Prepare 2nd Edition

Prepare

Prepare Second Edition offers teen-appeal topics combined with extensive preparation for A2 Key for Schools, B1 Preliminary for Schools, B2 First for Schools and C1 Advanced.

Where English meets Exams! Prepare Second edition combines ‘teen-appeal’ topics with extensive preparation for A2 Key for Schools, B1 Preliminary for Schools, B2 First for Schools and C1 Advanced. Students will enjoy interactive, personalised lessons with themes and resources relevant to their interests. The new Life Skills approach inspires learners to expand their horizons and knowledge and includes insights from The Cambridge Life Competencies Framework. Teachers can relax knowing every unit drives students towards exam success, and that the course is creating confident English users with the enhanced vocabulary and grammar syllabus. The comprehensive teacher support package on Cambridge One includes Class Audio, Videos, a bank of flexible resources for vocabulary and grammar practice, literature, exam skills (Speaking and Writing), Practice Extra and Test & Train. Presentation Plus and Test Generator complete the suite of digital tools!

Authors

Niki Joseph, Helen Chilton, Joanna Kosta, Melanie Williams, James Styring, Nicholas Tims

CEFR level:

A1 - C1

Components:

Published:

December 2018

Edition:

2nd Edition

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Key features

A two-book approach to each exam level gives students a perfect balance of exam practice and general English.
Easy-to-navigate and easy-to-use means you can teach straight off the page, freeing up time to focus on additional areas.
Test & Train provides perfect on-the-go, intuitive preparation and practice, building strategies and skills for exam success.
Now with two new levels, Prepare offers full exam support and preparation from A2 Key for Schools to C1 Advanced.
Presentation Plus, Test Generator, extra culture section videos and online resources provide full digital learning support.
Interleaved Teacher’s Book provides at-a-glance wraparound support to the lessons making class materials easy to access in one place.

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Digital Tools

To access the Prepare digital materials go to cambridgeone.org.

The Prepare digital package has everything you need in one place on Cambridge One:

Plan: All your teaching materials, all in one place.

Present: Interactive Student's eBook with embedded audio and video.

Practice: Mobile-friendly bite-sized practice activities and games.

Motivate: Medals for completing activities provide motivation to do extra practice.

Assess: See student performance at a glance and download ready-made tests.

Presentation Plus

Allows you to present the course content, with audio and video, all at the front of the class.

Student’s Book and Workbook with interactive exercises
Click-to-play audio and video
Extra class activities
Games
Accessible online and offline.

Practice Extra

Practice Extra makes grammar and vocabulary practice more dynamic with games and exercises you can use whenever and wherever you want.

Mobile friendly platform and content
Bite-sized learning activities
Online speaking tasks with audio and video
Performance tracking and gamification.

Teacher's Resource Bank

Discover extra skills worksheets, Speaking Test video and more in our online teacher resource centre.

Prepare Teacher's Resources:

Grammar and Vocabulary worksheets
Literature worksheets
Review games worksheets
Student’s Book videos and worksheets
Student’s Book and Workbook audio
Speaking bank
Writing bank
Exam preparation bank (Levels 3, 5, 7, 9)

Test & Train

Exam Practice and Timed Practice Test get students ready for exam day.

Test Generator

Provides opportunities for revising and testing what students have learned. Create your own tests as and when you require them.

Student’s Book Digital Pack contents:

Student’s Book enhanced eBook
Student’s Book audio and video

Workbook Digital Pack contents:

Practice Extra
Workbook audio
Test & Train (Levels 3, 5, 7, 9)

Teacher’s Book Digital Pack contents:

Presentation Plus
Test Generator
Practice Extra
Test & Train (Levels 3, 5, 7, 9)
Student’s Book enhanced eBook
Teacher’s Resources

Take a look at the Digital Pack Demos

You can find live demos of our Prepare Digital Packs on Cambridge One. Just follow the instructions below:

Go to Cambridge One
Register quickly and easily as a teacher
Go to 'My Library' where you will see all the materials on Cambridge One
In the search box, type in: Prepare
Select either Prepare Second edition Level 7 Demo, or Prepare Second edition Level 8 Demo