To access the coursebook units from the main menu, click on the Coursebook button. A submenu appears containing:
- the review (What can you remember?) at the start of the coursebook. Click on the Review button for the first two-page spread of the review to appear. Then choose whichever task you want by moving your mouse or stylus over the page and clicking inside the red frame which appears around that task. That task will then be enlarged on your screen. All of the review tasks are interactive. The arrows to the right of the navigation bar enable you to navigate from one 2-page spread to another or from one task to another.
- the 14 units divided into 5 sections. Click on the section of your choice and, from the drop-down menu that appears select the unit, song (read more in the SONGS section), DREAM TEAM (read more in the COMIC STRIP section), or revision of your choice. Whatever choice you click on, the relevant 2-page spread will appear. You can then select the task or activity of your choice on the 2-page spread by clicking inside the red frame that appears when you move the mouse or the stylus, thus causing that task or activity to be enlarged. All of the tasks of the book are interactive and contain extra features. Read the EXTRA FEATURES category to find out more. The arrows to the right of the navigation bar enable you to navigate from one 2-page spread to another or from one task to another. If you select the children’s online chat while you are on the first 2-page spread of a unit, you also have the choice of seeing the chat in animated form. When you click on the animation button on the navigation bar, a separate window for the animation of the chat appears.
To see the animation, click on the white arrow (play) on the separate window that appears. While you are playing the animation, that arrow is replaced by two parallel white lines (pause). You can stop the animation temporarily by clicking on pause. Click on play to start the animation again from the point at which you paused it. Click on the white square (stop) when you want to stop the animation completely. Click on the loudspeaker to turn off the volume or to increase it. The small green lines enable you to control how much you increase the volume. To move the animation forwards or backwards quickly, click on the double white arrows (right/left) or click on the white rectangle on the black line, at the same time dragging it right or left. If you want to see the animation without the text, click on the “TEXT” button. Click again to make the text reappear. The dash in the upper right-hand corner of the window allows you to minimise the window without closing it. Click on the square in the upper right-hand corner to increase the size of the window or to reinstate it to its original size. Click on the cross (X) in the top right corner to close the window. You can move the window to any part of the screen. First, click on the two arrows which form a cross in the upper left-hand corner, then move your mouse or stylus to any part of the screen and click again. The interactive e-book has been designed in such a way as to ensure that moving between the Coursebook and Workbook is fast and easy. For example, if you are in Unit 3 of the Coursebook, you can easily access the same unit in the Workbook by clicking on the Workbook button on the navigation bar. You can also access the units of the Coursebook and their contents by clicking on the Contents button on the navigation bar. Read more under the heading NAVIGATION BAR.