Beginner. Published 1995.

A short course designed for absolute beginners or students with a little English - young adult & adults. Note - The Class Audio for this course is no longer available.

Key features

• It is very gently paced with a clearly defined and limited grammatical and lexical syllabus to avoid overloading the learner.

• It contains a grammar, vocabulary, functional, and pronunciation syllabus.

• New language is introduced gradually and methodically, and is consolidated through substantial controlled practice to give beginners confidence.

• The grammar is presented in tabular form at the end of each unit, along with an exercise for students to check their understanding.

• Despite the low level, simple skills work and manageable communicative activities are incorporated to develop interactive skills and make the language learning meaningful.

• An 'Everyday English' section in each unit practises common expressions and survival English for everyday situations.

• It provides an ideal foundation course for students preparing for New Headway Elementary and other elementary courses.

Student's Book

• 12 units

• Two Stop and Check revision sections (after Units 6 and 12)

• Grammar summary at the end of each unit

• Word list for each unit at the back of the Student's Book

Workbook

• Exercises to practise and extend all language and vocabulary presented in the Student's Book

• Simple free writing exercises

• Two further Stop and Check revision sections (after Units 6 and 12)

Teacher's Book

• A thorough guide to the teaching of the course

• Additional teaching ideas

• Useful photocopiable material

• Answer key

Student's Cassette

• Optional accompaniment to the Workbook

• Recordings of selected Workbook exercises for students to listen, check, and repeat

Class Cassette

• Listening material from the Student's Book