A
note
from
the
authors
Our work on Solutions began in the spring of 2005 with a
research tri p. We travelled from city to city with colleagues from
Ox
ford
University Press. visiting
schools
. watchinglessons and
talking to teachers and students. The information we gathered
on
that
trip, and many subseque nt trips across Central and
Eastern
Eu
rope,gave us valuable insights into what secondary
students and teacherswant from a new book.
Th
ese
became
ourguidingprinciples while writing
Solutio
ns.Most
peop
le we
spoke
to asked fo
r:
• a clear f
ocus
on exam to
pics
and
tasks
• easy-to-follow
lesso
nswhich a
lways
have a clearoutcome
• pienty of support for speaking and writing
• plentyof extra practice material
In
respo
nse, we
design
ed a bookwhich has a crystal-clear
structu
re:
one les
son
in the book = one
lesso
n in the
c
lass
room. Weincludedtwenty
pages
of extra
vocabu
laryand
gra
mma
r practice within the Student's
Book
itself to
prov
ide
more
flexibility. We included ten specificlessonsto prepare
students for the school-leaving exam, and ensured that the
book as a whole corresponds to the syllabus topics re
quir
ed in
thisexam. And we recognised the di
fficu
ltiesthat s
tudents
natu rally have with speaking and writing, and therefore
ensured that these activities area
lways
well prepared and well
supported. A
chi
evable activitiesare
essent
ial for motivation!
Ourresear
ch
trips alsotaughtus that no two
sc
hools orclasses
are identical. That is why Solutions is designed to be flexible.
Th
ereare five levels (Elementa
ry,
Pre-intermediate,
Intermediate.
Upper-
int
ermed
iate,
Adv
anced) so that you can
c
hoose
the one which bestfitsyour st
udents
' needs.
Solutions has benefited
from
collaboration withteacherswith
extensive expe
ri
ence of teaching 1
4-1
9 year aids and of
prep
aring
students for theirschool-leavingexam. Wewould like
to thank Marta
Urninska for sharing her
expe
rtisein writingthe
procedural notes in the Teacher's Book. Cultural and language
notes aswell as the
photo
cop
iable supplements in the
Teacher's Book were provided by Caroline Krantz.
Weare confident that Solutions will be easyto use, both for
students and for teache
rs.
We hope it will also be interesting,
engaging and stimu
lating!
Tim Falla and Paui A Davies
The
components
of
the
course
The
Student's
Book
The
Student's
Bo
ok
contains
:
• an Introduction unitto
revis
e the basics
• 10 to pic-based units, each covering 7 lessons
• 5 Language Review/ Skills
Rou
nd-up
sec
t
ions,
providing a
languagetest of the previoustwo unitsand a
cumu
lative
skills-based review
• 10 Getreadyforyour examlessons
prov
idingtypicaltasks
and preparation forthe students' final exam
• 10
Vo
cabula
ryBuilders with p
rac
tice and extensionopt
ions
• 10 GrammarBuilders containing grammar reference and
further
exe
rci
ses
• tip
boxe
s th
rou
ghout
giving adviceon
specific
skills and
how best to approach
diff
erent task types in all four main
skills
Youwill find more details on
pages
5- 7 in the
section
'Atourof
the Student's Book'.
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Introduction
Three
cla
ss
audio
CDs
"The
three audio
CD'S
(ontain a\ the \istening
mato:-
::.
Student 's Book.
The
Workbook
The
Workbook
mir
rors
and reinforces the content
of
the
Student's Book. It offers:
•
further
practice,
lesson-by-lesson of the
materia
l taugh:
class
• additional
exam
tasks
with
support
for
stude
ntsand
teac
hers
•
Challenge!
exe
rcises
to
stretch
strongerstudents
• writing
guides
to
provide
a clearst
ructural
frameworkfor
writing
tasks
• regular
Self-checks
wit h
Con
do state ments to promote
co
nscio
uslearnerdevelopment
• cumulative
reviews
to develop
studen
ts' awarenessofth eir
prog
ress
• a Functions
Bank
for reference
• an ir
reg
ular
verbs
list
• a
Wordlist
which
contains
the
vocab
ularyactivated in the
Stude
nt's
Book units
Proced
ural notes,t
ranscr
iptsand
keys
for the Workbook can be
easilyfound on the
Solutions
Tea
ch
er'sWebsite at
www.oup.com
/elt
/teacher
/solutions.
The
MultiROM
The MultiROM is an interactive self-study tooi that has been
designed to giveguidance, practice, support and
conso
lidation
of
the language and skills ta
ught
in the Stude
nt's
Book. The
MultiROM is divided into unitsand
lesso
nsco
rres
pondingwith
those of the Student's Book.
• e
very
gra
mma
r
lesson
in the bookis extensively
pract
ised
and is
accompan
ied bya simple explanation
• all
targe
t
voc
abularyis
cons
olidatedwith
crossw
ord,
word
sea
rch,
and
gap
-fill ac
tivities
• one
exam-type
listening
activity
per unit is in
clud
ed sothat
students
are able to practise
listeni
ngat their own
pace
• s
peakin
g and
writing
sections
help
stu
dents im
prov
e these
skills
outside of the
classroom
• an audio CD element is included, with all the exam listening
tasks from the Workbook, which can be played on a CD
player
The
Tea
ch
er's
Book
The Teacher's Book gives full proced ural notes for the whole
course, includ ing ideas for tackli ng mixed-ab
ili
ty teaching. In
addition, it offe
rs:
• optional activities throughout for greater fle
xibil
ity
• structured speaking tasks to get students talking confl dentiy
• useful tipsand strat
egies
to
improve
students' exam
technique
• a teacher'sguide to
dyslexia
in the class
roo
m
• 20 photocopiable
pages
to
recycle
and
activate
the
language
of
each
unitin a fun, comm
unica
tive context
Test
Bank MultiROM
Ase
parate
resource
Multi
ROM
conta
ins:
• unittests
•
mid-year
and
end-of-year
progress
tests
• short tests
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