Live Beat 1 Student's Book (A1+)

Description:
Live Beat is a new four-level course that keeps teenage students motivated and focused to
achieve better learning outcomes. It builds on the successful approach used by the same
authors in the bestselling Upbeat course.

A new, complete four-level English language course for 12 to 16 year olds
Takes students from CEF A1+ to B1 (25 to 52 on the Global Scale of English)

*Native English-speaking teenagers in video blogs cover topics that appeal to students’ interests.
*Functional videos, grammar and pronunciation animations make learning effective and fun.
*Interactive activities in the eTexts and MyEnglishLab keep students focused.
*Realistic communicative activities help students to start using their English immediately.
*Carefully structured lessons focus on both written and verbal communication skills.
*Interactive functional videos activate language quickly.
*Regular revision sections consolidate students’ knowledge and build awareness of what they already know.
*A comprehensive testing and assessment package allows teachers and students to track how well they are doing.
*MyEnglishLab improves student results and allows teachers to monitor performance.

*Students can enter the course at any of the four levels.
Levels 2, 3 and 4 include starter units to revise and consolidate the key grammar and vocabulary before moving on. Diagnostic tests, which are a part of the extensive testing and assessment package, help you decide which level to start with.

Students’ Book
The Students’ Book contains 10 units that build and consolidate students’ knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, functional language and systematic development of the 4 language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Language Revision helps students monitor their own progress through self-assessment while Skills Revision gives students practice question types from the Trinity, KET and PET exams.


The Workbook follows the Students’ Book structure:

•Exercises are at two levels of difficulty to cater for
Mixed Ability Classes.
•Each input lesson ends with a Grammar Summary, with
examples and simple rules. Language Round-Ups give extra
practice and provide Self-check score boxes and an Audio
answer key so students can check their knowledge.
•Skills Practice Pages focus on reading, writing and
listening.

The Class audio CDs contain all the recorded material from the Students’ Book.

The Live Beat Teacher's Book provides you with:
* Students' Book pages
* Answer key for exercises
* Scripts for Class and Workbook audio
* Background notes

The Teacher’s Resource Materials in pdf format include teaching notes, answer keys, audio scripts and background notes as well as extra activities and an assessment package.

Optional extra activities help you tailor the course materials to the needs of your individual classes and students:
• Look Forward exercises at start of unit prepare students for the unit topic
• Extension
• Extra practice
• Motivator worksheets
• Summative Round-up worksheets

A diagnostic test for the start of the course to assess the level of students.
Individual unit tests focusing on grammar,
vocabulary and functions.
Two skills tests every two units.
Summative tests every two units to assess
students’ knowledge at key points.
End-of-year tests to assess students’
knowledge.
A and B versions of all tests.

Videos
Videos and animations are an integral part of the course - there are
more than 130 video clips in the course – so you always have material on
hand to engage your teenage students.

There are three versions of each of these interactive functional videos:
the complete dialogue, and a video of each speaker, so that students can role play as participants in the dialogue.
Each video is available with and without subtitles.

Pronunciation animations
Pronunciation animations provide practice for specific sounds, and stress and intonation patterns to improve oral communication.

Grammar animations
These animations are a powerful tool to focus students’ attention on the language form and usage.

Five Days Drama
Available with Level 2 of the course, this teenage drama exposes students to authentic use of English.
Vlogs
The video blogs (vlogs) feature teenagers casually discussing their own lives and a range of subjects, presenting vocabulary and grammar in a real context that students can identify with.