Overview
Develop competent communicators who can demonstrate a sound conceptual understanding of the language with a flexible course that ensures thorough coverage of the updated English B Guide and is designed to meet the needs of all IB students at Standard and Higher Level.
- Empower students to communicate confidently by exploring the five prescribed themes through authentic texts and skills practice at the right level, delivered in clear learning pathways.
- Ensure students are able to produce coherent written texts and deliver proficient presentations with grammar and vocabulary introduced in context and in relation to appropriate spoken and written registers.
- Improve receptive skills with authentic written texts, audio recordings spoken at a natural pace, and carefully crafted reading and listening tasks.
- Promote global citizenship, intercultural understanding and an appreciation of English cultures through a wide range of text types and cultural material from around the world.
- Deliver effective practice with a range of structured tasks within each unit that build reading, listening, speaking and writing skills.
Grammar and Skills Workbook also available.
Contents
Theme 1 Social organization
CHAPTER 1 Social relationships
CHAPTER 2 Education
CHAPTER 3 Law and order/Work
Theme 2 Experiences
CHAPTER 4 Leisure/holidays
CHAPTER 5 Life stories
CHAPTER 6 Customs /traditions
Theme 3 Identities
CHAPTER 7 Lifestyle, including health
CHAPTER 8 Beliefs/values
CHAPTER 9 Language and Identity
Theme 4 Human ingenuity
CHAPTER 10 Artistic expressions
CHAPTER 11 Communications/media
CHAPTER 12 Innovation in science and technology
Theme 5 Sharing the planet
CHAPTER 13 The environment
CHAPTER 14 Human rights
CHAPTER 15 Globalisation