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English Book Education is pleased to announce Pearson Live Webinar Series. Join to Pearson’s experts in this upcoming webinar series to discover tips and advice that will support your learners and help their confidence grow.
Tuesday 20 September; Tbilisi Time 19:00;
Being Your True Self in English: Hear how to bring personality and personalisation to English language learning so your learners can truly be themselves in English.
Boost Your Confidence Teaching STEAM: Explore the ways you can combine English language learning with STEAM teaching and confidently grow your learners’ skills set.
The Psychology of Learning Supported by the GSE: Find out how The Global Scale of English (GSE) helps set learners up for success on a confident and life-long learning journey.
English Book Education is pleased to announce Back to School Live Events from Macmillan Education.
This year Macmillan Education is hosting short and practical sessions live on Facebook. Each 20-minute session will look one of the key challenges, such as lost learning or re-building face-to-face connections.
Re-building Connections to face-to-face
Back to face-to-face classes? This webinar will explore ways to promote cohesion in your classes, between teacher and students and amongst the students themselves, with ideas for strengthening group dynamics.
Jonathan Hadley has worked in English Language Teaching for over 25 years as an English teacher, teacher trainer and curriculum/materials writer.
Helping Learners Manage Pressure
In this short talk we’re going to explore some practical tips and techniques for helping learners identify and manage pressure and stress in a learning environment.
Kateryna Protsenko has been working in ELT for almost 9 years. She’s taught and trained teachers in Ukraine, Turkey, Lebanon and Thailand, and is now working as a Director of Academic and Teacher Training Departments at International Language Centre in Kyiv.
Planning for Hybrid
We will look at lesson planning tips for delivering hybrid lessons. This is for teachers teaching hybrid every day or using hybrid as an emergency measure.
Russell Stannard is the winner of 3 educational awards including the Times Higher ‘Outstanding Initiative in Technology’ and the British Council ‘ELTons Innovation Award’. Russell writes regular columns in the English Teaching Professional and has published widely in the area of feedback, collaboration and the use of screen capture.
A Letter To My Future Self
We’ll look at how teachers and both their younger and older students can set reading and writing goals for themselves for the coming school year by writing a simple letter.
Emma Heyderman has been involved in ELT since 1989 as a teacher, teacher trainer, and academic director, most recently for International House, San Sebastián. She runs workshops for local teachers and is a regular speaker at national and international events.
English Book Education is pleased to announce Oxford University Press orientation and onboarding webinar for Insight Second Edition.
This online session will help you get the new school year off to a flying start. Simply register below to receive your link to participate.
Get started with Insight Second EditionMethodology;
Join us on 14 September and learn more about how to use Insight Second Edition’s unique methodology – taking rich, meaningful content to keep your students motivated and involved.
სასწავლო წლის პირველი დღე მრავალფეროვან ემოციებთან ასოცირდება. მოსწავლეები თუ მათი პედაგოგები 3- თვიანი დასვენების შემდეგ სასკოლო რეჟიმს უბრუნდებიან. იმისთვის, რომ სკოლის პირველი დღე ნაკლებად დამღლელი და მეტად სახალისო იყოს, გიზიარებთ თვქენი საკლასო გაკვეთილებისთვის 5 აქტივობას;
Beach Ball Questions
ეს აქტივობა არაჩვეულებრივია გონებისა და სხეულის გასავარჯიშებლად. ამ აქტივობისათვის, მოსწავლეები დააყენეთ წრეზე, ის მოსწავლე, რომელიც ბურთს დაიჭერს, უპასუხებს იმ შეკითხვას, რომელზეც მისი ცერა თითები მოხვდება. შეკითხვების თემატიკა დამოკიდებულია თქვენს არჩევანზე, შესაძლოა შეკითხვები იყოს: როგორ გაატარე ზაფხული? რომელი წიგნი წაიკითხე? ან რა ფილმს უყურე? ეს აქტივობა დაგეხმარებათ ყველა მოსწავლე თანაბრად ჩართოთ საგაკვეთილო პროცესში.
Holiday Memories
აღნიშნული აქტივობა თქვენი მოსწავლეების მეტყველების უნარს გაავარჯიშებს და უკვე ნასწავლი ლექსიკური ერთეულების გამეორების საშუალებაც იქნება. სთხოვეთ თითოეულ მოსწავლეს საზაფხულო არდადეგების პერიოდიდან გაიხსენონ 3 ყველაზე დასამახსოვრებელი ფაქტი და მათ შესახებ თანაკლასელებს მოუთხრონ. აღნიშნული აქტივობის ჩატარება შესაძლებელია, როგორც ინდივიდუალურად, ისე წყვილებში.
I Wish My Teacher Knew…
ეს აქტივობა მეტყველებისა და წრითი უნარების გაუმჯობესებისთვის არის. მოსწავლეებს დაურიგეთ ფერადი ფურცლები და სთხოვეთ დაწერონ ის, რაც სურთ რომ იცოდეთ მათ შესახებ. გარდა იმისა, რომ ეს აქტივობა წერით უნარსა და ლექსიკას ავარჯიშებს, პედაგოგი, უფრო კარგად ეცნობა საკუთარ მოსწავლეებს, მათ ინტერესებსა და სურვილებს.
All About Me: “I..”
მეტად სახალისო აქტივობაა “All about me”, რომელსაც სკოლის პირველ დღეს მასწავლებლები აქტიურად იყენებენ. აღნიშნული აქტივობა ახალი მოსწავლეების გაცნობისა და მათთან დაახლოების საშუალებას იძლევა, ასევე, ამ აქტივობით შეგიძლიათ მათი ინგლისური ენის დონისა და სალაპარაკო უნარის განსაზღვრა.
Set Goal
Set Goal ახალი სასწავლო წლის დაგეგმვისა და განხორციელებისთვის ერთ-ერთი აუცილებელი აქტივობაა. მოსწავლეებს სთხოვეთ ფერადი ქაღალდებისგან დაამზადონ ისეთი თოჯინები, როგორებიც ფოტოზეა გამოსახული. ამის შემდეგ ფურცელზე ჩამოწერონ ის მიზნები, რომლებიც უნდა განახორციელონ მიმდინარე სასწავლო წელს და ეს ფურცლები მოათავსონ თოჯინზე. გააკარით თითოეული მოსწავლის თოჯინა საკლასო ოთახის კედელზე, რათა მთელი წლის განმავლობაში ყველას ახსოვდეს საკუთარი მიზანი.
Summer is almost over, so Pearson is back with Pearson Educational Forum. If you liked the spring 2022 edition, we are sure you will like the autumn one even more!
Join us on 24-25 August and discover easy and practical ways of making your students confident in English and life.
Gateway 2nd edition is a 7-level course that leads teenage students to success in exams while equipping them with strong English language skills and knowledge they will need for further study and the world of work.
Praised for its clear and logical structure, Gateway 2nd Edition develops grammar, vocabulary and the four skills in a balanced way so that students can instantly use language in real-life communication. It offers a comprehensive and easy to implement approach to life skills training, enabling teenagers to thrive in the 21st century world. In addition, a thorough exam preparation programme improves students’ chances for better scores in school-leaving or international exams.
Key features
Practising teacher and best-selling author David Spencer, who works with teenagers every day, draws on his first-hand experience to provide practical solutions for motivating students and making teaching effective.
Life skills videos and tasks, covering topics such as Personal and Physical well-being, Citizenship or Social skills help to prepare teenagers for life outside the classroom.
The innovative Flipped Classroom videos, which students can watch before class, feature grammar presentations by the author, allowing teachers to find more time in the lessons to focus on real-life communication and add variety to their teaching.
Exam-style activities accompanied by the Exam Success tips provide numerous practice opportunities and ensure an in-depth understanding of the requirements.
The Gateway to Exams sections allow students to revise the exam techniques they have learnt and practise typical exam tasks, thus making them confident to take their exam successfully.
Student’s Book Premium Pack
The Student’s Book Premium Pack contains the print Student’s Book with a strong exams focus and exams task familiarisation throughout the Student’s Book. Access code to the Online Workbook and the Student’s Resource Centre which includes the Class audio, Workbook audio, Life skills and Flipped classroom videos and a downloadable Macmillan Reader.
Workbook
The Workbook mirrors the Student’s Book in its organisation, providing a wealth of extra grammar and vocabulary exercises and opportunities to practise reading, listening, speaking and writing. It also offers higher-level material in the form of Grammar challenge and Vocabulary extension exercises, particularly useful for mixed ability classes.
Digital Student’s Book and Online Workbook
Gateway 2nd edition leads teenagers to success in exams and prepares them for further study. This fully digital solution gives access to the Digital Student’s Book and Student’s Resource Centre with Life skills and Flipped classroom videos, Culture worksheets and a Macmillan Reader. The Online Workbook includes interactive activities and audio.
Teacher’s Book Premium Pack
The Teacher’s Book includes a flexible Teacher’s eBook to allow for on screen lesson preparation, access to the Teacher’s Resource Centre, Presentation Kit, Test Generator and digital student components. The Teacher’s Book includes teaching notes, teacher development sections with ideas for developing learning strategies and exam preparation.
Fully flexible course
If you teach remotely or would like to add an online learning element to your face to face classes, we have reconfigured and enhanced this course with digital components, making it ready for any scenario. The listing below shows you all of the components available for this course.
Focus Second Edition is an even richer version of the best-selling English language learning series for upper secondary students. The new course retains the best of the first edition – a unique vocabulary building program and the 3Ms methodology. It enhances this with BBC video content and more thorough Use of English preparation, to offer everything teachers and students need to achieve success, in and out of the classroom.
With Focus Second Edition students will be motivated and engaged by the authentic content; they will be strong in all language and life skills, and prepared well for achieving great exam results.
Responding to students’ and teachers’ needs
Focus Second Edition retains what students and teachers highly valued in the first edition, and enhances it with authentic video content, including BBC videos and Focus vlogs.
This valuable, up-to-date content, along with plenty of new ideas and improvements, make the new edition a perfect fit for today’s teenagers and their busy teachers.
What’s new
New authentic BBC videos: 41 new, natural-language videos accompanied by video worksheets
New Focus Grammar Vlog videos: 32 new grammar vlogs with corresponding worksheets
New vocabulary and reading lessons: up-to-date content with themes and topics students will be interested in
More Use of English: extended opportunities for Use of English practice across all components
More writing practice: extended writing section for more contextualized and thorough practice
More speaking and personalization activities: clearly signposted personalized speaking activities for more targeted practice
More listening practice: more audio recordings provide increased opportunities to practice listening comprehension and receptive skills
The 3Ms methodology
Focus Second Edition is built upon motivation, memory and meaning: three principles that are specifically relevant to teenage learners. This reliable, tried and tested approach has been revised to deliver what today’s students need.
The new edition has been fully upgraded with many new features to make the content memorable, the themes meaningful and the learning process motivating.
Solid exam preparation
Focus Second Edition is a tried-and-tested series that gives your students the practice they need to succeed in their national and popular international English exams.
It provides students with regular opportunities to try exam-style tasks, tips and strategies available across all course components. Teachers can benefit from a thorough Assessment Package that includes a wide range of tests which can be used at different points in the course.
Students can use a Student’s Book with extra digital activities and resources, accompanied by a paper workbook. They can also choose a Student’s Book with Online Practice, extra digital activities and resources, where the workbook is available in the online format, providing interactive activities, instant feedback and automatic grading.
Teachers use the print version of the Teacher’s Book and also get access to course digital resources including presentation tool, teacher’s resources, assessment package or “How to Teach with Focus Second Edition” videos.
Student’s Book audio and video
Workbook audio
accessed via a code in the Student’s Book
Assessment Package (including tests for dyslexic students)
Language Hub is a 6-level general English course for adult learners which takes the complexity out of teaching English. At its core is a well-balanced skills syllabus with clear learning outcomes using a range of interesting topics, and a functional language strand presented through an entertaining video series.
All lessons in Language Hub are designed to build learners’ confidence in a variety of situations and producing them has never been easier. The Teacher’s Book makes lesson preparation intuitive using annotated ‘teach-off-the-page’ lessons supported by tips and ideas taken from the award-winning Macmillan Books for Teachers.
Key features
Language Hub is easy to use in a variety of teaching situations due to its firm pedagogic foundation, and syllabus aligned to the revised CEFR.
Comprehensive video content includes engaging ‘sitcom’ series providing realistic models for learners’ own language production, and additional authentic video content from The Guardian offering further input for practice.
The Writing lessons in the Student’s Book help learners improve their communicative writing skills and cover a range of genres aligned to the topic in each unit of the course.
The Student’s App offers learners quick and flexible practice when and where they need it, and also provides exposure to target language for class preparation and consolidation.
The Teacher’s App has a simple-to-use Classroom Presentation Kit that helps to deliver truly engaging lessons.
Student’s Book with Student’s App
The Student’s Book has a robust skills, grammar and vocabulary syllabus with clear learning outcomes aligned to the revised CEFR. The Student’s App allows learners to practice on-the-go with over 300 activities designed to offer quick and flexible practice. It also includes access to the Digital Student’s Book for face-to-face or online classes.
Workbook with Key + access to Audio
The Workbook provides additional support for the Student’s Book with activities covering the course language, vocabulary and skills. This comes with the Answer Key and access to the Student Resource Centre for the audio files. It also includes access to the Digital Workbook.
Digital Student’s Book with Student’s App and Digital Workbook
Language Hub has a well-balanced skills syllabus and includes a functional language strand with an entertaining video series. This fully digital version enables teachers to take teaching online instantly and confidently. It includes the Digital Student’s Book, Digital Workbook and access to activities through the Student’s App.
Teacher’s Book with App
The Teacher’s Book includes a flexible Teacher’s eBook to allow for on screen lesson preparation. The Teacher’s App provides everything in one place including; the Classroom Presentation Kit, audio and video resources, photocopiables, Test Generator, and access to the content of the Student’s App.
Student’s App
The Student’s App offers learners quick and flexible practice opportunities when and where they need it, and also provides exposure to target language for class preparation and consolidation. There are over 300 extra activities at each level.
Teacher’s App
The Teacher’s App helps to deliver content in a simple-to-use lesson pathway designed for easy presentation and truly engaging lessons.
Roadmap is a new, eight-level general English course for adults that recognizes every class is different, every learner is unique.
Roadmap’s rich content and flexible organization allows teachers to personalize their lessons to give learners the specific language training they need to progress.
Discover Roadmap
enable learners to make fast, measurable progress
personalize teaching using different routes through the course
develop reading, writing and listening skills with extensive practice and strategies
deliver successful lessons with materials that are easy to use and fun to teach
get students practicing out of class with the mobile app
Learning English is a journey and the final destination is the ability to speak confidently and fluently. Roadmap provides the direction you need to get your learners where they want to go
Digital tools to support students and teachers
For students
The mobile app gives students an opportunity to practice anytime, anywhere, with extra grammar and vocabulary exercises to consolidate language points.
MyEnglishLab provides online practice for students, class management for teachers and a gradebook to review performance.
For teachers
The presentation tool gives teachers a fully interactive version of the Students’ Book and Workbook with integrated audio and video to use at the front of class.
The resources teachers can access online include full teaching notes, photocopiables, audio and video and an assessment package.
Student’s Book
Ten units with three main input lessons link to three Develop your listening, reading and writing skills lessons
An English in Action lesson in each unit covers key functional language with video clips and worksheets
In each main lesson the Grammar, Vocabulary and Pronunciation lead up to a speaking task based on GSE learning objectives
Audio, video, scripts, word lists available online
Workbook
Additional grammar, vocabulary and functional language practice activities
Additional reading, writing and listening practice activities
An answer key at the back of the book allows learners to check their answers
Speakout is the English language course that includes video content from the BBC to engage students and make teaching easier.
It follows a balanced approach to topics, language development and skills work. Speaking activities are prominent, but not at the expense of the other core skills of reading, writing and listening, which are developed systematically throughout.
New design: Pearson has improved the overall design of the components and pages, refreshed the photos and illustrations, and selected dramatic images to introduce each new unit. Great images motivate learners, and provide excellent prompts for language activities.
Reading & listening texts: Pearson has broadened the range of texts to reflect the types of texts learners read outside the classroom. Listening texts are also more authentic and we’ve included a wider variety of international accents.
BBC video clips: The BBC video clips in each unit are unique to Speakout. We’ve retained the most popular clips and included some wonderful new material from the BBC to engage and motivate learners.
Pronunciation sections: Pearson has developed a stronger pronunciation syllabus with a wider range of pronunciation features.
Components
Speakout 2nd Edition delivers a fully-integrated learning package which includes MyEnglishLab, Speakout Extra, Study Booster plus a whole lot more.
Student’s Book
Twelve units with 90 to 120 hours of teaching material
Comprehensive Language Bank with detailed explanations and extra practice
Photo bank to expand vocabulary
Audio and video scripts
Workbook
Additional grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation exercises to complement material in the Students’ Book
Additional functional language practice exercises
Additional reading, listening and writing practice
Regular review and check sections
Versions available with and without key
Audio material to practice listening, pronunciation and functional language available online
Digital components for teachers
Presentation Tool
integrated remote lessons
digital resources
Test Generator
online practice
Extra practice in grammar, vocabulary and skills
Unit and achievement tests
Mid and end of course tests
BBC interviews
Interactive worksheets for BBC interviews
Access MyEnglishLab via the Pearson English Portal. MyEnglishLab provides a fully blended and personalized learning environment that benefits both teachers and learners.
