Achievers b2 teachers book

Achievers Richmond ELT Achievers is an inspiring sixlevel course for teenagers which combines interesting, ageappropriate topics with challenging input, practice and support, ...Achievers Richmond ELT Achievers is an inspiring sixlevel course for teenagers which combines interesting, ageappropriate topics with challenging input, practice and support, ...

Teacher’s Book B2 Eileen Flannigan www.frenglish.ru Richmond ® 58 St Aldates Oxford OX1 1ST United Kingdom © 2016 Richmond/Santillana Educación, S.L Additional material by Jeremy Bowell Publisher: María Lera Senior Commissioning Editor: Tom Hadland Managing Editors: Ruth Goodman, Catherine Richards Editorial Team: Brígido Adán Lozano, Stephanie Bremner, Ben Pincus, Paloma Rodríguez Esteban Cover Design: Marisela Pérez Design: Dave Kuzmicki, Colin Stobbart Photo Research: Magdalena Mayo To consult the credits for the material reproduced here, refer to Achievers B2 Student’s Book Printed in Spain ISBN: 978-84-668-2905-2 CP: 658003 DL: M-7993-2016 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 www.frenglish.ru Teacher’s Book Eileen Flannigan B2 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 and B page 18 Unit – Brain power page 30 Unit – Adventurers page 56 Unit – Here and there, then and now page 82 Review – Units 1-3 page 108 Unit – Who’s watching you? page 114 Unit – Mirror, mirror page 140 Unit – Techno-victims! page 166 Review – Units 4-6 page 192 Unit – Crocodile man page 198 Unit – In the movies page 224 Unit – Going for gold page 250 Review – Units 7-9 page 276 Review – Units 1-9 page 282 Grammar Reference page 301 Prepare for Cambridge Exams page 310 Prepare for the TOEFL Junior® Test page 312 Stories page 352 Face Face page 360 Pronunciation page 361 Verb Zone page 366 Communication page 367 www.frenglish.ru 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 www.frenglish.ru 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 VERB ZONE STUDY SKILLS Verb Zone introduces multi-part verbs related to the topic of each unit, increasing students’ knowledge and confidence in this crucial area of idiomatic English 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 www.frenglish.ru Student’s Book STARTER LESSONS ● There are two optional Starter lessons at the start of the Student’s Book – Starter A and B 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 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 personalized follow-up activities Each unit contains a fully integrated Study Skill which helps students develop good habits in language learning 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 personalized 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 www.frenglish.ru 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 www.frenglish.ru STUDENT’S BOOK Interaction ● The Interaction lessons feature 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 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 www.frenglish.ru 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, 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 www.frenglish.ru 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 B2 prepares students for the Cambridge First (FCE) exam and for both the Standard and Comprehensive versions of the TOEFL Junior® Test The Cambridge First (FCE) 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 First 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 papers of the exam throughout the section There is a series of activities carefully designed to give students practice in the skills they need to perform the task well, and familiarize 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 1 Key information about the task focused on in this lesson Help and advice to allow students to maximize their performance 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 www.frenglish.ru Answers page 358 www.frenglish.ru 355 356 www.frenglish.ru Answers page 359 www.frenglish.ru 357 Stories ANSWERS Student’s Book pages 140–141 Student’s Book pages 142–143 Warmer Warmer In pairs, ask students to describe the best birthday they’ve ever had Point out that this does not need to be one involving a lot of expense, but should be an experience that they have very good memories of Tell them to say what they liked about it most Then get them to join another pair, with each student relating their partner’s experience to the other pair Ask: How would you feel if you had to without access to a phone or computer for a week? Do you think you’re addicted to social media? Brainstorm ideas on the advantages and disadvantages of a world based heavily on electronic communication Start students off by writing the following prompts on the board: News & information, Shopping, Friends & family, TV & Video, Privacy Suggested answers The Great Wall of China It runs for 2,400 kilometres east to west across northern China It was built by the Ming Dynasty in the 15th and 16th centuries It consists of walls and tower-like fortifications The most famous part is near Beijing, which is visited by many tourists In more rural places, the wall is less well kept The width varies from about metres to about metres The connection might be that someone visits it as a birthday treat Students’ own answers 4.19 Students’ own answers June A traditional residential neighbourhood The restaurants serve stir-fried vegetables and dumplings, 358 Suggested answers The character seems to be trapped against a gadget that appears much bigger than him Perhaps he imagines himself having a fantasy adventure like Alice in Wonderland, in which the gadget plays a large part Students’ own answers 4.20 Students’ own answers D, G, E, H, C, A, B, F Students’ own answers with noodles The market sells seafood and egg and vegetable pancakes Playing football and ping pong with local teenagers Because that section of the wall was in a remote part of the countryside, and was a desolate semi-ruin A Golden Eagle feather It was significant because she wondered if the feather had come from the Golden Eagle she had seen earlier Students’ own answers www.frenglish.ru Stories ANSWERS Student’s Book pages 144–145 Warmer Put students in small groups Tell them that they must think of a scenario in which one of them has found themselves in a dangerous or difficult situation Get them to describe the situation briefly, saying how they felt and reacted, then ask them to invent another situation which did not happen After five minutes, invite students to read both situations to the class, and have the class decide which is the true story Suggested answers First picture: Three young people, two males and a female, are standing in a temple They look like western tourist, and are wearing shorts and backpacks They are looking nervous A rat is on the ground, and one of them is pointing to the ground in another direction, as though there is / are (an)other rat(s) Second picture: This looks like the same temple There are three Indian people, a female and two males There are a lot of rats around, but nobody looks alarmed Some rats are drinking from a shallow bowl on the ground Another is being fed by a teenage boy All the rats are grey, except for one white one The story might be that some young people visit a temple in India where rats are protected The young people are nervous of the rats, but the local population isn’t, and appear to be fond of the creatures Perhaps the young people have a phobia about rats, and the visit cures them of this Students’ own answers 4.21 Students’ own answers Students’ own answers True False True False False False Students’ own answers www.frenglish.ru 359 360 www.frenglish.ru Answers page 364 www.frenglish.ru 361 362 www.frenglish.ru Answers page 364–365 www.frenglish.ru 363 Pronunciation ANSWERS UNIT Student’s Book page 147 UNIT 1 Students’ own answers 4.22 Students’ own answers Students’ own answers 4.23 Students’ own answers UNIT 2 4.24 Students’ own answers 4.25 look, ankle, hood, app, ran, put, tuck, sung 4.26 Students’ own answers Student’s Book page 148 4.31 Students’ own answers TRANSCRIPT: can’t have should have shouldn’t have could have couldn’t have may have may not have might have might not have must have mustn’t have ought to have oughtn’t to have needn’t have 4.32 Students’ own answers Student’s Book page 149 UNIT UNIT 4.27 credit, inhabit cellist, stylist fitness, hardest fountain, certain 4.28 Students’ own answers UNIT 1 Have I ever been where? Do I want to go and see what? You’re writing an essay about who? Do I want some what? Your friend Paula from where came to stay? 4.29 Students’ own answers Your sister’s got a new job as a what? Who has been awarded the 2020 Olympic Games? Who is going out with Tony? / Emma is going out with who? You’ve decided to leave your job and go and live where? It’s going to what tomorrow? UNIT Students’ own answers 4.30 If only we’d left the house earlier If only you hadn’t forgotten to bring your passport I wish you didn’t live so far away I wish you’d tell me when you’re sad If only dogs could speak I wish he wouldn’t smoke in the car Students’ own answers 364 4.33 noun verb noun verb verb noun verb noun verb 10 noun Students’ own answers 4.34 verb verb noun verb verb noun noun verb UNIT A B B 4 A 4.35 Students’ own answers 4.36 www.frenglish.ru Pronunciation ANSWERS UNIT 4.37 Students’ own answers 4.38 This silver necklace used to belong to my grandmother (describes what something is made of) I saw a grass snake in our garden yesterday! (describes what type of thing it is) My dad is a stonemason He builds things from stone (describes what type of thing it is) There’s a beautiful marble staircase in the palace (describes what something is made of) My cousin is a brass teacher He plays the trumpet and trombone (describes what type of thing it is) www.frenglish.ru 365 366 www.frenglish.ru www.frenglish.ru 367 368 www.frenglish.ru Achievers is an engaging sixlevel 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 TOEFLđ tests ã 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 CEF www.richmondelt.com/achievers A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 www.frenglish.ru C2