Straightforward Second Edition
Teaching Made Simple
Straightforward Second edition is a 6-level English course that takes young adult and adult learners from beginner through to advanced level using a methodical structure that encourages multi-skilled learning.
Straightforward Second edition builds on the series’ strong foundations, with content that is relevant to the modern, fast-paced world. Topics, articles and exercises appear in an intuitive design that is easy to follow and teach straight off the page. The flexible course structure delivers grammar in easily digestible segments and extensive productive skills development and practice is provided through the input and extra communication pages.
Key features
- Video material from the BBC and ITN with worksheets and additional videos help to engage students and give real context.
- Each Student’s Book includes self-assessment tools allowing learners to track and monitor their own progress.
- The series is acclaimed for its Teacher’s Book, written by the guru of teaching practice and instruction, Jim Scrivener.
- The Teacher’s Resource website offers comprehensive teaching support, including CEFR checklists and information guides, as well as tips from Jim Scrivener.
- The Straightforward Digital disk and eBook enable simultaneous display of course assets for flexible teaching and learning and can be used on interactive whiteboards, projectors or simply on a laptop.
Student's Book Pack
The four-level split edition has a combined Student’s Book and Workbook comprising 6 units from each. This split version is ideal for short courses, and each split level is mapped to CEFR objectives to help gauge progress. An audio CD is included providing all the listening material for the Workbook activities.
eBook Student’s Pack
The Student’s Book is structured to contain one lesson per double page spread throughout the entire book. Each unit covers a range of material and highlighted sections help to develop the core skills. The accompanying eBook provides a page faithful, electronic version of the Student's Book.
Workbook with key & CD
The Workbook recycles the language and consolidates the material from the Student’s Book, along with a corresponding page for each lesson from the Student’s Book. A Macmillan Reader is found at the back of each Workbook alongside course audio offering further listening and pronunciation practice. An Answer Key is included in this version.
Workbook without key & CD
The Workbook recycles the language and consolidates the material from the Student’s Book, along with a corresponding page for each lesson from the Student’s Book. A complete Macmillan Reader is found at the back of the Workbook alongside access to the course audio offering further listening and pronunciation practice from the Workbook.
Teacher's Book Pack
The split edition Teacher's Book is ideal for short courses or when class facing time is limited and complements the split edition Student's Book / Workbook combined volume. Each split level is mapped to CEFR objectives to help gauge progress and comes with its accompanying class audio for Student's Book and Workbook listening tasks.
eBook Teacher’s Pack
A page faithful digital version the Teacher's Book ritten by Jim Scrivener with extensive teaching notes, extra tasks and ideas for every lesson plus more detailed notes on the language and cultural content of the Student's Book material.