The English in Mind Combos offer flexibility in a contemporary English course for teenagers. Each Combo contains eight Student's Book units with the corresponding Workbook material grouped into two modules, and offers approximately 40 to 45 hours of classwork. Clear learning objectives at the beginning of each module, plus 'Check your Progress' sections at the end, help students and teachers plan learning more effectively. There are free Audio CDs/CD-ROMs combining an interactive CD-ROM and audio material. The English in Mind Combos can be used with mixed-ability classes. Combo Starter A is for complete beginners. Combos 1A and 1B are for elementary students; 1A contains a 16-page starter section to review key language. Combos Levels 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B take students from pre-intermediate to intermediate level.
Key Features
- Imaginative and appealing topics such as travel, mysterious places and happiness open every unit in the form of reading texts or listening comprehension exercises.
- Projects and writing tasks occur at the ends of the units.
- 'Culture in Mind' sections occur in alternating units.
- Photo stories occur in alternating units.
- Workbooks offer 'Study Help' and 'Skills Tips.'
- Strong focus on grammar and vocabulary.
- 'Fiction in Mind' in Level 3 occurs in alternating units.
This multi-level English course is for teenagers. Combo Class Audio CDs/American Voices for Starter A and Starter B provide all of the recordings for Combos Starter A and B, and the Starter Teacher's Resource Pack Module Tests, narrated by American speakers.