About the New Cambridge English Course

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About the Course

The New Cambridge English Course is a course teachers and students can rely on to cover the complete range and depth of language and skills needed. Each level is designed to provide at least 72 hours of classwork using the Student's Book, with additional self-study material provided in the Practice Book.

Key Features

A proven multi-syllabus approach, which integrates work on all the vital aspects of language study: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, skills, notions, functions.
A richness of content, providing constant variety and stimulus for both teacher and learner.
Topics which engage the interest of a wide age-range, making the course genuinely suitable for both young adults and adults.
Supportive and comprehensive Teacher's Book.

Teacher Support

For the less experienced teacher, additional teaching tips for Level 1 are available in a free Booklet, Teaching Real Beginners by Peter Bereza.
Free photocopiable placement tests for Levels 1 and 2 are available, with teachers' notes in French, Spanish and Polish and answer sheets to help allocate students to the appropriate level. Please contact your local Cambridge University Press representative for details.

Reviews

'The detailed lesson plans and advice are valuable to experienced and novice teachers alike ... indeed the introductory section and regular advice to teachers in the lesson plans concerning group and pairwork should be required reading on any teacher training course.' Mark Osborne, British Council, Athens, Greece

'Flexible, stimulating, enjoyable, simply PERFECT.' Wojtek Parczewski, Koszalin, Poland

'The New Cambridge English Course is a goldmine of ideas for the teacher. The teacher's notes are useful and intelligently presented.' Arthur Sworífiguer, CIMI Blois, France

'… excellent cassette material and … creativity that seems to be all-pervasive in the whole concept of the coursebook. This is a quality course. … Of all the courses we studied … The New Cambridge English Course 4 is undoubtedly the best for listening and speaking. Well done Cambridge!' Wim Ipers, Raf Erzeel and Paul Pauwels, VVLE Newsletter, Belgium

'I like The New Cambridge English Course as it appeals to teachers' and students' imaginations … it gives clear presentation of the English language and thorough practice focusing on the development of four skills and functional language structures. The course attracts by its inventiveness and creativity. A great variety of exercises and activities make language learning enjoyable and stimulating.' Alla Datsko, The First Kyiv State Courses of Foreign Languages, Ukraine

'At last, a course which confronts students with real English (almost from the start) whilst still giving them a sound basis in grammar and syntax.' Richard Mason, The English Centre, Bergamo, Italy

'The New Cambridge English Course is interesting enough to motivate the students. Encouraging them to use English creatively, it also makes the teacher's work easy with the support of listening material, videos and exercises of excellent quality.' Inês Helena M. Carvalho, Colégio Sion and Centro Educacional da Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Components

Visit the catalogue to view all the components of this course.