Post on 24-May-2015
INTRODUCING
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Why a new edition?
A best-selling course world-wide
Opportunity to update contentand design
Opportunity to add new features to the course
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How was the Third Editionproduced?
Feedback from teachers and usersworld-wide
Focus groups with teachers
New features identified for the third edition
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Major changes toInterchange Third Edition
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New content
New Snapshots, Readings, andListenings
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New design
New art and illustrations throughout
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New support for assessment
Progress checks follow every two units
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New self-study listening program
One self-study activity per unit at the back of the book – with audio CD
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Advantages of the Self-Study Listening Program
Students can listen
as many times as they like
Students take responsibility for their own
learning
Autonomous learning is essential!
More listening practice
New pronunciation syllabus
Both segmental and suprasegmental aspects of pronunciation highlighted
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New writing activities
Authentic text types form the focus of writing tasks
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New ways of presentinggrammar in context
“Perspectives” from Level 2 & 3 use ads, surveys, quizzes, etc. to contextualize new grammar
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New assessment program
Oral quizzes, written quizzes, and progress checks
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New resources for teachers
Games bank, Fresh Ideas bank, and Photocopiable Activities
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What’s new in the Interchange Third
Edition?
Focus
Perspectives
Progress Checks
Teacher’s Edition
• Perspectives
NEW ways of presentinggrammar in context
Dialog
Quiz
Advertisement
Recipe
Survey
Perspectives: Text Types
• Questionnaires
• Surveys and Quizzes
• Ads
• Brochures and magazines
Perspectives: Text Types
• Radio and TV programs
• Cartoons
• Telephone Messages
• Recipes, flyers, election campaign, etc.
The Advantages of Perspectives
Grammar is presentedin context
Students practice listening, speaking
and reading
Students see authentic text-types
Perspectives provides variety!
NEW progress assessment
• Progress Checks
Underlying Philosophy
Learners are individuals who develop their own
routes to learning.
Advantages of the Progress Checks
More frequent reviews
Students take part in their
own learning
Students develop self-awareness and
self-reflection
Progress Checks are student-centered!
What’s new in the Teacher’s Edition?
Underlying Philosophy
An effective Teacher’s Edition should:
- Guide and inform teachers
- Not de-skill teachers, but rather develop teachers professionally
- Not constrain teachers
NEW resources for teachers
Games bank
Fresh Ideas bank
Photocopiable Activities
Photocopiables
– Information Gaps
– Surveys
– Board games
– Cut-up activities
Listen and Repeat
Some Ss like to repeat things aloud.
Others prefer to mouth words or
sentences silently. Help Ss find
learning styles they prefer.
NEW Teaching Tips
Fresh Ideas
• Musical Dialog
• Say it with Feeling!
• Moving Dialog
• Cloud Prediction
• Walking Stress
Advantages of the Teacher Resource Banks
More variety
Teachers can cater for students’ needs
and interests
Teachers can develop and
experiment with new ideas
Teachers are individuals too!
NEW Assessment Program
- Oral Quizzes
- Written Quizzes
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