Compact First for Schools (2nd Edition) Student’s Book without Answers with CD-ROM

Compact First for Schools (2nd Edition) Student’s Book without Answers with CD-ROM

The course is designed to maximise the performance of school-age learners. It features eight units covering the core Cambridge English: First (FCE) for Schools topics, vocabulary, grammar and the skills needed for all four exam papers. Two teen-inspired topics in each unit ensure the entire exam syllabus is covered, and can also act as a basis for CLIL-based extension activities and projects. Grammar sections and a Grammar Reference help students build up the accurate language structure necessary for the Use of English parts of the new Reading and Use of English paper, while B2-level vocabulary is targeted, drawing on insights from English Profile, and brought together in a Wordlist based on key vocabulary from the units. ‘Exam tips’, and grammar and vocabulary exercises teach students to avoid common mistakes identified in Cambridge’s unique collection of real exam papers, the Cambridge Learner Corpus.

Key features:
• Provides efficient exam preparation in 50-60 core hours.
• Content and treatment of topics targets the interests and experience of schools age students while preparing them for the exam.
• Grammar sections and a Grammar Reference help students build up the accurate language structure necessary for the Use of English parts of the Reading and Use of English paper.
• B2-level vocabulary is targeted, drawing on insights from English Profile, covering items such as collocations, word formation, phrasal verbs, three word verbs, easily confused words.
• Two full practice tests are available online for teachers to access.
• Two teen-inspired topics in each unit ensure the entire exam syllabus is covered, and can also act as a basis for CLIL-based extension activities and projects.

Language: GB

Level: B2 Upper Intermediate

EL | 428.24

Barbara Thomas, Laura Matthews – Cambridge University Press