New Power 6 Upper Intermediate. Student'S Book (With Portfolio)

An innovative series for developing Writing, Speaking and Listening skills in English, based on the principles of the Common European Framework (CEF). The series is based on the philosophy of POWER UP, but contains new material.

Each book is accompanied by a Writer's Portfolio (Free)

New Power 1 (CEF Level: A1) contains 15 units each of which has its own theme.

Each unit consists of three parts: Writing, Speaking and Listening.

The WRITING section comprises:

       What do you know?
a short introduction to the theme of the unit

     Presentation
a rubric and model composition with language and word-length appropriate to the level

       Getting organised
a clear plan for the composition, and tasks which show students how to organise their writing

       Language awareness
focuses on appropriate lexical items and grammatical points relevant to the composition

       Getting prepared
practical help to prepare students for the final piece of writing

       Final writing
a rubric similar to the one in the presentation asks students to produce their own letter, story, article, diary entry or email

       How to think
asks students questions about content, language, paragraphing etc for the final writing task

       EXTRA TOPICS
provide students with further writing practice on the theme of the unit. They include messages, accounts, postcards and notes, as well as letters, articles

The SPEAKING section:

       Comprises pair work, group work, individual work, topics for presentations and questions for general discussion based on photographs and ideas related to the theme of the unit

       Contains all the task types found in B1-level speaking exams

       rounds off each unit with a task or tasks providing practice in the following skills: note taking, picture identification, multiple matching, multiple choice, true/false etc

       contains all the task types found in B1-level listening exams