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ENGLISH FOR ADULTS is a three-book series which has been specially
designed to take adult learners from false beginner level to B2 level. On
completion of the course, learners will be fully equipped with the skills and
language knowledge necessary for success in a B2 level examination.
Learners will also be able to use the English language with confidence and

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accuracy in a variety of real-life situations and to manage a wide range of
communicative tasks effectively.

Features of the course include:

English For Adults

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● An emphasis on functional language. COURSEBOOK
● Methodical development of reading, speaking, listening and writing
skills.

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● Topics and tasks relevant to the needs and interests of adult learners.
● Motivating texts from a variety of sources.
● Clear, concise grammar sections.
● Comprehensive coverage of phrasal verbs and prepositions.
● Exposure to useful idiomatic English.
● Systematic consolidation through frequent review of language points

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taught.
● Challenging listening activities.

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● Special techniques to develop adult learners’ fluency in English.

ENGLISH FOR ADULTS is a unique course with two main objectives:

to prepare adult learners for B2 level examinations and to teach them
how to use English effectively in everyday situations.

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Course components

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● Student’s Book ● Grammar and Companion
● Teacher’s Book ● Teacher’s Grammar and Companion COURSEBOOK
● Activity Book ● Test Booklet
● Teacher’s Activity Book ● Audio CDs

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ISBN 13: 978-960-409-014-3
COURSEBOOK
 UNIT LANGUAGE LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING

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page 6
HELLO!
WHERE ARE
YOU FROM?
●

■
The verb ‘be’
Nationalities
Numbers
■ Listening for specific
information
■ Pairwork – personal
information /
introducing yourself
■ Short text –
personal
introduction

2
● The verb ‘have got’ ■ Listening for specific ■ Pairwork – ■ Short text –
HOME SWEET
■ Ordinal numbers information describing describing a
HOME house
page 10

3
● Present Progressive ■ Listening for key ■ Pairwork – ■ Diary entry
WHAT ARE
words discussing future
e
THEY DOING? ■ Pronunciation – plans

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page 14 /Ï/, /™/, /a:/, /„:/

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● Simple Present [I] ■ Listening and ■ Responding
onding to ■ S
Short text –
I LIKE
READING IN (affirmative) matching visuals describing
MY SPARE ■ Time your routine
page 18 TIME

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5 Seasons ■ Discussion
AUSTRIA ■

(Revision - ■ Months

page 22
Units 1-5) PA
6
page 26
A VISIT TO
LONDON
●

●
Simple Present [II]
(affirmative, negative,
interrogative)
Question Words
■ Listening
ng for specific
information
n
spe ■ Role play – asking
for information
■ Composition

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● Simple Present or ■ Lis
Listening for specific ■ Role play – buying ■ Tour schedule
THE TOWER
E

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Present Progressive? information
rma tickets
OF LONDON ■ Pronunciation –
Pron
page 30 /∞/,
/∞ /„:/
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● Possessive
sessive Adjectives ■ Listening and ■ Role play – buying ■ E-mail
CLOTHES
● Possessive
ossessive Ca
Case matching clothes
■ Pronunciation –
page 34 /e/, /∂:/, /Â/
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9 CHRISTMAS
DAY
●

●
Plurals
Some / Any
■ Listening for specific
information
■ Role play – buying
fruit / vegetables
■ Informal letter
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page 38

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■ Discussion
FANTASTIC
NTASTIC
ISLANDS
ANDS
(Revision
on -
page 42 Units 6-10)
0)

11 AT THE ● Derivatives of some / ■ Listening and ■ Dialogue – ■ Informal letter

any (somebody, matching giving personal
DOCTOR’S
something, etc.) information
page 46

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● Countable and ■ Listening for specific ■ Pairwork – likes ■ Short text
WHAT’S ON
Uncountable Nouns information and dislikes
THE MENU ● Many, Much ■ Pronunciation –
TONIGHT? /ˆ/, /u:/
page 50

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page 54
MEMORIES ● Simple Past [I]
(regular verbs, be)
■ Listening and note-
taking
■ Pairwork –
responding to
visuals
■ Composition –
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● Simple Past [II] ■ Listening and note- ■ Role play – job ■ Report
GETTING A
(irregular verbs, taking interview
JOB have) ■ Pronunciation –
page 58 -ed endings

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■ Discussion
ADVERTISEMENTS
(Revision -
Units 11-15)
page 62

16
● Can ■ Listening for specific ■ Role play – booking ■ Informal letter
AT THE
● May / Might information a holiday
TRAVEL
AGENT’S

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page 66

17
page 70
IN THE
COUNTRYSIDE
● Be going to ■ Listening for specific
information
■ Pairwork
about
ork – talking
bout plans
talkin ■ Postcard

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18
page 74
FASHION ●

●
Simple Future [will]
Shall
■

■
Listening for specific
information
Pronunciation –
PA
/‰eÂ/
ecifi ■ Pairwork – talking
about
out cclothes
■ Informal letter

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page 78
THE
HOMELESS
●

●
Imperative
Must
■ Listening
ning and
identifying
ng
■ Groupwork
Roleplay
■ Composition

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■ Discussion
GUIDE TO
E

BRITAIN
(Revision -
page 82 Units 16-20)
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page 86
FAMOUS
ACTORS
● Comparatives
omparative ■ Listening and
note-taking
■ Pairwork –
Describing people
■ Article
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22 GETTING
AROUNDD
● Superlatives
Supe ■ Listening and
labelling
■ Pairwork – asking
about travel plans
■ Report
SA

page 90

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page 94
CHILDCARE ●

●
Personal Pronouns
Possessive
Adjectives /
Pronouns
■

■
Listening and
identifying
Pronunciation –
/t˙/, /dÍ/
■

■
Responding to visuals
Discussion – childcare
■ Informal letter

24 Simple Present ■ Listening and ■ Pairwork – personal ■ Informal letter

TRAVEL ●
Perfect [I] matching information
(regular verbs)
page 98

25 HEALTH ■ Discussion
(Revision -
Units 21-25)
page 102

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page 106
TO THE
RESCUE
●

■
Simple Present
Perfect [II]
(irregular verbs)
Prepositions
■ Listening and
identifying a
sequence
■ Role play – interview ■ Formal letter
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● The Negative- ■ Listening for specific ■ Pairwork – ■ Review
STRATFORD-
Interrogative Form information responding to
UPON-AVON ■ Prepositional Phrases visuals
page 110

28 TENNIS ● Used to ■ Listening for specific ■ Pairwork – talking ■ Article

■ Prepositions information about sports
■ Pronunciation –
page 114 /È/, /i:/, /s/, /˙/, /™/, /Ï/

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● Past Progressive ■ Listening and ■ Talking about a past ■ Informal letter
ACCIDENTS
■ Prepositional Phrases note-taking experience
HAPPEN ■ Responding to

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page 118 visuals

30 A HOLIDAY WITH ■ Discussion

ssio
A DIFFERENCE
(Revision -
page 122 Units 26-30)

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31
page 126
A DIFFERENT
WAY OF
STUDYING
●
■
Future Progressive
Prepositions
■ Listening for specific
information
PA fic ■ Pairwork – making
arrang
arrangements
■ E-mail

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page 130
LOUD AND
CLEAR
●

■
Adverbs of Manner
Adverbs of Frequency
Prepositional Phrases
■ Listening
g and
note-taking
■ Role play –
speaking on the
telephone
■ Article

33 THE PLANET ● First Conditional ■ Listenin for specific

Listening ■ Responding to ■ Report
E

IS GETTING ■ Prepositions rma

information visuals
■ Discussion
WARMER
page 134
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34 SHALL WE ● Ought
ght to / Sho
Should ■ Listening and ■ Responding to ■ Informal letter
● Would note-taking visuals
GO OUT FOR
■ Groupwork –
A MEAL?
page 138 planning
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35 A TASTE OF ■ Discussion
LUXURY
(Revision -
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page 142 Units 31-3

31-35)

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page 146
LEARNING
EARNING
LANGUAGES
NGUAGES
●

■
Present Perfect
Progressive
Prepositions
■ Listening for specific
information
■ Pairwork –
responding to
visuals
■ Informal letter

37 Simple Past Perfect ■ Listening and ■ Pairwork – talking ■ Story

FEELINGS ●

■ Prepositional Phrases matching about feelings

page 150

38
page 154
RELATIONSHIPS ●

■
Question Tags
Prepositions
■ Listening and
identifying a
sequence
■ Groupwork –
responding to
visuals
■ Formal letter
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● The Infinitive ■ Listening and ■ Groupwork – ■ Informal letter
MOVING
● Too / Enough identifying organising a party
DAY ■ Prepositional Phrases
page 158
Discussion

40
■
LEARNING TO
BE CREATIVE
(Revision -
page 162 Units 36-40)

41 THE ACCIDENT ● Reflexive and ■ Listening for specific ■ Responding to ■ Article

AND Emphatic Pronouns information visuals
EMERGENCY ■ Prepositions ■ Listening and
page 166 DEPARTMENT

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matching

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page 170
WINTER
SPORTS
●

■
Have to / Must
Can / Could - Be able
to
Prepositional Phrases
■ Listening and
note-taking
■ Giving
g advice ■ Information
leaflet

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page 174
FUR: WHO
PAYS THE
PRICE?
●
■
The Passive Voice [I]
Prepositions
■

■
Listening for specific
information
Pronunciation
PA
/ˆ/
o –
ecific ■ Groupwork –
respon
responding to visuals
■ Composition

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page 178
A HISTORIC
TOWN
●

■
The Passive Voice [II]
Prepositional Phrases
■ Listening
ning for sp
information
on
specific ■ Groupwork – making
suggestions,
agreeing,
disagreeing
■ Report

45 BANFF ■ Discussion
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NATIONAL PARK
(Revision -
page 182 Units 41-45)
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46 IF I WERE A ● Second Conditional ■ Listening and ■ Pairwork – ■ Article

● Third
hird Cond
Conditional matching responding to visuals
RICH MAN ...
■ Prepositions
Prepositio ■ Pronunciation –
page 186 difficult words
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47 AMAZING
ACHIEVEMENTS
EMENT
●

■
Articles – The
Artic
Prepositional Phrases
■ Listening and
note-taking
■

■
Prioritising
Discussion
■ Article
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page 190

48
page 194
REALITY
SHOWS
HOW
●

■
The Gerund
Prepositions
■ Listening and
identifying
■ Groupwork –
decision- making
■ Formal letter

49 Relative Clauses ■ Listening for ■ Describing and ■ Informal letter

THE PUB ●

■ Prepositional Phrases specific information identifying pictures

page 198

50 AFRAID OF ■ Discussion
FLYING?
(Revision -
page 202 Units 46-50)

page 206 Information for speaking exercises

page 207 Irregular Verbs

UNIT 1 HELLO! WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

Discussion
● What’s your name? How old are you? Where are you from?
● Are you a student?

Reading
Pavlos is nineteen years old. He is a student and he is from Athens. He is not in
Greece at the moment – he is in England, at university. He is with some other
students. They are not English. They are all from different countries and
they are in England for the first time. At the moment, they are in the
university café.

PAVLOS: Hello! I’m Pavlos. What’s your name?

BETTINA: Hi! I’m Bettina. Are you a student here?
PAVLOS: Yes, I am. Where are you from, Bettina?
BETTINA: Germany. What about you?
Where are you from?
PAVLOS: Greece. This is my friend, Fabio.
BETTINA: Nice to meet you, Fabio.
Are you Greek too?
FABIO: No, I’m not. I’m Italian.
BETTINA: om
What part of the country are you from?
FABIO: I’m from Naples. It’s a large cityy in the
south of Italy. This is Martha
a and her
sister, Kay. They’re from South Afric
Africa.
MARTHA: No, we aren’t. We’re from
m Kenya.
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Comprehension
on Vocabulary
Tick (✓) the correct statements. Fill in the correct nationalities.

1 Pavlos is from England. COUNTRY NATIONALITY

2 Pavlos is a student in Greece. Germany German

_____________

3 The students in the café aren’t from England.

Greece 1 _____________
4 Bettina and Fabio are from different countries.
England 2 _____________
5 Fabio isn’t from a city.

6 Martha and Kay are Kenyan. Italy 3 _____________

Kenya 4 _____________

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Vocabulary Development

1 Write the correct country for each flag. Note the 2a Write the missing numbers in words.
nationality each time.
zero 0 twenty 20
France Mexico Spain Canada Holland
Australia Japan India USA Poland Ireland ______________ 1 twenty-one 21

______________ 2 ______________ 22

three 3 ______________ 23

four 4 twenty-four 24

Spain
______________ ______________ 5 ______________
___ 25
Spanish ______________ 6 ______________
__________ 26

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______________ 7 ______________
__________
___ 27

eight 8 ______________
______
_ 28

______________
___
____ 9 ______________
__
___ 29
1 ______________ 2 ______________

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______________
________
___ 1
10 thirty 30
Polish American
___________
_______
______________ 11 forty 40
PA twelve

thirteen
rtee
12

13
fifty

sixty
50

60

fourteen
ourt
ourteen 14 ______________ 70

3 ______________ 4 ______________
___ fifteen 15 ______________ 80
French Canadian ______________ 16 ______________ 90
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______________ 17 one / a hundred 100

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______________ 18 one / a thousand 1,000

______________ 19 one / a million 1,000,000

5 ______________ 6 ______________
______
___
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Irish Dutch
b Write the numbers, as in the example.
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twenty-two thirty-nine
22
__________ __________

7 ______________ 8 ______________ forty-three fifty-four

Indian Australian __________ __________

sixty-five seventy-six
__________ __________

eighty-seven ninety-eight
__________ __________
9 ______________ 10 ______________
Mexican Japanese

Austria ➞ Austrian China ➞ Chinese Egypt ➞ Egyptian Scotland ➞ Scottish Sweden ➞ Swedish

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Grammar
The verb ‘be’

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I am ➟ I’m Pavlos. I am not ➟ I’m not a student. Am I ➟ Am I a student?
You are ➟ You’re Italian. You are not ➟ You aren’t twenty. Are you ➟ Are you from Athens?

} }
He is ➟ He He Is he ➟ Is he Japanese?
She is ➟ She ’s here. She is not ➟ He / She / It isn’t Chinese. Is she ➟ Is she a student?
It is ➟ It It Is it ➟ Is it a large city?

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We are ➟ We’re in England. We Are we ➟ Are we Italian?
You are ➟ You’re students. You are not➟ We / You / They Are you ➟ Are you in a café?
They are ➟ They’re Spanish. They aren’t French. Are they ➟ Are they OK?

Short answers: a before a consonant sound::

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■ Are you a student? ■ Is she Italian? a student, a house,, a European cou
country
▲ Yes, I am. / No, I’m not. ▲ Yes, she is. / No, she isn’t. an before a vowel soun
sound:
[NOT: Yes, I’m.] [NOT: Yes, she’s.] an orange, an egg, an hour

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Practice
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the 2 Write the sentences in tthe negative and interrogative.
verb to be.

are students.
Pavlos and Bettina _____
PA It is hot toda
_ isn’t
__________
_
today.
It ________
sn’t hot today.
tod
today
_________________________
Is it hot today?
___
________ toda
_________________________
1 Naples _____ in France – it is in Italy.
2 I _____ English. I’m from London. 1 They’re
ey’r in a café.
ey’re
3 _____ Anna in England for the first time? _________________________
_
4 _____ you from a city? _________________________
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5 There _____ a university in the town. It’s near myy 2 I’m a student.
house. _________________________
_________________________
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6 _____ Jennifer from Spain?

7 Holland _____ a European country.try. 3 Jenny is twenty-two years old.
8 We _____ Austrian. _________________________
We are from Germany. _________________________

3 Fill in a or an.
an American
_____
1 _____ euro
2 _____ city
3 _____ café
4 _____ e-mail
5 _____ umbrella

Listening
You will hear three interviews with foreign people who live in Britain. For each statement, choose the correct answer.

1 a Hans is from Austria / Germany. b Munich is in the north / south of the country.
2 a Sonia is thirteen / thirty years old. b Sonia is / isn’t a student.
3 a Helen is / isn’t from an island. b George is / isn’t a student in England.

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 Speaking
a In pairs, read the dialogue below.
MARK: Hello! My name is Mark.
TANYA: Nice to meet you, Mark. I’m Tanya. Where are you from?
MARK: I’m from Scotland. What about you?
TANYA: I’m Russian. I’m from Moscow.
MARK: How old are you, Tania?
TANYA: I’m twenty-three. I’m a student here.
MARK: I’m twenty-three too, but I’m not a student.

b Now imagine you and your partner are meeting for the first time.
Ask and answer questions about:
his / her name how old he / she is
where he / she is from if he / she is a student

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Start like this:
Hello! I’m ... Hi! I’m ...
What’s your name?

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Writing
1 Read the notes about 3 Fill in inform
information
m
mati about yourself.
Maria, a student.

RS NAME:
FIRST
FIR ________________________________________
SECOND NAME: ______________________________________
FIRST NAME: Maria
________________________________________
___
AGE: ________________________________________________
Sanchez
SECOND NAME: ______________________________________ _
MARRIED SINGLE
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AGE: ________________________________________________
_____
__
NATIONALITY: ________________________________________
MARRIED SINGLE ✓
FROM: ______________________________________________
Argentinian
NATIONALITY: ________________________________________
____ ____
__ __
__
INTERESTS: __________________________________________
Buenos Aires – capital
al city _of
____
__ __ Argentina
Arg
FROM: ______________________________________________
____
____
music, tennis
INTERESTS: __________________________________________
___
____
____
__ __
____
__
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2 Now complete
mplete
plete
l t tthis paragra
paragraph
para about Maria.

name iis
Her ______________
__________
___________ Maria Sanchez. 4 Write a paragraph about yourself
She ______________
_______ old and she like the one about Maria.
______________ student. She ______________
married – she’s ______________ . She is
______________ Buenos Aires in Useful Phrases
______________ . It ______________ city of I’m married / single.
that country.
I’m not married.
It’s a city / town / village / island in the north /
south / east / west of the country.
... is the capital city of ...
I’m not a student. I’m a ...

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Covers ENGLISH FOR ADULTS 1 S 27/11/20 09:52 ¶M Page 1

fiona longden - kathleen o'brien

ENGLISH FOR ADULTS is a three-book series which has been specially
designed to take adult learners from false beginner level to B2 level. On
completion of the course, learners will be fully equipped with the skills and
language knowledge necessary for success in a B2 level examination.
Learners will also be able to use the English language with confidence and

ES
accuracy in a variety of real-life situations and to manage a wide range of
communicative tasks effectively.

Features of the course include:

English For Adults

G
● An emphasis on functional language. COURSEBOOK
● Methodical development of reading, speaking, listening and writing
skills.
●
PA
Topics and tasks relevant to the needs and interests of adult learners.
● Motivating texts from a variety of sources.
● Clear, concise grammar sections.
● Comprehensive coverage of phrasal verbs and prepositions.
● Exposure to useful idiomatic English.
● Systematic consolidation through frequent review of language points
E

taught.
● Challenging listening activities.
PL

● Special techniques to develop adult learners’ fluency in English.

ENGLISH FOR ADULTS is a unique course with two main objectives:

to prepare adult learners for B2 level examinations and to teach them
how to use English effectively in everyday situations.
M

Course components
SA

● Student’s Book ● Grammar and Companion

● Teacher’s Book ● Teacher’s Grammar and Companion COURSEBOOK
● Activity Book ● Test Booklet
● Teacher’s Activity Book ● Audio CDs

1
ISBN 13: 978-960-409-014-3