

• A 'Language Summary' at the back of each Student's Book offers students support with new vocabulary, grammar and functional language.

• New face2face Classware offers an updated form of Whiteboard Software now even more user-friendly and accessible to teachers without access to whiteboard hardware.

• Features a systematic focus on spoken accuracy, as well as fluency, which gives students lots of opportunities to practise new language in both free and controlled contexts.

• 'Real World' lessons give students the practical language they need for day-to-day life. At Advanced level, these lessons also develop students' listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, helping them become more spontaneous, natural communicators.

• Innovative 'Help with' sections help learners to appreciate how English works. 'Help with Sounds', new at Starter level, enables students to improve their pronunciation by focusing on individual sounds.

Это интересно: Interview with the authors Click on the questions below to watch the authors' answers. Question 1: Gillie Cunningham How does face2face reflect the needs of adult learners in the real world? Question 2: Chris Redston Can you describe the methodology of face2face? Question 3: Chris Redston What makes face2face different? Question 4: Chris Redston How does face2face make teachers' lives easier? Question 5: Gillie Cunningham What do you think students will enjoy most about face2face?

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Моя рецензия.

Немного слов от себя. Мне курс нравится. Он великолепно подходит для индивидуальных занятий. Или занятий в паре. Также он может быть использован для самообучения учениками с уровнем Intermediate и выше. Я пробовала уровни Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Advanced. Особенно меня порадовали высокие уровни. Действительно разговорная лексика, действительно нужный темп речи, действительно интересная грамматика. Материал подается сжато. И тем не менее, хорошо отрабатывается. Это курс для тех, кто любит заниматься в быстром ритме, кто любит живой не академический язык. Я бы рекомендовала курс только взрослым, т.к. многие темы затрагивают работу и учебу.
Скажу больше, мне самой было интересно проходить эти книги. И я почерпнула много нового для себя.

Книга затрагивает все основные аспекты: говорение, чтение, слушанье, произношение, грамматику и письмо. Приятно радует рабочая тетрадь и книга для учителя с дополнительными заданиями.

В общем, моя оценка самая высокая.