Pearson and the BBC

The partnership between Pearson and the BBC promotes excellence through their high-quality, educational and authentic content that is relevant and motivating for the teenage classroom. Promoting 21st Century skills for the modern learner, BBC content focuses on:

• developing knowledge of other cultures
• collaboration in project work
• communication skills

Digital components

• Extra Online Practice: motivating video-based interactive activities for every unit with extra language revision material and access to all videos and audio.
• MyEnglishLab: Interactive Online Workbook with different tools and functionalities available to students and teachers.
• Student’s eBook: full Students’ Book in digital format with embedded audio and video material.
• ActiveTeach: a front-of-class presentation tool available offline, with everything teachers need on one disk or one USB!
• Teacher’s CD-ROM: available with the Teacher’s Book at each level includes class audio and video clips (with scripts), flashcards and extra teaching resources.

Scaffolded, step-by-step learning

GoGetter creates a supportive and positive learning environment through its step-by-step approach.

GoGetter increases both understanding and language retention by:

• utilizing students’ prior knowledge
• providing clear structures, examples and staged activities

Achieve exam success

Practice activities in exam-style format are seamlessly integrated into lessons, providing students with practice so they can pass tests and achieve their goals.

The Workbook provides extra practice, plus additional online revision activities are available through Extra Online Practice.

The teacher’s Test Book covers PTEYL and Cambridge exam-style tasks.

Assessment for learning

Assessment for Learning techniques are presented in all components of GoGetter, enabling students to focus better, understand what they’re learning and to be more involved in their learning process.

This is done through:

• setting aims/criteria for success
• monitoring/giving feedback
• peer learning
• independent learning

ActiveTeach

Everything you need to teach in one place

Gone are the days of the missing CD, folder upon folder of extra resources and the lost coursebook. Now the days of ActiveTeach have arrived.

ActiveTeach comes either on a DVD or as a downloadable zip file within your course on the Pearson English Portal.

Install the application on your computer and you can:

• manage your class smoothly
• manage your time efficiently
• have additional activities at the click of a button

Use ActiveTeach with computer and projector or an interactive whiteboard (IWB) to receive:

• Student’s Book pages – zoom in, zoom out and focus on specific activities
• full class audio & DVD
• printable worksheets and interactive exercises
• assessment activities & tests
• IWB tools

DEMO Active Teach: