B1-B2 / The Outsiders B1, B1+, B2
The Outsiders B1
The Outsiders B1 coursebook is the first book of the Outsiders series and it is designed to help students acquire the necessary knowledge for intermediate level English. The book consists of 15 units organized in 5 sections. Each section begins with a clear overview of the learning objectives of the three units that follow and ends with a self-assessment section. Each unit consists of:
- Reading Comprehension: variety of text types, variety of reading comprehension tasks, open questions
- Vocabulary: vocabulary tasks based on the texts, “expand your vocabulary” tasks (phrasal verbs, collocations, etc.)
- Grammar: short and concise presentation of the grammar phenomenon of the unit, tasks testing the grammar phenomenon
- Listening Comprehension: variety of listening task types
- Speaking: divided into three parts; includes ice-breaking questions, individual or pairwork tasks, questions and discussion developing the theme, etc.
- Writing: variety of writing task types
At the end of the book, there are the Grammar Appendix, which includes additional information about each grammar phenomenon, the Speaking Appendix with vocabulary and ideas for each speaking task, and the Writing Appendix, which includes useful vocabulary, expressions and extra tasks for each unit.
The Outsiders B2
The Outsiders B2 is the third book of the Outsiders series and it is designed to help students to acquire the necessary knowledge for upper intermediate level English. The book consists of 15 units organized in 5 sections. Each section begins with a clear overview of the learning objectives of the three units that follow and ends with a self-assessment section. Each unit consists of:
- Reading Comprehension: variety of text types, variety of reading comprehension tasks, open questions
- Vocabulary: vocabulary tasks based on the texts, “expand your vocabulary” tasks (phrasal verbs, collocations, etc.)
- Grammar: short and concise presentation of the grammar phenomenon of the unit, tasks testing the grammar phenomenon
- Listening Comprehension: variety of listening task types
- Speaking: divided into three parts; includes ice-breaking questions, individual or pairwork tasks, questions and discussion developing the theme, etc.
- Writing: variety of writing task types
At the end of the book, there are the Grammar Appendix, which includes additional information about each grammar phenomenon, the Speaking Appendix with vocabulary and ideas for each speaking task, and the Writing Appendix, which includes useful vocabulary, expressions and extra tasks for each unit.