New Power 5 Intermediate Plus Student's book

New Power 5 Intermediate Plus Student's book
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CEF Level 
B1+
Student's Book ISBN 
960-424-293-8
Teacher's Book ISBN 
960-424-294-6
Authors 
Kane A.
Coursebook 

This is the fifth level of the New Power series for students that want to develop writing, speaking and listening skills at level B1+. The book contains 15 units, each of which has its own theme. Each unit consists of three parts: Writing, Speaking and Listening.

The WRITING section comprises:

  • What do you know?: a short introduction to the theme of the unit
  • Presentation: a rubric and model composition with language and word-length appropriate to the level
  • Getting organised: a clear plan for the composition, and tasks which show students how to organise their writing
  • Language awareness: focuses on appropriate lexical items and grammatical points relevant to the composition
  • Getting prepared: practical help to prepare students for the final piece of writing
  • Final writing: a rubric similar to the one in the presentation asks students to produce their own letter, story, article, diary entry or email
  • How to think: asks students questions about content, language, paragraphing etc for the final writing task
  • EXTRA TOPICS: provide students with further writing practice on the theme of the unit. They include messages, accounts, postcards and notes, as well as letters, articles

The SPEAKING section:

  • Comprises pair work, group work, individual work, topics for presentations and questions for general discussion based on photographs and ideas related to the theme of the unit
  • Contains all the task types found in speaking exams that students at this level will be working towards.

The LISTENING section:

  • rounds off each unit with a task or tasks providing practice in the following skills: note taking, picture identification, multiple matching, multiple choice, true/false etc
  • contains all the task types found in listening exams that B1+ students will be working towards.
Teacher's Book 
The Teacher’s book has overprinted answers, detailed teacher’s guide and 3 term tests for writing.
Writer’s Portfolio NP 5
Writer’s Portfolio NP 5 

Each book is accompanied by a free Writer’s Portfolio in which students can write a perfect copy of their corrected composition, in that way assembling a collection of their written work for the whole of the school year. At the end of the year, students and their parents/guardians will have a complete picture of their progress.