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A1 STARTER STUDENT’S BOOK WITH DIGITAL PACK Adrian Doff, Craig Thaine, Herbert Puchta, Jeff Stranks, Peter Lewis-Jones CONTENT YOU LOVE. ASSESSMENT YOU CAN TRUST. Empower is a general English course for adult and young adult learners that combines course content from Cambridge University Press with validated assessment from the experts at Cambridge Assessment English. Empower provides: • content that surprises, entertains, and provokes an emotional response • validated assessment from Cambridge Assessment English that measures progress against the CEFR • Digital Workbook content to consolidate learning, accessible on mobile devices • manageable learning with a syllabus informed by English Profile and the Cambridge English Corpus so that students encounter the most relevant language at the right point in their learning. cambridge.org/empower
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Complete Beginner to Advanced 6 Levels 80–120 teaching hours Finalist British Council ELTons Awards* | Excellence in Course Innovation
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Empower Second edition combines course content with validated assessment. The unique mix of engaging classroom materials and reliable assessment enables learners to make consistent and measurable progress. • Thought-provoking images, texts, and speaking activities keep students interested and curious and help create an emotional response to get them talking. • A new series of documentary style videos (in addition to the Lesson C videos) bring English to life in authentic, real-world contexts. These high-interest supplementary videos are thematically linked to the topics and language of each unit and come with a downloadable worksheet. • A syllabus informed by the Cambridge English Corpus and English Vocabulary Profile means students are provided with the most useful language at the right point in their learning. • A range of components for flexible learning. As well as the Student’s Book, Empower offers digital content that works across devices, including an eBook version of the Student’s Book as well as a Digital Workbook.
assessment, ensure reliable results. • Unit Progress Tests for every unit.
• Skills-based mid- and end-of course Competency Tests assess each learner’s language proficiency. • A unique CEFR report is provided which reliably benchmarks the learner’s level in each of the four skills, showing results and progress.
CAN DO OBJECTIVES
■ Explain what technology does ■ Talk about discoveries ■ Ask for and give directions in a building ■ Write a post expressing an opinion
“There are so many adjectives to describe such a wonderful series but in my opinion it’s very reliable, practical and modern.” Zenaide Brianez, Director of Studies, Brazil
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Look at the picture and answer the questions. 1 What is on these people’s heads? What do you think they are for? 2 Which kinds of people might use this technology? Why? 3 Would you like to try this technology? Why / Why not?
Ask and answer the questions. 1 What is the most interesting or unusual piece of technology you have seen or used? What did it do? How useful was it? 2 What modern problem would you like technology to be able to solve? How might this technology work?
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