Change Up! Intermediate - Student's Book + Workout

Change Up! Intermediate - Student's Book + Workout

160 pages (student's book) + 72 pages (workout)
ISBN 9788853604101

ABOUT THE COURSE CHANGE UP!

2-level course at Intermediate and Upper Intermediate levels.

AIMS
Change Up! takes its name from the innovative methodology introduced in this new course, enabling students to progress from a mechanical use of language to a more natural use. This is achieved through the use of authentic texts with special emphasis placed on both the spoken and written language and the use of English in real life context.

STRUCTURE
The course consists of 2 volumes: Intermediate covering level B2.1 and Upper Intermediate covering B2.2. The two volumes can be used separately.
Intermediate
• Student’s Book & Workbook (also available separately)
• 2 audio CDs
• Pre-intermediate Workout
• Change Up! Website with downloadable online material from the student’s section
Upper Intermediate
• Student’s Book & Workbook (also available separately)
• 3 audio CDs (with FCE listening)
• Change Up! Website with downloadable online material from the student’s section

Complementary materials for teachers:
• Intermediate Teacher’s Book with 2 audio CDs
• Upper Intermediate Teacher’s Book with 2 audio CDs
• Teacher’s Resources, ringbinder for both levels with photocopiable worksheets
• 2 audio CDs and Test Maker CD-ROM
• Change Up! Website with downloadable online material from the teacher’s section

FOR THE STUDENT
Student’s book
The Student’s Book (Intermediate and Upper Intermediate) is divided into 3 topics with each topic consisting of 3 units together with Towards Certification and Self Evaluation sections.
Unit structure:
• Experience A, Experience B: each experience consists of a reading text which immerses the student in a real life context. The Experience section is presented in either a reading text or listen and read format.
• Discover: section whereby students are encouraged to delve into and discover the language they encountered in Experience. This section contains a rich source of different types of activities including:
Grammar: discovery approach to grammar backed up with numerous exercise type
Vocabulary: in depth analyses of lexical sets and how they work
Spoken Grammar: specific attention paid to the application of grammar rules in the spoken context
Spoken English: comprehension and consolidation activities
Written English: full analysis of the written language through a wide range of contexts
• Communicate: guided communication activities for all aspects of language presented in the unit. Allows students to put into practice the language they have learnt and promotes student confidence
• How to: in this section particular emphasis is placed on communication through analysis of a text or dialogue and by highlighting the functions within the text.
• English around us: closing section to each unit. Through the use of authentic reading texts, the student is presented with various aspects of the language and how it is used in everyday situations.
• Learning tips: practical advice and learning strategies.
• Towards Certification: section dedicated to CESOL FCE, with activities, hints and advice
• Self evaluation: activities and worksheets designed for self-evaluation
• Grammar reference: 22 pages of grammar reference covering all grammar structures covered in the individual units
• The Inward Eye, literature: 9 page section of literature, designed for those students taking their first steps in English literature.

Workbook
The Workbook has been designed to consolidate the skills acquired in the student’s book. (The workbook is available both with key and tapescripts or without keys and without tapescripts). In particular, the Workbook aims to:
• Revise the language skills covered in the Student’s Book and also introduce new vocabulary skills before the start of each successive unit in the student’s book, thereby providing a ‘warm up’ to the unit.
• Revise and consolidate the unit grammar strucutures
• Provide students with learning strategies
• FCE preparation
• Self check sections (Check-Up)

Workbook Appendix:
• Writing File: rich bank of materials, based on FCE requirements
• FCE Practice Plus: full FCE practise test available at Upper Intermediate level

Complementary materials for students:
Pre Intermediate Workout: revision booklet composed of 15 units, covering structures, functions and vocabulary found at CEFR levels A2-B1.
Change Up! Website Student’s Area: Audio files in MP3 format together with other material which can be downloaded.

Student’s Audio Material:
Intermediate level: 2 Audio CDs with all the Workbook listenings and all the listenings from the Experience section of the Student’s Book
Upper Intermediate level: 3 Audio CDs with all the Workbook listenings and all the listenings from the Experience section of the Student’s Book plus the listening section from the FCE practice test.

Teacher's Book:
One book for each level.
The Teacher’s Book contains:
• Introduction to course methodology
• Fully comprehensive detailed teaching notes
• Complete answer keys
• Scripts of unseen listening exercises
• 2 Class audio CDs

The Teacher’s Book also includes:
• Pre-Intermediate Workout teaching notes and answer keys
• Intermediate Workbook answer keys and listening scripts

Teacher’s Resources
A complete Teacher’s Resources Folder containing:
Testing and Assessment Material
• A full range of photocopiable material including diagnostic entry tests and progress tests
• Audio CDs with material for the listening sections of the tests
• Test Maker CD Rom with all the tests in customizable format

Extra Photocopiable Material
• Factsheets containing additional material linked to the unit theme
• Language games, puzzles and activities
• Communicative task-based projects

Teacher's Audio Meterial
For each level:
• 2 Class audio CDs with all the audio material for the Student’s Book
• 1 Audio CD with all the audio material for the tests

Shirley Ann Hill, Michael Lacey Freeman