Rich international content that delivers reading comprehension, writing and speaking and listening skills to all students

• Structured teaching frameworks, clear teaching objectives and assessment criteria ensure confident delivery of all the core skills for first and second language learners
• Comprehensive teaching support enriches teaching, saves planning time and ensures that language and literacy skills are being taught successfully

The series links to Oxford Reading Tree, Project X and TreeTops reading programmes.

Students' Books

Thematic units of engaging fiction and non-fiction expose students to rich language texts from around the world to develop core language and literacy skills

• Measurable learning objectives allow assessment of students' progress throughout the course.
• New vocabulary is highlighted leading to pre-reading discussions
• Texts extracted read by English speakers provide pronunciation models and can be found in the Teacher Resource Books.
• Challenging new words are explained to widen students' vocabulary
• Discussion Time engages students with the unit theme and helps to assess speaking and listening skills
• Differentiated activities develop students' understanding of essential skills and provide activities for mixed abilities in one classroom
• Writing workshops at the end of each unit focus on longer activities to develop students' writing skills
• Writing models and writing frames are provided to guide and support students' own writing