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Ventures continues the Cambridge tradition of excellent teacher support materials. Our comprehensive Teacher's Edition offers a solid pedagogical approach to the material in each unit and is designed to support every teacher, from the novice to the experienced. The Teacher's Edition offers teaching tips, learner persistence strategies, cultural information, guidance on how to expand a one-hour lesson into a two- or three-hour lesson, and community building activities.

Download sample units:
Teacher's Edition 1, Unit 4
Teacher's Edition 2, Unit 4

Teacher's Toolkit Audio CD/CD-ROM

The Teacher's Toolkit Audio CD/CD-ROM, with additional classroom materials, comes free in the back of every Teacher's Edition.

This CD-ROM offers:

  • Picture dictionary cards and worksheets
  • Forms for document literacy
  • Unit, midterm, and final tests
  • Self-assessment pages
  • Reproducible, collaborative learning activity sheets
  • Audio for tests
If your class meets for six hours a week or more, the collaborative learning activities from the Teacher's Toolkit Audio CD/CD-ROM are an excellent opportunity to encourage cooperative learning and community building within the classroom.

Download sample picture cards from the Teacher's Toolkit:
Teacher's Toolkit 1, Unit 8 picture cards

Download sample collaborative activities from the Teacher's Toolkit:
Teacher's Toolkit 1, Unit 4 activity
Teacher's Toolkit 2, Unit 4 activity

To play the Audio CD portion of the Teacher's Toolkit on a Mac or PC computer:

1. Insert the disc into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Open a media player such as Windows Media Player or iTunes.
3. Click "Play."

You can also play the Audio CD portion of the Teacher's Toolkit in a conventional Audio CD player.

To print multiple Picture Dictionary Cards on a single sheet click one of the links below:
Instructions for Windows
Instructions for Mac