About Straightforward
Taking what good teachers do in the classroom as the basis of its approach, Straightforward is an integrated skills series with a transparent structure, making it an easy-to-use course for students and teachers alike.
Read on to find out all you need to know about this great course, take a tour of the new CD-ROM, and discover how to order your Straightforward materials.
Straightforward is complete from January 2008. Find out more about the Advanced level and download samples from the coursebooks and the Straightforward Guide to Dictation and Translation here .
The package for each level consists of a Student's Book with/without CD ROM, Workbook with/without Key, Teacher's Book and Resource Pack, a Class CD and a Portfolio.
Covering twelve topics per level, the units in the Student's Book contain skills work, contextualised grammar activities, vocabulary development exercises and functional language lessons. At the end of each unit, there is a language reference which contains grammar notes and a word list which shows word frequency.
The Student's Books also now come with the new multimedia CD-ROM (with/without versions available).
Designed for self-study, the CD-ROM features extra practise based on materials from the Student's Book, as well as a grammar reference and tests from each unit.
Click here to take a virtual tour of the CD-ROM and find out more!
Written for new and experienced teachers alike, the Straightforward Beacher's BookWritten for new and experienced teachers alike, the Straightforward Teacher's Books are a comprehensive teaching resource. Written by Jim Scrivener, they provide:
- Easy-to-follow lesson plans guiding teachers through each unit
- Ideas for supplementary and extension activities
- Answer keys and tapescripts for all units
- Detailed notes on the language and cultural content of the Student's Book lessons
- Regular 'Methodology Builders' which provide inspiring and practical advice
- Photocopiable resource materials for every Student's Book lesson, including songs
- An accompanying CD which includes editable tests and other resource material
- A second CD which contains the Teacher's Audio materials, with extra listening tasks
The workbooks contain practice material for each lesson in the Student's Book, offering thorough consolidation of the language input.
For further skills practice there are extra reading texts included for each unit. There is also a self-contained writing course of twelve two-page lessons for classroom or self-study use. These pages form a comprehensive resource for students to practice writing skills. They include useful language and models of various kinds of written texts.
The accompanying audio CD includes dictation exercises and oral versions of most Student's Book reading texts.
The Straightforward Portfolios act as a leaner's diary for your students as they contain exercises that follow the Student's Book topics and help them build the right vocabulary functions needed to achieve CEF learning aims.
Click here to find out more about these materials, and to download sample pages.
To order this great course, click here to visit our online bookshop. If you would prefer to make your purchase through your local representative, find them in the Worldwide section of MacmillanEnglish.com.
