Progressive Skills in English is a topic based coursebook, consisting of five themes: culture and civilization, technology, arts and media, sports and leisure along with nutrition and health. Although each unit focuses on one particular skill, space is given for vocabulary and grammar, and practice of the other skills. The thing I like most about the book is the variety it offers, and the meticulous way it handles all four skills. All skill sections have the five same subsections: Vocabulary for the skill; Real time; Learning new skills; Grammar for the skill, and Applying new skills. The exercise types and layout are varied, the visuals are vivid, and the CDs and DVD are of good quality with different accents. Listening and pronunciation work stand out. In Theme 1, Real time listening, there is a variation on cloze tests which I hadn't seen before. The recording is of a talk where the speaker pauses and students are asked to predict the words. It feels realistic. The listener can complete the speaker's words because they want to show they are interested and following the conversation, or because the speaker can't think of a word. I tried it out with my preintermediate speaking class. Series: Progressive Skills in English Paperback: 250 pages Publisher: Garnet Publishing; Teacher's Edition edition (October 1, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1859646816 ISBN-13: 978-1859646816 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.5 x 11 inches Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds Link Download http://nitroflare.com/view/15342B6DA857FF4/https://nitroflare.com/folder/949760/L00VuZ2xpc2g=
