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Teaching material > A2 level of the european langage framework- books/publications ideas needed
A2 level of the european langage framework- books/publications ideas needed
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cheezels
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A2 level of the european langage framework- books/publications ideas needed
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Hi everyone... I will be having a group that will be A2 level and am wanting to know what books/publications would be suitable for this level (adults)... I have stuff related to FCE level but I think that will be too difficult. Anyone using something now that is working well with adults? They will be below intermediate level but they have some knowledge- usually they have learnt English when they were at school but that was a while ago... so it sort of is a "middly" type of stage :-)
I want to buy a book to cut back on my planning time (as it is unpaid) and will then structure activities etc around the themes and grammatical topics. (it is only short course as well so I want to let them see the book so that it motivates them to sign up for another course to continue the program.....)
*** I should also say that I don´t want to use books that have CDs or any listening.. just books that have themes and work to go with the themes... like reading, discussion and grammar.... (our listening will take the form of conversational pairwork activities...)
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3 Sep 2009
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maayyaa
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Heya,
I taught a pre-intermediate group this year and used Straightforward, but they were categorised as B1.
And you �re right, according to http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/exams-info/cefr.html FCE is already B2.
For A2 there �s also "Objective KET" (I used Objective PET for B1 and I find the book alright).
And the British Council suggests "Cutting Edge", but I haven �t used those, so I don �t know them.
Hope this helps a bit!
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3 Sep 2009
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cheezels
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Thanks! I will check them out.. I have time as the class doesn �t start for another couple of weeks..
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3 Sep 2009
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arkel
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A2 is KET in the CEFR so any book at that level is fine. I �ve also used �Objective Ket � and liked it, but it does have listening and is geared to the exam. Browse through any book at KET level and decide which best suits you:) |
3 Sep 2009
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Cyn.
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Dear Cheezels, I use New English File for my adult courses and students love it!!!!  I strongly recommend them to anybody working with adults. The themes are so interesting that students are eager to talk!!!!  I hope you find this useful! Good luck! Cyn |
3 Sep 2009
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cheezels
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Thank you all! Actually I had an email from OUP today with links for all the new english file books that the students can access and it has activities and loads of extra stuff to support the book so I am leaning towards that now too... Thanks! Time for a serious think!
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3 Sep 2009
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arkel
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Face2face is also worth a look. I �ve used it with adulta with great success
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3 Sep 2009
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