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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)
- photocopiable resources
- Student’s Book and Workbook audio
- course video
- exam mapping booklets for PTE and Cambridge exams
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