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Practical English

New edition

Level: CEFR A2 - C1
Number of Lessons: 420 (Digital); 192 (Blended Lessons)
Lesson Duration: Approx. 40 mins, (Digital); 60 mins
(Blended Lesson Material)

At a Glance

Practical English, New edition is a general English course for elementary to advanced level learners that helps students improve their core English skills in the most efficient way possible.

This new edition has been refined to ensure continuous learner improvement utilizing the latest technologies in formative computer adaptive testing, all new activity types to support independent learning and skills development, and the addition of 70 new lessons across A2 and C1 levels. The course now has 100+ lessons at each CEFR level.

Key Content: Business; Everyday life; Leisure and entertainment; People and relationships; Nature and the environment; Society; Travel and transportation

Additional Features: Blended lessons for teacher-led classes available as stand-alone PDFs with Teaching Notes, and in PPT format for front-of-class presentation

Pronunciation Practice

Level: CEFR A1 – C1
Number of Lessons: 180 (Digital)
Lesson Duration: Approx. 5 mins, (Digital)

At a Glance

Key Content: Business; Everyday Life; Leisure and Entertainment; People and Relationships; Nature and the Environment; Society; Travel and Transportation
Lesson content that links to the syllabus of Practical English

Features

180 short pronunciation lessons from A1 – C1 covering a wide range of everyday topics. Language that is clearly linked to the lesson aims of Practical English Starter, and Practical English, New Edition.
Study sections that present everyday words and sentences for focused listening practice.
A record and playback function for students to compare their pronunciation with language models.
Speech recognition technology that identifies problem areas, and allows students to check their accuracy.

Practical English Starter

At a Glance

Level: CEFR A1
Number of Lessons: 56 (Digital); 48 (Blended)
Lesson Duration: Approx. 40 mins (Digital); 60 mins (Blended)
Key Content: Business; Everyday Life; Leisure and Entertainment; People and Relationships; Nature and the Environment; Society; Travel and Transportation
Additional Features: Blended lessons available in PowerPoint format for front-of-class presentation

Features

Content rich-lessons at A1 level covering a range of topics presenting language in day-to-day situations.
A suggested learning path that helps beginner-level students focus on a specific topic and practice grammar, speaking, listening and reading.
A wide range of exercise types, with illustrations and photographs, to provide interest and aid comprehension.
Material that includes a variety of accents from both English and non-English speaking countries.
48 blended lessons which focus on speaking skills and complement digital lessons.
Detailed feedback on each activity plus a full grammar reference to support learning and review.
End-of-lesson tests to measure progress.

Academic and testing

TOEFL ITP®

PRACTICE TESTS

Level: CEFR A1 – C1 | TOEFL ITP® 220 - 627*
Number of Lessons: N/A - 6 Practice Tests (3 at Level 1, and 3 at Level 2)
Lesson Duration: 70 – 115 mins per test (depending on level)

At a glance

Key Content: TOEFL ITP® test sections and question types - Listening: short, long and extended conversations, talks; Structure and Written Expression: incomplete sentences, error recognition; Reading/Reading and Vocabulary: matching meaning, comprehension

*TOEFL® is a registered trademark of the Educational Testing Service (ETS). TOEFL ITP® Practice Tests are not endorsed or approved by ETS.

TOEFL ITP® Practice Tests feature:

6 practice tests that will prepare students for the TOEFL ITP® exam (Levels 2 and 1).
Realistic TOEFL ITP® content and topics that students will encounter on the exam.
Section, question and format types that reflect the TOEFL ITP® exam.
Immediate practice test results, with a score for each section, along with an overall percentage.
An end-of-course certificate on completion of all 3 practice tests at the level of preparation.

IELTS Preparation

Available at three levels from A2 - B2, our IELTS courses offer a self-study solution to develop test-taking strategies, increase vocabulary, and maximize results on the Academic IELTS exam

About IELTS Preparation

The IELTS programme will help you develop key IELTS test-taking strategies, increase your vocabulary, and improve your skills across listening, reading, writing and speaking with realistic IELTS test material. Each lesson includes comprehensive coverage of how to tackle specific task types, a wide range of practice activities, explanations and an end-of-lesson test.

At a Glance

Level: CEFR A2 - B2 | IELTS 3 - 6.5
Number of lessons: 180 lesson total (60 at each level, 15 at each skill)
Lesson duration: Approx. 45 mins

Key features

60 digital lessons at each level covering Academic IELTS Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking.
Language focus sections to increase knowledge of IELTS-related vocabulary, and grammatical structures that will improve both range and accuracy.
Animated tutorials and skill summaries to help learners understand the exam format and develop their test-taking strategies.
Structured skills practice through a range of activity types covering all IELTS-related question and tasks.
Integrated pronunciation and tasks with record and play back functionality for IELTS Speaking.
End-of-lesson tests and tasks to check understanding and measure your progress.
New storage functionality for students to file and access written work, and speaking tasks.

Tracker for the TOEIC®

L & R

Level: CEFR B1 - C1 | TOEIC® 350 - 900*
Number of Lessons: N/A - 4 Practice Tests
Lesson Duration: 60 mins per test

At a Glance

Key Content: TOEIC® test sections – Listening: Photographs, Question-Response, Conversations, Short Talks. TOEIC® test sections – Reading: Incomplete Sentences, Error Recognition or Text Completion, Reading Comprehension

*TOEIC® is a registered trademark of the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Tracker for the TOEIC® L & R is not endorsed or approved by ETS.

Features

4 simulated practice tests which mimic the test conditions of the TOEIC® Listening and Reading test.
Question format types that appear on the TOEIC® Listening and Reading test.
Timed results, and immediate results for Listening, Reading and combined tests.
Options to retake the tests, with randomized question order and access to past scores for comparisons.
An end-of-course certificate on completion of all 4 tests.

Kickoff for the TOEIC® L & R

At a Glance

Level: CEFR A2 | TOEIC® 250 - 500*
Number of Lessons: 69; Plus 16 Video Lectures and 4 Practice Tests (Digital)
Lesson Duration: Approx. 30 mins; 60 mins per test
Key Content: TOEIC® test sections – Listening: Photographs, Question-Response, Conversations, Short Talks. TOEIC® test sections – Reading: Incomplete Sentences, Error Recognition or Text Completion, Reading Comprehension

*TOEIC® is a registered trademark of the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Kickoff for the TOEIC® L & R is not endorsed or approved by ETS.

Features

Easy-to-follow preparation and practice lessons that mirror the question and format types that will appear on the TOEIC® Listening and Reading test.
Material that has been written and developed by Mr. Koji Hayakawa, a recognised expert in TOEIC® test measures and TOEIC® preparation.
Short, tutorial-type videos that focus on the test format and strategies for approaching each section of the test.
Four simulation tests that can be taken at any stage with randomized question order and access to past scores for comparisons.
An end-of-course certificate on completion of the program.

Academic English

At a Glance

Our Academic English course is designed to ensure that your students gain the maximum advantage from their primary area of study.

Students will receive the learning materials actually needed and essential for the reality of the academic setting that they will encounter.

Our comprehensive Academic course covers these skills and levels

Speaking

Level: CEFR B1 – B2 | IELTS 4 – 6.5
Number of Lessons: 30 (Digital)
Lesson Duration: Approx. 60 mins

Key Content: Getting help from tutors and peers; Working online; Taking part in group work; Preparing and giving presentations; Referring to and describing visuals and data; Asking critical questions

Writing

Level: CEFR B1 - B2 | IELTS 4 – 6.5
Number of Lessons: 15 (Digital)
Lesson Duration: Approx. 60 mins
Coming soon: 15 lessons at B2 level for academic writing skills development and practice (coming October)

Key Content: Giving examples; Citing evidence; Using quotes; Descriptive writing; Essay writing; Creating balanced arguments; Writing conclusions.

Reading & Listening

Level: CEFR B1 | IELTS 4 – 5
Number of Lessons: 30 (Digital)
Lesson Duration: Approx. 45 mins

Key Content: Skill Areas Understanding relationships and supporting points; Identifying arguments and purpose; Paraphrasing; Using contextual clues; Understanding inference and implication; Recognising sign-posts
Additional Features: 15 Study Skills Videos

Specialist

English for Cabin Crew

Level: CEFR B2
Number of Lessons: 34 (Digital)
Lesson Duration: Approx. 45 mins, (Digital)

About English for Cabin Crew

This highly practical ESP course is designed for learners from B1–B2 level who need to improve their English ability to work as cabin crew. Each lesson prepares learners to communicate confidently in a typical flight situation with passengers and fellow airline staff.

The course has a strong emphasis on functional skills and building the knowledge and use of flight-specific vocabulary. Learners can improve their oral skills through regular practice aimed at developing international intelligibility.

Exposure to a wide variety of English accents (both native and non-native) helps users develop confidence when dealing with colleagues from around the world, and record and playback activities provide valuable practice with appropriate language and responses in a variety of common flight scenarios.

Key Content:

Take off and Landing (Meeting colleagues, Pre-flight briefing, Seating passengers, Securing the cabin, Delays and changes, Arriving and deplaning, Cabin crew log, Crew debriefing);

Managing passenger’s needs: (First impressions, Making passengers comfortable, Passengers with disabilities, Food and beverage service, Small talk, In-flight sales, refusing requests, vulnerable passengers, unaccompanied minors, minor / difficult complaints, disruptive passengers);

Emergencies: (Accidents and injuries, Medical problems, Serious emergencies, Emergency landing);

Announcements: (Safety announcement, In-flight announcements Final announcements);

Reports: (Incident reports: baggage stowage, overcrowding, Air-rage, Medical incidents, Safety issues)

English for Hospitality

Level: CEFR A2 – B1
Number of Lessons: 30 (Digital)
Lesson Duration: Approx. 45 mins, (Digital)

About English for Hospitality

English for Hospitality is a highly practical ESP course that is designed to prepare learners to work in the hospitality industry and to communicate confidently in a variety of common situations that arise with guests, visitors and tourists.

It is suitable for both in-work and pre-work learning environments and covers typical situations that staff will encounter on a day-to-day basis. There is an emphasis on authentic, real-life language that can be immediately used either face-to-face, or on the telephone.

English for Hospitality is designed for learners from A2 – B1 level who need to improve their English ability to work in the hospitality sector or tourism industry. It is suitable for staff working in front office positions in hotels or those finishing vocational training. It is also suitable for people working in any tourism related role.

Key Content: Checking in and out (procedures, services, directions); Phone calls – front office (reservations, enquiries, explaining facilities); Managing guests’ needs (dealing with complaints and special requests), Work life (duties and responsibilities, procedures and systems)

Key Features:

Typical situations that staff will encounter in a hospitality environment
Language that has been checked and validated by hospitality professionals
A functional syllabus aligned to the most common interactions in hotel and tourist office settings
Skills practice in speaking, listening and pronunciation
Extensive use of listening material that features guests and visitors speaking in different accents
Record and playback activities for learners to practise communicating in a variety of different situations that are typical of hospitality work
Vocabulary building exercises to increase range and control of both common phrases and technical words related to hospitality and tourist information services

Need to Read

At a Glance

Level: CEFR B1 – C1 | TOEIC® 350 - 900*
Number of Lessons: 800+ (Digital)
Lesson Duration: Approx. 30 mins
Key Content: Banking, Finance, Economy, Innovation, the Environment, Media, Science, People, Education, Technology, Management, Employment, Politics/Government, Society
Additional Features: User discussion and rating forum; printable lessons

Need to Read is available for use on a PC, laptop or 9.6"+ tablet via a browser.

Features

800+ lessons across B1 – C1 level.
Articles that cover a wide range of topics within business and finance.
Structured practice to help learners read more fluently and expand their vocabulary.
An ability to share opinions with others in the Need to Read community, and to rate each lesson.
Printable lesson content including results, commentary and a Word Bank.
An end-of-course test to measure progress.

About Need to Read

Need to Read can be used flexibly as a stand-alone course, or as a homework supplement for students who need to improve their reading skills in business contexts. Those who are willing to study 2-3 hours a week over several months will see a significant improvement in their reading fluency and speed, and will develop the confidence to express their ideas and opinions about what they have read.

At the start of Need to Read, students complete a short, adaptive diagnostic test to ensure that subsequent lessons are presented at the right level. Each lesson begins with a warm-up activity to help introduce the topic and orientate the learner. This is followed by a focused reading exercise to practice both reading for gist and specific information. Students are then invited to reflect and comment on the content of each article, and share their ideas in the Need to Read forum.

The Skills Training section offers further practice with new phrases and words in context, and teaches students how particular phrases can be used to express ideas and opinion. A Word Bank is also included to provide support with new words and a review of key business concepts.

A final feedback section allows students to comment on the content of the lesson and rate how much they enjoyed it – this information is available as a rating system for other Need to Read users.

WordMine 2

At a Glance

Level: CEFR A1 - C1
Hours of Content: 330 Hours - 6500 Words (Vocabulary for General English); 25 Hours - 500 Words (Vocabulary for ESP Areas); 150 Hours - 3000 Words (Medical Vocabulary)
Key Content: Subject Areas: General English, TOEIC Specialist: Medical, Legal, Accounting Business: General Business (3 levels), Meetings, Negotiations, Presenting, Telephoning, Management Industries: Retail, Hotel/Hospitality, Financial, Engineering, Insurance, Pharmaceutical

Features

A level check to assess ability and ensure each learner is working at the correct level (Vocabulary for General English only).
A unique, adaptive learning system that introduces new words, repeats and recycles items in training, and banks vocabulary that has been mastered.
A wide range of exercise types to practice meaning, spelling and pronunciation of new words.
A substantial choice of content to support vocabulary development in a general English, business or academic learning environment.

About WordMine 2

WordMine 2 is designed for learners at all levels who want to improve their range and control of new vocabulary. The series is comprised of courses to practice general vocabulary, and 22 specialised subject areas, and will help students master hundreds of new words in context. The course offers a flexible, effective way to increase English vocabulary in just 15 minutes a day.

WordMine 2 uses adaptive learning technology to help students focus on words they don’t know, and tracks their knowledge of meaning, written form and spoken form. A spaced repetition learning system is used to introduce new vocabulary and provide repeated and varied practice of words in the study cycle ensuring long-term retention.

Each course is designed to allow students to learn at their own pace. Lesson blocks can be started and interrupted at any point, and students can then pick up where they left off.

WordMine 2 is an ideal supplement to any learning programme and is suitable for private language school, corporate and academic environments. Vocabulary for General English is recommended to all learners who need to boost their overall vocabulary range alongside a general English course of study. Students who require more focused list coverage can choose from up to 22 specialist-subject areas to match their needs in a business context, or to their discipline.

Business Speaking

At a Glance

Level: CEFR B1 - B2 | TOEIC® 550 - 900*
Number of Lessons: 60 (Digital); 30 (Blended)
Lesson Duration: Approx. 45 mins (Digital); 60 mins (Blended)
Key Content: Meetings and discussions; Negotiations and sales; Presentations and Q/A; Problems and complaints; Projects and plans; Small talk and networking; Telephoning and conference calls

*TOEIC® is a registered trademark of the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Business Speaking is not endorsed or approved by ETS.

Features

Content-rich lessons from B1 - B2 level presenting language in 30 of the most common business situations.
Coverage of over 600 key expressions that are transferable across different industries and work settings.
A wide range of exercise types including comprehension and practice activities that develop both micro and macro level skills in listening and pronunciation.
Interactive role-plays that offer realistic conversation practice in everyday business situations.
A useful Language Study cycle that summarises key phrases, and explains how and when they should be used.
Material that includes a variety of accents to help prepare learners for interactions with native and non-native speakers of English in the work-place.
30 blended lessons which focus on speaking skills and complement digital lessons.

About Business Speaking

Business Speaking offers focused, effective practice of English skills in over 30 common business settings. Those who are willing to study 2-3 hours a week over several months will see a significant improvement in their level and in international exam test scores.

Students are exposed to over 600 key business expressions in natural contexts that feature speakers from 6 different countries including the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Singapore and India. The language that is taught can be easily applied across industries making this a highly practical course in Business English.

Business Speaking provides practice of key language in both formal and informal business settings. Students will practice vocabulary and common expressions through a variety of speaking and listening activities in order to communicate more confidently in the workplace.

Each lesson ends with a test in a dynamic, role-play format to assess if students are able to use new language appropriately in the given context. On completion of the course, students will have a much broader range of vocabulary, and be able to use new language effectively to interact with clients and co-workers.

Business Speaking also includes optional use of blended learning material which complements the digital lessons. There are Hand-outs, Teacher's Notes, Language Summaries and Audio for group, 1:1, or Skype-type speaking lessons.

Writing for Business

At a Glance

Level: CEFR B1 – C1 | TOEIC® 440+*
Number of Lessons: 105 (Digital)
Lesson Duration: Approx. 60 mins
Key Content: Writing Emails, Formal Letters, Reports, Presentations and Memos
Additional Features: Correction by an experienced online tutor

Writing for Business is available for use on a PC, laptop or 9.6"+ tablet via browser.

*TOEIC® is a registered trademark of the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Writing for Business is not endorsed or approved by ETS.

Features

105 lessons broken down into 7 levels from B1 – C1 level.
Topics and tasks that cover a wide range of everyday business contexts.
Optional, personalized feedback from a tutor on writing tasks that details task achievement, organization of information, range and accuracy of language used, and style and register.
Structured practice to help learners plan, draft and finalize their writing with helpful tips and model writing for reference.
Printable end-of-lesson reviews with model texts, dos and don’ts and useful phrases.
Built-in progress updates and an end of course test to measure improvement.

About Writing for Business

Writing for Business can be used flexibly as a stand-alone course, or as a homework supplement for students who need to improve their writing skills in business contexts.

Those who are willing to study 2-3 hours a week over several months will see a significant improvement in their ability and will have increased confidence in managing communication with colleagues in a wide range of business situations.

At the start of Writing for Business, students complete a short writing test, and are then provided with lessons at their recommended level to choose from.

Each lesson begins with a Case Study which clearly summarises the context and the objectives for the lesson. This is followed by a series of activities to help students learn to plan, draft, and finalize their writing before applying their skills to a realistic writing task. Students are fully supported with tips and writing models before they move on to complete the final task.

A premium course structure can be organized so that students can send each of their writing tasks to one of our online tutors for feedback. They will receive detailed comments on how well the objective was met, as well as comments on organization, accuracy, range and style. Students can also share their tasks in the Gallery to learn from others following the course.

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