A new, fully integrated course that combines exciting new ideas with the best of common practice, making it easy for learners to use and simple for teachers to adapt.

The Just Right Course

Jeremy Harmer, Carol Lethaby & Ana Acevedo
Grammar materials co-author (Intermediate): Hester Lott

Levels: Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate & Upper Intermediate

Appropriate for the Common European Framework Levels A2 - B2 (ALTE Levels 1 - 3)

Based on their experiences in the classroom, the authors have provided a body of adaptable material that will motivate students to continue using and thinking about English.

integrated grammar, skills and lexical syllabuses
different approaches to suit different learning styles
suitable for both newly-qualified and experienced teachers
clear and attractive layout and helpful illustrations

Student's Book features:

a comprehensive grammar syllabus and practice activities to develop students' understanding and competence, including a separate mini-grammar and audio script booklet
stimulating topics to engage and hold students' interest
a variety of text types to give students real world listening and reading practice
a wide range of activities to help students to communicate accurately and appropriately in speech and writing
a unit-by-unit review section

Pre-Intermediate Level
Student's Book + Student Audio CD: contains all 10 reading exercises and 53 listening exercises from the Student's Book.
Class Audio CD: contains all the listening activities (total 74 tracks).

Workbook contains (with and without key):

a learner training component to help students reflect on their learning and develop study techniques
activities to practise grammar, vocabulary and functional language
reading and listening texts to expose students to a variety of genres, topics and styles
activities to help develop students' pronunciation

Teacher's Book offers:

clear advice on methodology
thorough lesson notes for all the activities in the Student's Book
useful notes on the learner training component
helpful suggestions for alternative activities

Hours of Study

Each level provides material for between 90 and 120 classroom hours.
Student's Book: 6-8 hours/unit of classroom time with a further 2 hours/unit in the Workbook.

Reviews

"Beautifully designed with a colourful layout…
The Workbook is of great value in not just including more practice material on the units covered in the Student's Book but also ending the unit with a 'reflective' section on language and culture. Inclusion of the self-evaluation exercise is an innovation giving the learner responsibility for their learning, thereby enhancing their self-esteem. There is also emphasis on the practice of phonemic symbols for dictionary use. The Workbook allows the learners and teachers freedom to use individual sections separately or along with the main book.
Besides the rich and varied activities for language development, the main strengths of these books seem to emanate from the authors' sensitivity to multilingual learners with cross-cultural differences, from a variety of text types covering a range of themes, and from the focus on enhancing learner resources among other things. A special merit of these books, as I see it, lies in not neglecting the areas where second/foreign learners need guidance and practice - areas such as grammar, functional language, vocabulary, pronunciation, stress and intonation. What enthused me especially about the books are an exciting array of tasks for vocabulary development, not just isolated items of lexis but language chunks, collocations and spoken and written variants - an invaluable support for a second/foreign language teacher."
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CEF Mapping Disclaimer: mapped to the Common European Framework as set out at: http://www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/education/Languages/Language_Policy
/Common_Framework_of_Reference/1cadre.asp#TopOfPage as of December 2005. With reference to Waystage and Threshold 1990; Council of Europe: J A van Ek and J L M Trim: CUP 1998. When differentiating between levels the information load and difficulty of task were taken into consideration.