A classroom-tested English course for adults and young adults, American Inside Out has been designed to develop real-life communicative skills and powers of self-expression. Creative grammar work Learners organize and develop their knowledge of grammar. Easy-to-use exercises put rules into practice- and are then recycled as speaking activities. All grammar work is backed up with clear summaries. To see an example of grammar work, look at pages 44 and 45 Persolized speaking tasks A series of challenging speaking tasks focuses on learners? own experiences and opinions. Choices within tasks encourage learners to take charge of interactions. Structured planning time is built into tasks, improving both fluency and accuracy. To see an example of a persolized speaking task, look at page 70. Contextualized vocabulary Lexical items are seen in context, showing how words and phrases function and how they collocate with each other. Focus exercises highlight and recycle lexis to help learners build a bigger and better active vocabulary. To see an example of work on lexis, look at page 84, Realistic listening and reading A rich selection of accessible and entertaining texts: cartoons, postcards, letters and extracts from newspapers, magazines and novels. Listenings include conversations, interviews and classic pop songs recorded by the origil artists. To see an example of exercises based on a pop song, look at page 87. American Inside Out Upper Intermediate Student?s Book provides over 90 hours? teaching material.
