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New Interchange is a revision of Interchange, one of the world''s most successful and popular English courses. New Interchange is a multi-level course in English as a second or foreign language for young adults and adults. The course covers the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, as well as improving pronunciation and building vocabulary. Particular emphasis is placed on listening and speaking. The primary goal of the course is to teach communicative competence, that is, the ability to communicate in English according to the situation, purpose, and roles of the participants. The language used in New Interchange is American English; however, the course reflects the fact that English is the major language of international communication and is not limited to any one country, region, or culture. Level One is for students at the beginner or false-beginner level.
Level One builds on the foundations for accurate and fluent communication already established in the Intro Level by extending grammatical, lexical, and functional skills. The syllabus covered in Level One also incorporates a rapid review of language from the Intro Level, allowing Student''s Book I to be used with students who have not studied with Intro.
THE VIDEO COURSE
New Interchange Video 1 has been revised for use with New Interchange. The Video is designed to complement the Student''s Book or to be used independently as the basis for a short listening and speaking course.
As a complement to the Student''s Book, the Video provides a variety of entertaining and instructive live-action sequences. Each video sequence provides further practice related to the topics, language, and vocabulary introduced in the corresponding unit of the Student''s Book.
As the basis for a short, free-standing course, the Video serves as an exciting vehicle for intro- ducing and practicing useful conversational language used in everyday situations.
The Video Activity Book contains a wealth of activities that reinforce and extend the content of the Video, whether it is used to supplement the Student''s Book or as the basis for an independent course. The Video Teacher''s Guide provides thorough support for both situations.
COURSE LENGTH
The Video contains sixteen dramatized sequences and five documentary sequences. These vary slightly in length, but in general, the sequences are approximately three minutes each, and the documentaries are approximately five minutes each.
The accompanying units in the Video Activity Book are designed for maximum flexibility and provide anywhere from 45 to 90 minutes of classroom activity. Optional activities described in the Video Teacher''s Guide may be used to extend the lesson as needed.
MORE ABOUT THE COURSE COMPONENTS
Video
The sixteen video sequences complement Units 1 through 16 of New Interchange Student''s Book 1. Although each sequence is linked to the topic of the corresponding Student''s Book unit, it presents a new situation and introduces characters who do not appear in the text. This element of diversity helps keep students'' interest high and also allows the Video to be used effectively as a free-standing course. At the same time, the language used in the video sequences reflects the structures and vocabulary of the Student''s Book, which is based on an integrated syllabus that links grammar and communicative functions.
The five documentaries may be used for review or at any point in the course. These sequences correspond to the placement of the review units in the Student''s Book, with a fifth bonus documentary appearing after Sequence 2. The documentaries are based on authentic, unscripted interviews with people in various situations, and serve to illustrate how language is used by real people in real situations.
Video Activity Book
The Video Activity Book contains sixteen units based on live-action sequences and five documentary units that correspond to the video sequences and documentaries, and is designed to facilitate the effective use of the Video in the classroom. Each unit includes previewing, viewing, and postviewing activities that provide learners with step-by-step support and guidance in understanding and working with the events and language of the sequence. Learners expand their cultural awareness, develop skills and strategies for communicating effectively, and use language creatively.
Video Teacher''s Guide
The Video Teacher''s Guide contains detailed suggestions for how to use the Video and the Video Activity Book in the classroom, and includes an overview of video teaching techniques, unit-by-unit notes, and a range of optional extension activities. The Video Teacher''s Guide also includes answers to the activities in the Video Activity Book and photocopiable transcripts of the video sequences.
VIDEO IN THE CLASSROOM
The use of video in the classroom can be an exciting and effective way to teach and learn. As a medium, video both motivates and entertains students. The New Interchange Video is a unique resource that does the following:
· Depicts dynamic, natural contexts for
language use.
· Presents authentic language as well as
cultural information about speakers of
English through engaging stow lines.
· Enables learners to use visual informationto enhance comprehension.
· Focuses on the important cultural dimensionof learning a language by actually showinghow speakers of the language live and behave.
· Allows learners to observe the gestures,facial expressions, and other aspects ofbody language that accompany speech.
WHAT EACH UNIT OF THE VIDEO ACTIVITY
BOOK CONTAINS
Each unit of the Video Activity Book is divided into four sections: Preview, Watch the Video, Follow-up, and Language Close-up. In general, these four sections include, but are not limited to, the following types of activities:
Preview
Culture The culture previews introduce the topics of the video sequences and provide important background and cultural information. They can be presented in class as reading and discussion activities, or students can read and complete them as homework.
Vocabulary The vocabulary activities introduce and practice the essential vocabulary of the video sequences through a variety of interesting tasks. Guess the Story/Guess the Facts The Guess the Story or in some units Guess the Facts activities allow students to make predictions about characters and their actions by watching the video sequences without the sound or by looking at photos in the Video Activity Book. These schema-building activities help to improve students'' comprehension when they watch the sequences with the sound.
Watch the Video
Get the Picture These initial viewing activities help students gain global understanding of the sequences by focusing on gist. Activity types vary from unit to unit, but typically involve watching for key information needed to complete a chart, answer questions, or put events in order.
Watch for Details In these activities, students focus on more detailed meaning by watching and listening for specific information to complete tasks about the story line and the characters. What''s Your Opinion In these activities, students respond to the sequences by making inferences about the characters'' actions, feelings, and motivations, and by stating their opinions about issues and topics.
Follow-up
Role Play, Interview, and Other Expansion Activities This section includes communicative activities based on the sequences in which students extend and personalize what they have learned.
Language Close-up
What Did They Say These cloze activities focus on the specific language in the sequences by having students watch and listen in order to fill in missing words in conversations. Grammar and Functional Activities In these activities, which are titled to reflect the structural and functional focus of a particular unit, students practice, in a meaningful way, the grammatical structures and functions presented in the video sequences.
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