Advancing your language skills
Topics
The topics in Advanced Contrast are carfully chosen to interest students and get them to think about the world around them, as well as the differences between their own and other cultures.
Communicative competence
Specific attention is given to the development and practice of listening and speaking skills, not only as important general language skills, but also as key elements in future oral examination requirements.
Exam skills
Advanced Contrast not only prepares students for their PAU examinations, but also offers training in skills needed for other established international examinations such as the Cambridge First Certificate.
Unrivalled teacher's package
Advanced Contrast offers an interleaved Teacher's Manual and a Teacher's All-in-One Pack with tests, practice exams and additional photocopiable worksheets. The Digital Teacher's Resources include all the Teacher's All-in-One Pack material in editable Word format, the unique PAU Examination Builder, as well as digital books for interactive whiteboard.
Audio visual support
The whiteboard materials integrate up-to-date video links in every unit with authentic videos from international news agencies, documentaries and other English-speaking media programmes. Plus - English Everywhere: a flexible video for Bachillerato with functional language episodes, cultural videos and exam practice for FCE-type oral examinations. Includes printed worksheets.
Burlington Digital Books
Fully interactive digital edition of the Student's Book and digital edition of the Workbook are available for interactive whiteboards. Burlington's unique hybrid software enables working both online and offline. Fully interactive digital workbook for students is also available.
Advanced Contrast Interactive
This online support for students offers an Interactive Wordlist with vocabulary activities, Interactive Grammar and Interactive Listening.
Components for the Student
- Student's Book
- Workbook also includes Vocabulary Builder and Exam Preparation Section (Level 1)
- Advanced Contrast Interactive in the Student's Zone
- Extra activities in the Student's Zone
Components for the Teacher
- Teacher's Manual (interleaved with Student's Book)
- Teacher's All-in-One Pack
- Class Audio CDs
- Digital Teacher's Resources with:
- Interactive Whiteboard Materials with fully interactive Student's Book, digital Workbook, photo prompts for speaking activities and interactive text analyses + Burlington's unique online/offline hybrid software - Complete exams for all regions in Exam Section. - Test Factory and Other Resources in editable Word format, which includes all the material from the Teacher's All-in-One Pack, and all the reading texts and listening scripts from the Student's Book
- English Everywhere video and worksheets
All teacher's materials are FREE for Burlington users.
Also available: Catalan editions
Sample Material
Advanced Contrast 1 Student's Book Sample - Unit 5
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