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Get your students thinking critically in an academic context. A six-level, skills-based English course.


Overview • Unlock is a paired-skills academic skills course. • Designed to teach students the academic English skills they need to succeed in their studies. • 6 levels - including new Level 5 & Unlock Basic Skills and Basic Literacy. • Inspiring video to introduce topics and promote discussion.


Methodology • Unlock provides learners with building blocks, for effectively developing Critical Thinking skills • Critical thinking sections give students tools for formulating opinions and expressing ideas effectively in academic tasks • Unique research from the Cambridge Corpus: language is up-to-date and relevant


Methodology • Units provide a scaffolded approach to developing either reading and writing skills or listening and speaking skills. • Students are enabled to successfully complete a writing or speaking task, using all the language and skills they have learnt in each unit.


International Standards Unlock 5 4 3 2 1 Basic

TOEFL

IELTS

80 - 105 45 - 79 30 - 44

6.5 - 7.5 5.0 - 6.5 4.0 - 5.0 3.0

Council of Europe C1 B2 B1 A2 A1 Pre-A1


How Unlock LS works


How Unlock RW works


Six learning objectives

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Watch and listen Reading skill Critical thinking Grammar Academic writing skill Writing task

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Six learning objectives

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Watch and listen Listening skill Critical thinking Grammar Speaking skills Speaking task


WATCH AND LISTEN Features an engaging and motivating video which generates interest in the topic Click to edit subtitle ‌ and develops listening skills

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Watch and listen skills • Understanding main ideas • Understanding detail • Working out meaning from context

• Making inferences • Summarizing


READING 1 Offers students the opportunity to develop the reading skills required to process academic and Click to edit subtitle texts, ‌ presents and practices vocabulary

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READING 2 Presents a second text which provides a different angle on the topic and serves Click to edit subtitle ‌ as a model for the writing task

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LISTENING 1 Provides information about the topic and practices pre-listening, whilelistening and post-listening skills. This section may also include a focus on pronunciation which will further enhance listening comprehension

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LISTENING 2 Presents a second listening text on the topic, often in a different format, and which serves as a model for the speaking task

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Language development • Reading & Writing • Language dev. comes after Reading 2 • Consolidates and expands on language presented in preparation for writing task

• Listening & Speaking • LD comes between Listening 1 and 2 • Practises the vocab and grammar from Listening 1 and pre-teaches for Listening 2


Classroom app


Classroom app • Provides Unlockspecific activities to extend the lesson • Students easily get the right, extra practice, when they need it


Critical thinking

• Develops the lower- and higherorder thinking skills required for the writing or speaking task


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Writing


Writing task

Uses the skills and language learned throughout the unit to support students in drafting, producing and editing a piece of academic writing. This is the unit’s main learning objective


Speaking


Speaking task

Uses the skills and language learned throughout the unit to support students in producing a presentational or interactional speaking task. This is the unit’s main learning objective


Allows learners to evaluate how well they have mastered the skills covered in the unit

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Lists key vocab from the unit, with the most frequent words used at this level in an academic context highlighted

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