Mainline Beginners A - Teacher's book

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Mairtline Beginners ís L. G. Alexander s new generál course for secondary and aduit stüdents about to begin the study of English as a foreign language, It is designed to fit into the existing New Concept English framework and is parallel in level to NCE First Things First. Mainline Beginners consists of two parts, A and B. Each book is based respectively on the specifications published by the Council of Europe under the titles Waystage and The Thresho/d Levet. These specifications, intended to cover the first two years of study, provide the basis for a functíonal/notional syllabus in that they define objectives in terms of the learners' communicative needs. This principle has been fully applied in MainHne Beginners. Somé of the main features of Mainline Beginners are: • careful definition and implementation of objectives • a framework which provides for the mastery of grammatical forms which are then practised in controlled contexts to prepare the stüdents for openended communicative activity • careful definition of settings and social roles • highly-varied frame-by-frame presentation allowing the teacher to determine the pace • constant provision for transfer to real-life situations often allowing the stüdents to choose their own terms of expression • careful training in listening comprehension distinguishing between listening for gisf and 'active listening' • the use of authentic texts to train stüdents to read for gist and discard redundant inf ormát ion • specially-devised pronunciation exercises • specially-composed songs Mainline Beginners A and B each comprise the following: A Course Book (for use by teachers and stüdents), a Teacher's Book and a Set of Tapes. Test material is in preparation. Vissza