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A communicative series offering students plenty of support.
Key features
* The course covers all four skills but gives particular emphasis to speaking and listening skills.
* It has a carefully organized syllabus which integrates grammatical, functional, topical, and situational content.
* It is effective in large classes and encourages the participation of all students, even those who are hesitant about speaking.
* It provides students with manageable tasks, and gives them plenty of support with careful build-up and recycling of language content.
* Each unit has a consistent format. The 'Opening Conversation' introduces the teaching points of the unit. The 'Speaking' section develops conversation skills. The 'Checklist' summarizes the language content of the unit. The 'Listening' section provides extensive task-listening and the 'Reading' section encourages reading for pleasure.
* Special 'Culture Capsules' introduce students to aspects of life in the United States.
* The first level of the series, East West Basics, meets the special needs of the beginning student and has a slightly different unit format.
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