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"Practical English language skills for successful . . I" commUnication. • learn to speak English effectively. • Increase your range of vocabulary and useful expressions. • Practise writing e·mails, giving presentations, making

telephone cails, negotiating ... and lots, lots more.

Introduction The Skills Booklets

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Up-to-date material linked to a structured syllabus - a unique solution! The Learn Hot English Method is a unique learning system for students of English. It offers fresh material on a monthly basis within a structured format.

The Learn Hot En,lish Method covers four:': key levels: • Pre- Intermediate [A2]

• Intermediate [81J • Upper Intermediate [82J

• Advanced IC1J The Leam Hot English Method offers: • Quality classes based on up-ta-date news and eventsl • An innovative method based on real people and real situations!

• Regular testing and a clear syllabus! The Learn Hot English Method guarantees one key feature: monthly, fresh and up-ta-date material that is linked to a clear, structured language course. The Learn Hot English Method consists of two interlinked products: Learn Hot English magazine & The Skills Booklets.

Hot English magazine is a bi.monthly, 48·page, glossy, colour magazine that's divided into four levels that tie in with the Skills Booklets: Pre·lntermediate, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate and Advanced. The magazine provides language input in the form of up-to-date - Reading and Listening activities for each level, which are linked in, unit by unit, with the themes and target language from the Skills Booklets. It comes with audio MP3listening files.

The Skills Booklets offer a syllabus that provides language-learning structure. The Skills Booklets are full of useful and essential language for everyday communication, and come with speakinB, vocabulary and language activities. Each Skills Booklet consists of approximately 100 pages divided into units .

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Together, these products form the Hot English Method. T hey ensure effective learning, and offer fresh, up-to-date material that is linked in to a structured course. Structure + up-to-date material = a unique solution. Every month, as part of the course, you will do: Two units from the Skills Booklets (approximately). One Listening and one Read & Listen activity from Hot English magazine.

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The learn Hot English Method has all the advantages of a coursebook in terms of structure and syllabus {from the Skills Booklets). However, at the same time, it offers fresh, up-to-date material, based on real people in current situations (from Hot English magazine). The two components work together to provide top-quality classes that guarantee motivation and progress, l" There are also special, separate Skills Booklets for Beginner (Al) and Elementary (Al-A2) level students. These are not used in conjunction with Learn Hot English magazine.

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The Skills Booklets and Learn Hot English magazine are linked together. For every unit in the Skills Booklet, there's a corresponding Read & Listen or Listening activity in the magazine. If you look at the top corner of a page in Learn Hot English magazine, it will tell you whether the article or listening activity ties into the Skills Booklet (see examples with arrows). It will indicate the Skills Booklet unit number, the page number and the unit title. This will ensure you get extra practice with fhe target vocabulary and language structures, which will really help you learn English!

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Skills Booklet units Un it 0

O ctober

U nits l ,2

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U nits3,4

December

Uni t 5

January

U nit s6,7

February

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l english M agaz ine 136 M agaz ine 138 Magazi ne 140

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February

Unit 9

Ma rch

Units 10, 11

April

Uni ts 12, 13

M ay

Uni ts 14, 15

June

Unit 16

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Progress Test 11

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Contents Unit

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Free time fun

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PeoDle focus! Vocaba1ary: Biographical information Languaee sb'uctures: The Past Simple

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Oh, no!

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At home!

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Vocabulary: Free time activities Lanpage structures: The Present Simple & The Present Continuous

Vocabulary: Mistakes LanKuage structure.: The Past Continuous Vocabulary: The home Language structures: The Present Perfe