Teacher’s Book A2 Charlotte Green Richmond ® 58 St Aldates Oxford OX1 1ST United Kingdom © 2016 Richmond/Santillana Educación, S.L Additional material by Terry Prosser Publisher: María Lera Senior Commissioning Editor: Tom Hadland Managing Editors: Ruth Goodman, Catherine Richards Editorial Team: Brígido Adán Lozano, Ben Pincus, Paloma Rodríguez Esteban Cover Design: Marisela Pérez Design: Dave Kuzmicki, Colin Stobbart Photo Research: Amparo Rodríguez To consult the credits for the material reproduced here, refer to Achievers A2 Student’s Book Printed in Spain ISBN: 978-84-668-2947-2 CP: 657616 DL: M-7989-2016 All rights reserved No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the Publisher Every effort has been made to trace the holders of copyright, but if any omissions can be rectified, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements TOEFL Junior® is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service (ETS) This product is not endorsed or approved by ETS The publisher would like to thank all those who have contributed to the development of this course Teacher’s Book Charlotte Green A2 A2 Introduction and course highlights page Student’s Book page Exam preparation with Achievers page Workbook page 10 Teacher support page 12 Teacher’s i-Book page 14 Student’s Book contents page 16 Starter A, B, C and D page 18 Unit – It’s my life page 30 Unit – Get active page 56 Unit – Food for thought page 82 Review – Units 1-3 page 108 Unit – Going places page 114 Unit – Out of this world page 140 Unit – Crime watch page 166 Review – Units 4-6 page 192 Unit – You’ve got a friend page 198 Unit – Nice work page 224 Unit – Out and about page 250 Review – Units 7-9 page 276 Review – Units 1-9 page 282 Grammar Reference page 301 Prepare for the Cambridge Exams page 310 Prepare for the TOEFL Junior® Test page 311 Stories page 352 Face Face page 360 Pronunciation page 361 Communication page 366 ACHIEVERS Achievers is a multi-level course aimed at ambitious teachers who want their teenage students to achieve their very best in English Achievers aims to motivate and challenge students at every step of the learning process Each Achievers unit has a number of key features which make the course unique: LARGE VOCABULARY SETS Achievers has an ambitious vocabulary and grammar syllabus and contains thorough and regular practice of all the key skills – Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing Achievers has a full component package including: ● Student’s Book ● Workbook ● Teacher’s Book The Vocabulary lessons contain large numbers of items, both revised and new, higher level items, which consolidate and extend students’ personal vocabulary containing complete teaching notes and reference material EXAM PREPARATION ● Teacher’s i-Book for interactive whiteboards ● Teacher’s Resource Book containing a complete pack of photocopiable tests and activities as well as further supplementary worksheets ● Teacher’s Audio Material Pack containing all the audio for the course on six CDs Every unit has Cambridge and TOEFL® exam preparation lessons based on the language learnt in the unit FAST FINISHERS Every Achievers unit contains four varied Fast Finishers to keep stronger students busy COURSE HIGHLIGHTS WORD ZONE FACE FACE Face Face pulls out common idiomatic spoken language featured in the Listening scripts Each Reading text features Word Zone, which focuses on a useful vocabulary building area seen in a natural context REGULAR SPEAKING ACTIVITIES STUDY SKILLS All lessons include speaking activities to allow students to share their prior knowledge of topics, to reflect on them afterwards, and to practise new language Each unit contains a fully integrated Study Skill which helps students develop good habits in language learning CHALLENGE LISTENING A whole page of Listening helps develop this crucial skill, with challenging, substantial listening situations The unique Challenge lesson gives students the chance to prepare and carry out a variety of enjoyable and ambitious speaking tasks Student’s Book STARTER LESSONS ● There are four optional Starter lessons at the start of the Student’s Book – Starter A, B, C, D They give an introduction to the methodology of the main units, and contain basic grammar and vocabulary that students at this level should be familiar with ● Use as many or as few of the Starter lessons as you feel necessary for your students, depending on which language areas you wish to revise The lessons are self-contained, and can be used in any order UNIT WALKTHROUGH Reading ● There are two Reading texts per unit ● The texts are substantial and cover a variety of modern, relevant text types such as online blogs, websites, articles and stories ● The Reading texts are exploited with challenging comprehension activities and oral and personalised follow-up activities Each Reading lesson contains a Word Zone, which highlights a vocabulary area featured in the text such as phrasal verbs, collocations and set expressions Vocabulary ● The two main vocabulary sets per unit are large – often consisting of 20–30 items – and contain both familiar and new, higher level items, to consolidate and extend students’ personal vocabulary ● The vocabulary is practised through a variety of activities, including oral and personalised activities Each unit contains a fully integrated Study Skill which helps students develop good habits in language learning Extra interactive practice STUDENT’S BOOK Grammar ● There are two Grammar sections, each containing a grammar box with a summary and examples of the grammar area being dealt with An irregular verb list is also included at the back of the book ● The Grammar Reference is also available on the Teacher’s i-book as Visual grammar presentations – an animated, step-by-step presentation ● The lessons always contain oral practice to allow students to practise the language in a spoken context and learn the correct pronunciation ● The language is practised in a variety of carefully staged activities Listening A complete Grammar Reference with detailed explanations of each grammar area can be found at the back of the book Extra interactive practice Common spoken language is exploited in Face Face – students learn to recognize three idiomatic expressions in each lesson that often occur in spoken English There is also a freer, follow-up interactive activity where students produce their own version of the dialogues or give their opinions on a related topic ● Each Listening section contains substantial and challenging listening input to really stretch students and develop their listening skills ● A variety of real-world situations are featured, including radio interviews, sports commentary, cookery shows and game shows as well as everyday conversations Challenge ● The Challenge lesson asks students to work in pairs or groups to prepare and carry out an ambitious, fun speaking task that builds on language learnt during the unit ● Each Challenge lesson has a totally different task It will feel fresh and motivating ● The Challenge lessons are in three stages: Preparation, Do The Challenge, and Follow Up Students have the opportunity to stretch their skills as much as possible STUDENT’S BOOK Interaction ● The Interaction lessons feature three teenagers studying English in the UK in a variety of everyday situations ● Students are given prompts or role-cards to stimulate their speaking, rather than entire dialogues This gives them the autonomy that is necessary in developing the speaking skills Common expressions from the situations are given in the Express yourself box This features language that students will need to both use and understand in order to interact successfully Writing 2 Students listen to the situations, focus on specific language commonly used in each situation, and then have the chance to interact themselves in Your Turn To Speak ● In the Writing section, students work through a model written text, and then write their own version Writing skill focuses on an important language area that students need to master, in order to improve their ability to produce good written texts Unit Reviews ● Each unit has an End-of-Unit Review which revises the key grammar and vocabulary ● The audio for each Dictation has built-in pauses to allow students to write as they listen Each End-of-Unit Review finishes with a Dictation This is a paragraph on a subject related to the topic of the unit Each Dictation becomes progressively longer towards the end of the book In Your Turn To Write, students are guided step-by-step through the critical stages of planning, taking notes, writing and checking that are needed to produce their own text STUDENT’S BOOK Three-Unit Reviews ● There are Three-Unit Reviews after units 1–3, 4–6 and 7–9 They revise grammar and vocabulary from the previous three units in a fresh context ● Each Three-Unit Review contains practice of all the key skills They consist of a substantial reading text, a listening section, and a followup speaking or writing section Video ● Each video contains an original short documentary which introduces a different English-speaking country from around the world ● Students are introduced to some names, places or other cultural information before they watch They find out the significance of these, and as well as learning more interesting information about each country There is a video lesson after each Three-Unit Review In this section, students develop their skills in watching and understanding video, which will increase their ability to enjoy English-language films and TV Each video lesson ends with Find Out, where students have the chance to find out more about an intriguing aspect of the country’s culture that featured in the video Stories ● Each Student’s Book contains three original stories They have been specially written for Achievers, with teenage protagonists, and deal with themes from the Student’s Book ● The stories are rich in new vocabulary They contain comprehension activities, vocabulary exploitation and follow-up speaking activities in order for students to exploit them as much as possible Exam preparation with Achievers This section is aimed at teachers who are preparing their students for exams from the Cambridge English Language Assessment range or from ETS Each level of the Achievers series focuses on the most appropriate exams for the level of the book, so Achievers A2 prepares students for the Cambridge Preliminary (PET) exam and for both the Standard and Comprehensive versions of the TOEFL Junior® Test The Cambridge Preliminary (PET) exam and the TOEFL Junior® Test are internationally recognized qualifications in English Prepare for Cambridge Exams ● There are nine lessons in the Student’s Book – one per unit – covering the Cambridge Preliminary exam The content of the lessons follows the unit topics, so the lessons feel integrated and can be covered at any point during a unit ● Each lesson focuses on a particular task from one of the papers of the exam; there is a balance of tasks from all sections of the exam throughout the section There is a series of activities carefully designed to give them practice in the skills they need to perform the task well, and familiarise them with the format of the task ● The language level required to complete the activities is the level of the corresponding Student’s Book unit ● The Workbook contains a complete page corresponding to each Student’s Book exams lesson, consisting of further practice of the task focused on in the Student’s Book ● There is accompanying audio for Listening tasks An exam-style activity at the end of each lesson Students attempt this once they have learnt about and prepared for the task They could this under exam conditions Help and advice to allow students to maximize their performance Key information about the task focused on in this lesson Answers page 358 355 356 Answers page 359 357 Stories ANSWERS Student’s Book page 140–141 Warmer Warmer Put students into pairs or small groups Give them the word ‘mountain’ and tell them to think of as many words as they can that are related to mountains Give them about minutes Then tell all students to stand up and go round the class one by one, each student saying a word related to mountains If a student repeats, gives an answer that the class reject, or can’t answer, they sit down Go round the class again until only one student is left Tell students they’re going to read a story about an expedition to the South Pole In small groups, get them to discuss the following questions: What would be the point of going on an expedition to the South Pole? How would you travel to the South Pole? What are the advantages / disadvantages of each way of travelling? What would you take with you? Feed back as a class Suggested answers: The girl is on a mountain She feels tired She running up a mountain She’s doing it for charity Students’ own answers Students’ own answers 4.17 Students’ own answers F, A, H, B, G, D, C, E Suggested answers: She feels tired because she doesn’t like mountains and she hates running She feels happy because she’s a hero She’s happier at the end because she’s become a hero, and because she is resting in bed eating breakfast and listening to the radio She uses her sunglasses to see in the mist She uses a cart, donkey and nylon rope to get Nick down the mountain She films a video of Nick in the cart Students’ own answers 358 Student’s Book page 142–143 Suggested answers: A team of explorers in the snow There is a boy watching them from the sky The people look tired and depressed Students’ own answers It’s called White because of all the snow in Antarctica Students’ own answers 4.18 Students’ own answers Sixteen men started the journey Scott’s team walked 1,300 km to get to the South Pole They got there on the 17th of January Only five British men reached the South Pole Their journey took 78 days, about two and a half months It got to -30°C temperatures The Norwegians got to the South Pole 33 days before the British men did The last three men died in the tent: Bowers, Wilson and Captain Scott Suggested answers: Jacob couldn’t concentrate in the museum because he was tired Alice smiled at Jacob because she answered a question right when he couldn’t The motor sledges stopped working because their engines were frozen by the -30°C temperatures The days were getting shorter in January in Antarctica because the South Pole was further away from the Sun Captain Oates’ death was especially sad because it was on his 32nd birthday The guide was surprised at Jacob’s answer because he hadn’t been able to answer the question before Stories ANSWERS Student’s Book page 144–145 Warmer Ask students to think of someone they know who is exceptionally talented at something Put them into small groups and ask them to tell the other students about the talented person Encourage other students to ask questions about the person Feed back by asking a few students to tell the class about one of the talented people that they’ve heard about Students’ own answers Students’ own answers Students’ own answers 4.19 Students’ own answers Jamie thought Oscar was strange because he was really quiet and got embarrassed easily Jamie wasn’t happy with his band’s music because it wasn’t very original They rehearsed in Lola’s parents’ garage because they could make noise there He blushed because he hadn’t done his homework Mrs Maguire was surprised because Jamie often didn’t his Math’s homework Oscar was able to buy all his technological equipment because he got money from selling an app he invented for mobile phones Jamie asked Oscar to join the band because he had written a fantastic tune and could play the guitar well Jamie ‘thanks’ Mrs Maguire because thanks to her difficult question Jamie met Oscar Suggested answers: Three Plus One is the name of band after Oscar joins it Students’ own answers Oscar got embarrassed easily because he was shy and he was new in Jamie’s class Oscar changed the lives of Jamie, Lola and Harvey because they became very famous after he joined 359 360 Answers page 364 361 362 Answers page 364 363 Pronunciation ANSWERS Student’s Book page 147 UNIT 1 4.20 Students’ own answers 4.21 /s/: works, tastes, looks, walks, waits, stops /z/: tries, ends, travels, needs, smells, cleans, decides /ɪz/: reaches, watches, rises, washes, fixes 4.22 Students’ own answers 4.30 Have some bread Go to work Ben was late Jane’s a nurse Films are fun Where’s the key? I can speak Portuguese My friends were hungry 4.31 Students’ own answers Student’s Book page 149 UNIT 4.23 Students’ own answers 4.24 /ŋ/: singer, thing, long, ring /ŋg/: angry, single, dongle, hungry /ŋk/: uncle, rink, thank, link Student’s Book page 148 UNIT 4.25 Students’ own answers Words ending -ia and -ian: Norwegian, Albania, Colombia, Brazilian, Canadian, Peruvian Words ending in -ese: Portuguese, Nepalese, Vietnamese Other two and three syllable words: Serbia, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Swedish, Turkey, Chile, Mexico, Italy, Canada 4.26 Students’ own answers UNIT 364 /d/ /ɪd/ /t/ /d/ /ɪd/ /t/ /d/ /ɪd/ 4.27 Students’ own answers UNIT 4.32 Students’ own answers stressed unstressed unstressed unstressed stressed unstressed unstressed stressed 4.33 Students’ own answers UNIT UNIT 4.28 Students’ own answers river computer around doctor America lemon August today calculator 4.29 Students’ own answers Students’ own answers 4.34 Have you ever seen a play? I’ve visited three countries We’ve bought a new dog Joe’s run a marathon They’ve never seen Star Wars Grace has been on the radio I’ve never eaten squid 4.35 ever, tried, surfing Have you ever tried surfing? Paul, lots, actors Paul’s met lots of actors won, three, prizes They’ve won three prizes Harry, slept, tent Has Harry ever slept in a tent? ever, downloaded, film My mum hasn’t ever downloaded a film never, cooked, meal I’ve never cooked a meal had, holiday, sea We haven’t had a holiday by the sea Adam, ridden, camel Adam has ridden a camel Pronunciation ANSWERS UNIT 4.36 /v/ /f/ /v/ /f/ /f/ /v/ 4.38 Help me for half an hour Where’s your holiday home? What a high class hotel! Hi, Harry How are you? Can I have a helping hand? How many hours you have to stay here? Who hit the ball the hardest? He’s an honest man 4.37 Pronounced with /h/: hotel, who, hair, hello, happy, have, hospital, hear, hurt, half, help, whole, perhaps, history UNIT 4.39 Students’ own answers 4.40 gold class log glare game mac dogs back 365 366 Answers page 327 367 368 Achievers is an engaging six-level English course matched to the CEFR which aims to motivate and challenge teenage students throughout the language learning process For the Student With its ambitious vocabulary and grammar syllabus and thorough skills development, Achievers prepares students to use and enjoy English at every level, and to succeed in the Cambridge English: Key, Preliminary, First and Advanced exams and in the TOEFL Juniorđ test ã Fast Finisher activities to keep challenging the strongest students Student’s Book • Integrated exam training to prepare students for Cambridge and TOEFL® tests • Focus on natural spoken language and contemporary and idiomatic expressions • Unique Challenge lessons with an ambitious extended speaking task • Audiovisual material to open the door to English-speaking culture worldwide Workbook • A page of practice for each Student’s Book page • Key language extended in new vocabulary sections in each unit • Communication skills reinforcement with listening and speaking activities • Additional Audiovisual material sections • Downloadable Workbook audio For the Teacher Teacher’s Book • Includes all Student’s Book pages • Unit overview for quick lesson plans • Complete teaching notes, transcripts and answer keys Teacher’s Resource Book • Tests at two levels for every unit, plus end-of term and end-of-year tests • Vocabulary and Grammar worksheets at two levels • Speaking worksheets for fun communicative activities • Festivals worksheets Teacher’s Audio Material Teacher’s i-book for smartboards • A complete digital version of the course with instant access to audio, tapescripts and answer keys www.richmondelt.com/achievers A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2