classroom texts

Passages: 2nd Edition
Tune In
Connect
Strategic Reading
Interchange: 3rd Edition
Changes
Tactics for Listening
Tactics for Listening: 2nd Edition
Person to Person: 3rd edition
Listen for It, New Edition
Listen Carefully
Springboard

	PASSAGES: 2nd edition (with Chuck Sandy) Cambridge University Press Passages is a two level series in American English designed to function as a sequel to New Interchange. The Interchange series can be regarded as a 6-level series, with Passages forming the last two levels. It can be used by students who have completed level 3 of Interchange or a similar course. It also stands alone as a two level high-intermediate course. Among the key features of Passages are: Thematic units of high interest to adults and young adults Complete writing syllabus beginning with paragraph development Engaging recordings to stimulate discussion Regular review to consolidate language and knowledge of grammar Stimulating pair and group discussion activities Systematic presentation of higher-level grammar in a communicative context Vocabulary building activities in every unit The second edition reflects feedback from many teachers around the world, and apart from a new design and substantial content changes, has the following key features: More activities to help develop advanced level vocabulary, including work on collocations, prefixes, and suffixes. A new self-study section for extra listening and vocabulary practice. A new 24-page Grammar Plus section, with extra explanations and practice. A new interleaved Teacher’s Edition that includes every Student’s Book page and supplemental readings, games, projects and quizzes. A TestCrafter CD-Rom that creates tests quickly and easily. Please visit the Passages website
	TUNE IN Oxford University Press TUNE IN is a 3 level series in listening skills written by Jack Richards and Kerry O'Sullivan and published by Oxford University Press. TUNE IN addresses two complementary aspects of listening, listening for comprehension, and listening for language learning. In each unit of the series students practice listening for meaning as well as noticing how language is used in natural conversation. 50 features of spoken English are targeted for listening and speaking practice throughout the series.
	Connect Cambridge University Press All four levels of Dr. Richards new secondary course - Connect - have been published by Cambridge University Press. Connect is a fun, four-level, multi-skills American English course especially written and designed for young adolescents.
	STRATEGIC READING (with Samuela Eckstut-Didier) Cambridge University Press This is a three-level reading series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical thinking skills. The series is aimed at low-intermediate to high-intermediate young- adult and adult learners. Each level contains 16 thematic units with a selection of high interest topics that motivate learners to relate the readings to their own experience. Three reading texts in each unit, all adapted from authentic sources, allow students to explore the theme in depth.
	INTERCHANGE: 3rd edition Cambridge University Press Interchange 3rd edition is a fully revised edition of New Interchange, the world's most successful English series for adult and young adult learners. Each unit includes up-to-date content, additional grammar practice, and more opportunities to develop speaking and listening skills. The 3rd edition incorporates suggestions from teachers and students all over the world. By keeping the best, and improving the rest, Interchange remains the series that teachers and students all over the world have grown to know and love.
	CHANGES Cambridge University Press Changes is an adaptation of the New Interchange series, in British English. It has been planned for use particularly in Europe and other contexts where students wish to learn British English, using the popular Interchange communicative methodology.
	TACTICS FOR LISTENING Oxford University Press This is a three-level series that provides a comprehensive course in listening skills in American English. The three books in the series are: Basic Tactics for Listening Developing Tactics for Listening Expanding Tactics for Listening Each book in the series contains 25 2-page units, each providing activities for a 50 to 60 minute class period. Each unit is organized around a topic which draws on the everyday life and experience of young adults and adults.
	TACTICS FOR LISTENING: 2nd Edition Oxford University Press This is a new edition of the popular "Tactics" series. The second edition represents a substantial revision of the first edition. All activities have new listening texts There is a greater variety of listening activities Many activities are accompanied by a second listening task Units are longer to provide more extensive listening practice. In addition, the series has been completely redesigned and illustrated.
	Person to Person: 3rd edition (with David Bycina and Sue Brioux Aldcorn) Oxford University Press Person to Person: 3rd edition is an update of this popular conversation course, which has sold over a million copies since publication. Person to Person is a 3 level conversation course in American English, for students who need to develop their listening and speaking skills. The course is organized around a functional syllabus and seeks to develop practical speaking skills for use in daily conversation. Features of Person to Person 12 units in each level, plus optional fluency activities Conversations using authentic language in a wide range of settings Listening activities that prepare students for real-life listening tasks Pronunciation tips Grammatical control that makes language accessible to students Maximum use of pair and group work Each level of Person to Person consists of a Student Book, a Teacher's Book, and Cassettes or CDs. Features of the 3rd edition Jack Richards has written a new starter level, as an introduction to the course Student CD for extra practice Cross cultural information Review units and unit test booklet
	LISTEN FOR IT, New Edition (with Andrew Harper and Deborah Gordon) Oxford University Press Listen for It is a one level listening course in American English. It contains 14 units that focus on practical listening skills. Each unit practices both bottom up and top down listening strategies. Units are organized topically and functionally and contain additional speaking activities. It ca be used both in the classroom and in a language laboratory.
	LISTEN CAREFULLY Oxford University Press Listen Carefully is a one level listening course in British English. 25 short topically based units provide practice in a variety of basic listening skills at the basic to lower intermediate level.
	SPRINGBOARD Oxford University Press Springboard is a two-level conversation and listening course for pre-intermediate and intermediate learners. It is organized around high-interest topics that encourage students to talk about what they are most interested in: their own lives, aspirations, and interests. Key Features A topic-based syllabus focused on the world of young adults and adults, using topics drawn from student surveys A project file, containing a project for each unit, with opportunities for student creativity and personal expression Photocopiable vocabulary-building activities in the teacher's book Please visit the Springboard website