A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM HELBLING: ABOUT GET REAL INTERMEDIATE, A BOOK PRESENTATION AND A UNIQUE OFFER
YOUR PATH TO SUCCESS FOR TAKING THE STUDENTS TO THE ADVANCED LEVEL * interesting cultural topics * issues that will generate discussion * learning grammar by discovery * opportunities for grammar consolidation * development of communication skills * systematic exams training * vocabulary development and collocations * real life documentaries on a DVD * CD ROMS for teachers and students
GET REAL INTERMEDIATE inspires, motivates, stimulates the student’s love of learning and the teacher’s love of teaching. It successfully revises, consolidates and expands the students´ knowledge of the English language and gets them ready for the new Cambridge First Certificate Examination and Trinity ISE II. It is unique in incorporating CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) themes and a workbook that contains a plethora of reference materials, copious exercises, and an incredible amount of further reading materials.
SELECTED PASSAGES FROM GET REAL INTERMEDIATE Now read the following, taken from GET REAL INTERMEDIATE¨ A.THE STORY OF ROSA PARKS Born 1913, USA – Died 2005 B. DID YOU KNOW? By 2020, nine cities—Delhi, Dhaka, Jakarta, Lagos, Mexico City, Mumbai, Sao Paulo and Tokyo—will have 20 million inhabitants. SAMPLE EXERCISE FROM GET REAL INTERMEDIATE CAN YOUR WORK THIS OUT?
2- AN OFFER YOU CANNOT TURN DOWN If for any reasons you are unable to come to our GET REAL presentation on Saturday, December 6, we invite you to write to us requesting a sample unit. Please copy and paste the following form and email it to helblinglanguages@fibertel.com.ar You will receive the sample unit by post. We would appreciate your filling this out in its entirety.
Full name……………………………………………………………………….. Address……………………………………………………………………… Postal code – City ………………………………………………………….. Phone number(s) ……………………………………………………………. Name of your school ………………………………………………………..... Phone number(s)………….…………………………………………………… Your position at the school ……………………………………………………. Number of students that are preparing for Cambridge FCE or Trinity………..… Which book/series are you using for FCE at present ……………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………. Which series are you using immediately BEFORE an FCE course?................... ………………………………………………………………………… TEACHER’S TALK: IDEAS AND RESOURCES FOR TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
GETTING THROUGH THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL PLATEAU
Students at the intermediate level may experience feelings of dissatisfaction because they feel they are not making progress in the same way as in earlier courses, or may think they know enough and that continuing with their studies is not worth their time and effort.
Those who think they know enough are soon disappointed when upon either reading or listening to authentic samples of language they find that they still have a long way to go before they can achieve a satisfactory level of performance.
The question is how to build the bridge and develop competency while at the same time keeping the students motivated and hooked on learning the language. One answer to this question lies in the kind of subject matter to be presented to the student, the way it is introduced, the range of language awareness exercises that the textbook can provide, and the gradual development of the socio-linguistic skills.
GET REAL INTERMEDIATE, the new course book from Helbling Languages, excels at affording both teachers and students’ subject matter that captures their attention unit after unit, and turns the teaching/learning task into a source of pleasure. The authors of this excellent textbook have this to say about the philosophy that underpins it:
We looked for topics and angles to promote genuine interest in the classroom. Issues that get the students thinking. Cultural and cross-curricular topics that extend students’ knowledge of the world around them. Ideas that have resonance in a changing global world and that ring true with the students’ own lives. Stories that speak directly to the student, and take them further on their journey into adulthood. Text including Internet sites, blogs, magazine and newspaper articles, emails, chat rooms, adverts, stories and extracts from novels, radio programmes and dialogues.
The authors go on to say that their main concern has been with finding subjects that will really interest the students, motivate them and engage them in meaningful interactions through discussion and a constant desire to keep on learning. To paraphrase the authors, they say that they wanted to cause in the students the “I didn’t know that” response, and further: “Now I can go home with something new to tell my family and my friends.”
It is no wonder then if among the variety of subject matter, they have included texts about the lives of extraordinary people, such as Ishmael Beal, a child soldier in warn-torn Sierra Leone who ends up writing a book, Rosa Parks, whose attitude in refusing to give up her seat to a white person helped bring about the civil rights movement in the United States, or the romantic poet Shelley, a rebel against the establishment, a champion of revolution and a critic of monarchy and church. Then there is the life of Dizzie rascal, who from being a school drop out becomes a successful hip-hop artist.
Still, the book is not only about unforgettable characters. There are units that deal with serious matters such as the possible shortage of drinking water in the foreseeable future, or violence and crime in contemporary society, or the undesirable consequences of the consumer society. Yet light hearted texts can also be found in GET REAL INTERMEDIATE, such as two lovers’ misunderstandings, or a little bit of harmless gossiping. Then there are topics that will always appeal not only to readers who are well on their way to becoming adults but to a wider spectrum, such as a discussion of what is meant by emotional intelligence, or the idiosyncrasies of people around the world caused by the culture to which they belong.
One word about the exercises in this course book: when it comes to grammar the approach is learning by discovery, challenging the students to develop an awareness of the resources of the English language and then put them into use. As regards vocabulary, there is a profusion of activities to ensure the students retention of new lexical items. Phrasal verbs are also the object of special attention, and there are exercises throughout the whole book. And of course, each skill is focused upon through a multiplicity of tasks.
GET REAL INTERMEDIATE pays attention to a trend which is currently in vogue: CLIL, i.e. content and language integrated learning through six units which are highly informative and a delight to read and work with.
The students’ book is accompanied by a substantial workbook which contains an immense variety of exercises and reading passages that further contribute to arouse the interest of the learner. And if to all this you add the tests and resource book with its audio CD and its Test Builder CD-Rom, plus an amazing DVD, you get a superb course book which will certainly not only get your students through the intermediate level plateau but will enable them to join the ranks of the advanced level users of the English language.
Be sure to come and find out for yourselves how GET REAL INTERMEDIATE can reawaken your students’ enthusiasm and get them on their way towards mastery of the English language. Come to the GET REAL INTERMEDIATE presentation workshop as announced below. |
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