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INTRODUCTION

COURSE COMPONENTS – Student’s Book with CD-ROM – Teacher’s Book – Activity Bank Catalogue: course-based activities, includes tests, listening material from the Student’s Book and computer-based presentations in the CD-ROM. SYMBOL indicates the number of the transcript. LEARNER'S AUTONOMY Learner’s autonomy is a key aspect of Advantage. The appendices at the back of the Student’s Book include the Listening Transcripts, the Language Reference, the Writing Reference and a section called Fast Finishers with fun activities for students who finish fast their tasks. The cover of the book also offers a list of irregular verbs. These important reference materials allow students to work independently by consulting these sections while doing the homework in the CD-ROM or while working with the Student's Book. The Student CD-ROM contains the audio material for the listening texts in the Student’s Book, interactive activities for each unit and a section of Useful Tools that presents different material for general knowledge as world currency, clock zones and calculator. As strategies are essential if students are going to learn English on their own, in the Student’s Book they are clearly marked in colored boxes. Each presented strategy is then put into practice in the following activities. Also, the cross-references in the language boxes let students know where to locate extra explanation and practice for the corresponding subjects. The topics presented in the units allow students to discuss in groups their opinions, promoting critical literacy in the classroom environment.

CLARITY All of the components of Advantage are for both students and teachers. The unit sections are signposted in a way that teachers and students know what they are going to do. The CD-ROM shows which unit the student is working with and keeps a record of all the previously done activities. Once the CD is restarted, the information is erased so that the student can have another opportunity of doing the interactive activities. STUDENT’S BOOK The Student’s Book has a clear presentation with every section and subsection clearly signposted. The language boxes bring a cross-reference to the Language Reference and the Writing section is always connected to a Writing Reference number that is located in the appendices. The theory behind the method is for students to examine and discover language (word formation, grammar sections) and actually use language (Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking and Live English). The Student’s Book is divided into the following sections and subsections: Warm Up This section is designed to get students ready for the topic of the reading text by activating schemata and bringing students to an English-speaking environment. This is done by taking surveys, listening to short dialogues, looking at photos and vocabulary related to the unit topic, asking pertinent questions to prepare for a topic, taking quizzes and ranking words in order of importance. Reading The first section of each unit is the reading passage that offers texts which were selected according to students’ preferences. These texts include open, sometimes polemic topics chosen to incite debate and thus motivate students to speak. Topics include music, traveling, art, cultural festivals, ethnic groups and multiculturalism, technology, cell phones, eating disorders, stress and yoga, sexism, advertising, growing up, body piercing and family relations among others. One feature of Advantage is that the theme and structures of the reading text are carried through the entire unit.

INTRODUCTION

AIMS Advantage is a complete toolkit designed to provide teachers with a wealth of resources. The aim of the components and all of the materials contained in them is to help students become autonomous learners, as well as to teach students how to use English correctly.

Strategies are offered to help students have a better performance and comprehension while reading texts, spoken or written. These reading strategies will make students develop necessary 1

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