Exam (elaborations) TEST BANK FOR Insight Advanced Teachers Book By Christina de la Mare

Exam (elaborations) TEST BANK FOR Insight Advanced Teachers Book By Christina de la Mare Head Unit and banner Introducing insight 4 Components of the course 6 Student’s Book at a glance 8 Workbook at a glance 11 Classroom Presentation Tool 13 Teaching notes Unit 1 14 Unit 2 26 Unit 3 38 Unit 4 49 Unit 5 61 Unit 6 72 Unit 7 84 Unit 8 96 Unit 9 108 Unit 10 119 Workbook answer key 130 Teacher’s Resource Disk 156 Communication worksheets 156 insight DVD extra worksheets 158 Contents 4 Aims of the course To challenge students to think critically about the world around them insight has been developed not only to teach students English, but also to increase their awareness of the world around them. Amongst other topics, insight addresses social issues, culture, literature, history, social media, science and technology. Students are encouraged to think critically about the issues raised, to evaluate their current point of view, and to share their opinions with others even once they have left the classroom. Texts and recordings include an interesting fact or unexpected opinion which students may want to tell their friends and families about. This will help make the lesson more memorable and help students recall the language and ideas they have learned. Video documentary clips also cover cultural and historical themes broadening students’ understanding of the customs, traditions and history of English-speaking countries. Literature insight introduces students to classic works of English literature and offers an alternative way of exploring the culture of English-speaking countries. To inspire discussion in the classroom The information-rich and thought-provoking texts and recordings will inspire discussion amongst students. Structured activities encourage students to question their existing opinions and the opinions of others. Activities are designed to stimulate critical thinking, to encourage participation and the exchange of opinions. The speaking sections also teach the skills needed to be an active participant in discussions, such as interrupting, asking for clarification, disagreeing, and encouraging others to speak. To give a deeper understanding of vocabulary and build the confidence to use it insight gives students a deeper understanding of language and goes beyond purely teaching meaning. insight explores such areas as collocation, word-building and connotation to provide a fuller understanding of how vocabulary is used. This comprehensive approach allows students to use new language with greater confidence. Vocabulary is taught in the context of reading or listening texts. All reading and listening texts are accompanied by vocabulary exercises that focus on the meaning of new vocabulary in context. Additionally, the understanding of new vocabulary is reinforced through exercises which practise their use in a new context. All vocabulary is taught in sets organized by topic, word type or theme. Research has shown that teaching vocabulary in this way makes it easier for students to recall and use. Vocabulary insight pages not only explore language in more depth, but also build students’ study skills, including keeping vocabulary records, ways of recording new vocabulary, using a dictionary and a thesaurus. These skills will help students decode, retain and use new vocabulary correctly in the future. Introducing insight A note from the author I’m reading a book called The Element by Ken Robinson. On a table nearby, a few teenagers are chatting with their friends after a long day at school. ‘Our task is to educate (our students’) whole being so they can face the future,’ I read. ‘We may not see the future, but they will and our job is to help them make something of it.’ I look at the kids and think: ‘That’s quite a big task!’ It’s a challenge we all face, whether we’re teachers, parents, educational writers or youth workers. Our short-term objectives may be different: we may help teenagers or young adults pass school-leaving exams, understand maths formulae, or take part in community projects. But ultimately our long-term objectives are the same: to help young people develop a passion for and curiosity about life, to give them confidence in their own ideas, to help them become open-minded, global citizens. When I started writing insight I immediately understood that the course was trying to satisfy these two objectives: a rigorous syllabus would help students develop their language skills, but it also had its eye on long-term objectives, too. Today’s students are very sophisticated. They have an amazing ability to multitask, and they often have a broad knowledge of other cultures and countries. They also have a point of view, and in insight we value that and seek it out – we also challenge it. We constantly ask students to question, evaluate and make cross-cultural comparisons: What do you think? Do you agree? What would you do? Speaking helps develop their confidence as language learners, but it also develops confidence in their own opinions and beliefs. In insight we’ve added a special ingredient, too: in many texts and topics there is a fact or point of view students may not have come across before, something surprising or thought-provoking, something they may want to tell their friends in a café after school. The aim of this extra ingredient is to inspire curiosity, and a passion to discover and learn. It might help them think about an issue in a different way, and make a lesson more memorable. That’s what insight is all about. It strives to create the right conditions for students to grow, learn and develop their ideas and experience. To become lifelong learners. ‘You cannot predict the outcome of human development,’ adds Ken Robinson, wisely. ‘All you can do is like a farmer create the conditions under which it will begin to flourish.’ Jayne Wildman 5 To encourage autonomous and lifelong learning insight prepares students for further study and life outside the classroom environment by developing their skills for lifelong learning and encouraging autonomous learning. Strategy boxes in every unit offer step-by-step guides on how to improve core skills. Students apply the strategy immediately in a series of exercises to allow them to see how the strategy can benefit them. The strategies are relevant to students’ studies now and in the future, so they will be able to use the same strategy again and again. Writing preparation covers extensive practice and development of key skills, such as brainstorming, planning, checking, paraphrasing, avoiding repetition, etc. These skills will also help students beyond the classroom environment. The use of authentic texts builds students’ confidence by showing them that they can tackle these kinds of texts outside the classroom, in real-life situations. The accompanying activities teach students how to think critically – question ideas, analyse, rationalize, synthesize, and make reasoned judgements – skills that students will need in all areas of their lives, especially in higher education and the workplace. Autonomous learning is also encouraged by developing dictionary and thesaurus skills. Students gain a better understanding of how dictionaries and thesauruses look, the information they provide, and how and when to use them. Learning how to use these reference sources will help students with their learning now and in their future life. These are all skills that teach self-reliance and foster autonomous learning, equipping students for life after school or university. To help students explore the rules of grammar The guided discovery approach to grammar in insight allows students to work out grammar rules for themselves and furnishes them with a better understanding of how grammar works. This approach actively engages students in the learning process making them more likely to understand and remember the grammar point. New structures are always presented in the context of a reading or listening text, so that students become familiar with the usage and meaning of the grammar, before manipulating its form. The guided discovery approach means students analyse examples from the texts before they deduce the rules. If necessary, the rules can be checked in the Grammar reference section in the Workbook. The practice exercises are topic-based, so students are required to understand the usage and meaning of the grammatical structures, as well as the form. The free speaking activities allow students to use the new language in a personalized, productive and creative way. To encourage students to reflect and take responsibility for their learning Self-reflection plays a key role in developing active, directed and responsible learners. Learners who are able to look to themselves for solutions to problems rather than always seeking out the help of others will be better equipped for later life in academic or professional environments. insight encourages students to reflect on their learning in a variety of ways. The Review sections in the Student’s Book are an opportunity for them to see what they already know and where more work is needed. Students get marks for completing the Reviews, so they can self-monitor their progress through the book. The Progress checks in the Workbook help students to identify gaps in their knowledge and skills, and encourage students to rely on themselves when seeking ways of improving. The self-check feature in the Writing sections teaches students how to evaluate their own work against a set of criteria. The corrected writing assignments can also be a record of their progress. 6 Components of the course The Teacher’s Book contains: teaching notes for the Student’s Book and answer keys for both the Student’s Book and Workbook. ideas for optional extra activities for greater flexibility. background notes, cultural information and language notes. suggestions for teaching further vocabulary from reading texts and questions for discussions. the scripts for the audio from the Student’s Book and Workbook. The three Class audio CDs contain: all the listening material for the Student’s Book and Workbook. The Workbook audio is also available at The Workbook contains: further practice of everything taught in the Student’s Book. Plus Challenge exercises for stronger students. ten Progress check pages which provide an opportunity for student reflection and self-evaluation. five Literature insight lessons based on classic works of English literature. five Exam insight sections with typical exam tasks and strategies to help students become better exam takers. a twenty-page Grammar reference and practice section containing comprehensive grammar explanations and further practice. a Wordlist with dictionary-style entries giving students more information about core vocabulary. The Student’s Book contains: ten topic-based units divided into clear sections that logically follow on from one another. ten Vocabulary insight pages that develop a deeper awareness of how language works and build students’ dictionary skills. ten Review pages that test all the grammar and vocabulary points from the unit. five Cumulative reviews which review all the language taught up to that point in the Student’s Book through a series of skills-based activities. a ten-page Vocabulary bank section with twenty additional topic-based vocabulary sets. 7 Websites Student’s website ( Teacher’s website ( Student’s Book and Workbook reading texts audio, a wordlist including definitions and example sentences for every key word. The Classroom Presentation Tool contains: a digital version of the Student’s Book and Workbook with integrated audio. answer keys for all exercises. synched audio scripts which highlight text as the audio is played. Online practice The material in each unit of the insight Online Practice is designed to be flexible whilst also linking to the language activities and skills development in the insight Student’s Books. The activities are linked thematically, grammatically and lexically so that they can be assigned for homework, used in class for further practice, or as a revision tool. The insight Online Practice provides students with: more practice of key vocabulary and grammar taught in the Student’s Book. interactive exercises that focus on skills (reading, listening, writing and speaking). a video section, including video clips, comprehension exercises and discussion prompts. There is automatic marking and feedback of controlled exercises. The results are recorded, providing an overview of achievement and progress for each student and for the class. For more information about insight Online Practice, visit items/global/teenagers/insight/. The Test Bank MultiROM contains: unit tests and cumulative tests available as PDFs and editable Word files which you can adapt according to your students’ needs. A and B versions of each test to help with classroom management. audio for all the listening tasks. This can be played on a CD player. audio scripts for all the listening exercises. answers to all exercises. The Teacher’s Resource Disk contains: additional communication worksheets to practise key language from the Student’s Book. Documentary video clips linked to each Student’s Book unit plus accompanying ready-to-use video worksheets and lesson guides. How to guides which tackle key teaching issues and provide ideas and suggestions for activities to use in the classroom. Functional language bank – compilation of key communicative phrases from throughout the course. Writing bank – a compilation of the key writing formats practised throughout the course with notes and tips on how to write them. 8 A – Reading and vocabulary • an information-rich text establishes the topic of the unit. • the reading text also contextualizes two vocabulary sets which are recycled and practised through the rest of the unit. One of these is a Vocabulary insight (V insight) set which explores language in greater depth. • the text previews grammatical structures that students will study in the next section. Students are not expected to engage actively with the new grammar at this point. • there is a link to the Vocabulary bank at the back of the Student’s Book where another lexical set is presented and practised. • the section closes with a speaking activity which allows students to react to the text and demonstrate their understanding of the issues raised. B – Grammar and listening • section B picks up on the grammatical structures that students met, but may not have recognized, in the reading text in section A. • the new language is presented in a meaningful context – either a reading or listening text. • the listening or reading text also establishes a new topic for the section and contextualizes some of the vocabulary from section A. • the guided discovery approach to grammar ensures that students actively engage with the new language. • students analyse examples, complete rules or answer questions about the grammar which help them to focus on the new structures, their meaning and use. • a final speaking activity allows students to use the new language in a personalized and productive way. • there is a link to the Grammar reference and practice section in the Workbook where students can find further practice activities and explanations of the grammar for reinforcement. Student’s Book at a glance There are ten units in the Student’s Book. Each unit is divided into five sections (A–E), with a Vocabulary insight page and a Review. After every two units, there is a Cumulative review. At the back of the book, there is a ten-page Vocabulary bank. 9 C – Listening, speaking and vocabulary • section C offers students opportunities to practise the grammar and vocabulary from the previous sections. • one or more listening activities contextualize a new vocabulary set which is recycled through the rest of the unit. • through carefully selected text types and tasks, students learn a variety of strategies for developing listening skills. • students are encouraged to react to the topic of the listening and exchange ideas and opinions. • the section also presents functional language or grammar through several model dialogues, as well as controlled and free practice. D – Culture, vocabulary and grammar • section D introduces students to the culture of the English-speaking world through a text on the customs, traditions and history of English-speaking countries. • there is a cultural comparison element, which encourages students to think about similarities and differences with their own culture. • the culture text contextualizes a new vocabulary set and models the key grammar of the section. • the section often presents a grammar point in a guided inductive way. • there is a link to the Grammar reference and practice section in the Workbook. E – Writing • section E always presents a model text which students analyse for the language, structure and format used. • a language point illustrates and practises useful writing language and structures. • a writing strategy develops key elements of the writing process, for example, planning, brainstorming, deciding on register, etc. • the section includes a step-by-step writing guide which takes students through the process of generating ideas, planning, writing and checking their work. • the writing task lets students use the language taught throughout the unit in a personalized, productive and creative way. 10 Vocabulary insight • this page raises awareness of how language works by developing a deeper understanding of a language point introduced earlier in the unit. • there are also activities building students’ study skills, including ways of recording vocabulary, using a dictionary or a thesaurus. • through a series of strategies, students learn how to use reference sources that can help them with their learning now and in their future life. Review • the review gives students another opportunity to recycle and check how well they know the vocabulary and grammar they have learned in the unit. • students get marks for every completed review, so it is easy to monitor progress through the book. Cumulative review • there is a two-page cumulative review at the end of every two units. This reviews key language and skills from the Student’s Book up to that point through a series of skills-based tasks. Each Cumulative review includes listening, speaking, reading, use of English and writing exercises. • there is a link to the Literature insight and Exam insight sections in the Workbook. Strategies • in every unit, there is a writing strategy and either a listening or reading strategy. • each strategy develops students’ language skills and helps them to become more confident and autonomous learners. • the strategies are practised through a number of activities, so that students can immediately apply the skills they have learned. DVD extra • there is a link from every unit to a documentary video clip. • each video clip builds on a topic from the unit. • each video clip is accompanied by a ready-to-use DVD worksheet which contains comprehension, language and speaking activities, along with teacher’s notes. Vocabulary bank • there are two cross-references to the Vocabulary bank from each unit. • each Vocabulary bank presents and practises two vocabulary sets that are topically related to the unit. 11 Workbook at a glance There are ten units in the Workbook. Each unit has a page to correspond with each Student’s Book spread. There is a Progress check at the end of each unit. All Workbook audio can be found on the Class udio CDs, on iTools and on the Student’s website: • the Workbook contains grammar, vocabulary and skills activities which practise and reinforce the language covered in the Student’s Book. • the reading section presents and practises a new vocabulary set. • the reading text recycles grammar from the corresponding Student’s Book unit. • new subject matter is introduced in the texts to expand students’ knowledge. • there is a one-page Progress check after every unit with short tasks which prompt students to think how well they understand the grammar, vocabulary and skills taught in the unit. The Progress checks also serve as a record of what has been learned in each unit. • the self-evaluation feature encourages students to reflect on and monitor their own progress. • the How can I improve? feature encourages students to take responsibility for their own learning. • there are five two-page Literature insight lessons in each level of the course. • Literature insight introduces students to classic English literature and encourages reading for pleasure. • these sections contain shorter reading and listening extracts, but students are encouraged to read the complete works in their own time. • the literary extracts have been carefully selected to link with the topic and language covered in the Student’s Book. • each lesson presents information about the author, literary extracts to read and listen to, comprehension activities, as well as a speaking and writing task. 12 • the five three-page Exam insight sections prepare students for common exam tasks. • there is practice of use of English, reading, listening, speaking and writing. • through a series of exam strategies, students learn how to deal with the most common exam tasks, such as multiple choice, true / false, matching headings to paragraphs, etc. • there is a twenty-page Grammar reference and practice section. • this contains comprehensive explanations of key grammar points from the Student’s Book, covering both form and usage. • each grammar point is accompanied by several exercises to check and consolidate understanding of that point. • a Wordlist completes the Workbook. • the Wordlist features dictionary-style entries, with phonetic transcriptions and definitions. • an extended version of the Wordlist, including example sentences, can also be found on the Teacher’s website: 13 insight Classroom Presentation Tool The Classroom Presentation Tool is a software that allows you to present and manipulate course content in an interactive way. The Classroom Presentation Tool is designed to be projected in class. To take full advantage of its rich interactive content, it should be used on an interactive whiteboard, but may also be used with a computer connected to a screen or a data projector. insight Classroom Presentation Tool contains: • the complete Student’s Book and Workbook. • audio tracks integrated into the pages. If you choose to display the script, the words are automatically highlighted as they are spoken, making it easy for students to follow. • integrated answer keys that make self or peer marking much simpler as students will be able to see the correct answer on screen. You can reveal answers one by one or all at once to suit your students. You can even hide the answers and then reveal them again to see how many they can remember correctly. 14 Unit 1 Identity 1 Identity Map of resources Section A: Student’s Book pages 4–6 Workbook page 4 Vocabulary bank, Describing change page 134 Teacher’s resource disk, Communication worksheet 1A Section B: Student’s Book pages 6–7 Workbook page 5 Grammar reference and practice 1.1, Workbook page 109 Teacher’s resource disk, Communication worksheet 1B Section C: Student’s Book pages 8–9 Workbook page 6 Vocabulary bank, Separation page 134 Grammar reference and practice 1.2, Workbook page 110 Teacher’s resource disk, Functional language bank Section D: Student’s Book pages 10–11 Workbook page 7 Teacher’s resource disk, DVD extra + worksheet, Celebrating multiculturalism Section E: Student’s Book pages 12–13 Workbook page 10 Teacher’s resource disk, Writing bank Teacher’s resource disk, Functional language bank Vocabulary insight 1 page 14 Advanced dictionary skills Review 1 page 15 Progress check Unit 1, Workbook page 11 Language and skills tests 1A and 1B, Test Bank 1A Reading and vocabulary