New Challenges 1 Students'' Book

Themes are:

• related to students own world (friends, shopping, films, neighbours, holidays, sport)

• cross-curricular (science and technology, history)

• develop citizenship education (belonging and identity, diversity, awareness of disability)

• about other cultures around the world (lifestyles, charity concerts, technology)

Organisation:

• Get Readypage introduces topics

• first lessonpresents grammar through reading texts and practice

• second lessondevelops reading, presents vocabulary and practises speaking

• third lessondevelops the story with a focus on speaking and listening

• Across Cultureslessons with reading, speaking project work

• Your Challenge writing tasks and Understanding Grammarspots

• the end of every module has a language check and learner development spot

• Fact or Fictiontexts extend students language by deciding whether information is true or false

• Time Outmagazine with fun activities like puzzles, games and reading for pleasure.

• Picture Dictionary