Above & Beyond B1+ Coursebook

Above & Beyond B1+ Coursebook Student's
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CEF Level 
B1+
ISBN 
978-960-424-888-9
Teacher's Book ISBN 
978-960-424-889-6
Authors 
Alasdair Steele

The Above & Beyond B1+ Coursebook has been designed to systematically develop students’ English language skills while at the same time boosting their critical thinking skills.

Key features of Above & Beyond B1+ Coursebook:

  • 12 theme-based units
  • a variety of engaging age-appropriate reading texts (articles, emails, web pages, a leaflet, a diary entry, etc)
  • exam-style Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking tasks which will improve students’ command of English while familiarising them with the types of tasks found in exams they may be preparing for
  • a clear, comprehensive grammar appendix
  • six ‘language extra’ sections which include additional grammar material, exam-style tasks and self-assessment activities
  • six projects which encourage students to use English to achieve practical goals while, at the same time, developing their critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • a wordlist which includes the difficult words from each unit, with a definition of each word as it is used in the text and its pronunciation using the phonetic alphabet

Each unit of Above & Beyond B1+ Coursebook contains:

  • a lead-in which presents the unit objectives, introduces the unit theme and features cross-curricular and pre-reading activities
  • a reading text or texts along with two exam-style reading comprehension tasks and open questions which reinforce key learning points and stimulate class discussion
  • lexical tasks including phrasal verbs, word formation, idioms, prepositional phrases, easily confused words and theme-related vocabulary
  • a variety of grammar tasks that clarify and reinforce students’ understanding of the grammar presented in the grammar appendix
  • one or two exam-style listening tasks
  • exam-style speaking activities linked to the unit theme
  • an exam-style writing topic accompanied by useful language and step-by-step help with planning to enable students to confidently complete the task
  • a revision section with vocabulary and grammar tasks to consolidate what has been learnt in the unit
Teacher's Book 
The Teacher’s Coursebook has overprinted answers to all tasks along with a Teacher’s guide. Detailed suggestions, ideas and methodology can be found in the relevant part of each unit of this Teacher’s Guide. These pages also include: • answers for any activity where overprinted answers are not provided in the Coursebook • a transcript for each listening activity • a sample composition for each of the writing topics in the Coursebook • a key for all of the tests included in the Test Pack that accompanies this Coursebook
Above & Beyond B1+ E-ebook
Interactive E-Book 

The teacher’s i-ebook for Above & Beyond B1+ includes:

  • the entire Coursebook and Workbook
  • all the tasks from these books in interactive format
  • extra vocabulary and grammar tasks for each unit
  • videos related to the topics dealt with in the Coursebook
  • a handy dictionary containing the words that appear in the Coursebook with their definition in Greek, an example sentence in English and their pronunciation

The student’s i-ebook, for use at home, does not contain the answers to the tasks in the books.