Margarita Hanschmidt, Helje Kaskel,Mikael Davies et al
Varied and challenging Wide variety of themes Cultural information Exam help Balanced development of all language skills
A wide range of interesting topics with subtopics
Grammar + Refresh exercises Writing skills Extracts from modern English literature Culture tips Humorous listening and reading texts Nice photos and illustrations New toolboxes Songs and poems Personal CD-ROM
Balanced development of reading, listening, writing and speaking skills
Much attention to vocabulary, reading comprehension, pronunciation, intonation, spelling
A separate grammar section and a dictionary Project-based learning Much pair work and group work Cultural advice on how to behave in English
speaking countries
CD/CD-ROM with material for individual work For listening
main texts Grammar practice Vocabulary exercises Text-related tasks and exercises Listening practice Refresh tasks
INTRO KEY TEXTS
COMPREHENSION(READING, LISTENING)
TALKING,ELABORATION
Working with words
FreehandWrite on
Listening
Pronunciation
Culture tipsProjects
In addition: translation exercises, idioms, learning skills (Tool boxes), read on texts, crosswords.
In Touch 1: Guessing the meaning; Guessing what the text is about; Explaining words; Grouping; Using a dictionary; Jogging your memory
In Touch 2: Scanning, skimming; Elaboration; Inferring; Summarizing; Taking notes; Peer teaching; Selecting words to remember
In Touch 3: Tuning into the text; Set expressions; Making it personal; Activating prior knowledge; Pre-taught vocabulary; Semantic mapping
In Touch 4: Listing the main points; Making a mind map; Listing questions; Story grammar; Linguistic clues
In Touch 3In Touch 3◦ 1 Dreams (future choices, dilemmas, conflicts)◦ 2 A class of your own (different school systems, problems,
cheating, exhange students, relationships, difficult people)◦ 3 My brilliant career (job satisfaction, summer jobs, odd
jobs, how to start a company, pitfalls, elevator speeches, first aid)
◦ 4 Celebrating creativity and Christmas (benefits, keys, Estonian culture, ideal teacher, traditions)
In Touch 4In Touch 4◦ 1 Open House (town v. countryside, flat-hunting, classifieds,
unemployment, homeless people, Estonian architecture)◦ 2 Rest and Recreation (services, shopping, shopaholics,
eating, vegetarianism, cultural differences, generation differences)
◦ 3 Opposites attract (love, marriage, children, cohabitation, gender equality, values, virtues, vices, moral compass)
◦ 4 Do the right thing (honesty, multicultural diversity, netiquette, crime & punishment, politics, football hooligans, safe environment)
Each unit: aims and lesson plans Additional material: role plays, vocabulary
development, pronunciation practice, games and quizzes (incl. transparencies)
A key to all exercises Suggestions regarding language portfolios Transcripts CD includes listening material from the
textbook
vocabulary and grammar tests reading comprehension writing tasks speaking tasks includes a key
In Touch 1 & 2 for form 10In Touch 3 & 4 for form 11
In 2010In Touch 5 & 6 for form 12
Web environment - downloadable online materials:
testsadditional materialstips and adviceupdates