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Close Up is a six-level English language learning series developed by National Geographic that uses its images, articles and videos to immerse students in real-world content. The new edition of Close Up has been updated to align with the First for Schools 2015 exam specifications, with features like Exam Close-up giving advice for exam tasks and Learning Focus introducing learning strategies. Components include the Student's Book, Workbook, Student Ebook, online resources and Teacher's Book.

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Closeup Introducere

Close Up is a six-level English language learning series developed by National Geographic that uses its images, articles and videos to immerse students in real-world content. The new edition of Close Up has been updated to align with the First for Schools 2015 exam specifications, with features like Exam Close-up giving advice for exam tasks and Learning Focus introducing learning strategies. Components include the Student's Book, Workbook, Student Ebook, online resources and Teacher's Book.

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Welcome to Close Up, an exciting new six-level adult series that turns learning English into an exploration of the

world
we live in. Drawing on National Geographic content, Close Up transforms the learning experience into a fabulous journey
with irresistible images, articles and videos that engage students like no series before. Bring Close Up into your
classroom!

- Comprehensive grammar, vocabulary, functions, pronunciation and skills syllabuses address the needs of contemporary
students, and then Close Up goes one step further to enrich communication and critical thinking.
- Grammar is presented in context with full explanations and extensive additional support.
- Vocabulary is introduced thematically with further focus at lexical and morphological levels in Word focus and Word
building sections.
- Real Close Up lessons model and practice everyday functions and pronunciation is dealt with in depth.
- Every lesson ends with a productive outcome, such as speaking or writing.

With a new component array and strong digital support, the new edition of Close-up has been fully updated to be in
line with the new First for Schools 2015 specifications. Close-up is still as interesting, topical and up-to-date as ever with
spectacular National Geographic photography and facts that have been carefully selected to appeal to the inquisitive
minds of young teenagers.

What’s new with Close-up Second Edition?


- The integrated ‘Exam Close-up’ feature gives students and teachers step-by-step advice and strategies for how best to
approach exam tasks so students have an opportunity to put the advice into practice on the page.
- A new ‘Learning Focus’ feature introduces ‘learning to learn’ tips so students can see what they need to do themselves
outside of the classroom to progress.
- Students’ abilities to think, form, express and justify personal opinions are developed further in the ‘Ideas Focus’
sections – a core skill for success at First.

Student’s Book:
- Exam tasks have been updated to align with the new First for Schools 2015 specifications.
- Step-by-step grammar presentations make the teaching of grammar clearer and more straightforward.
- New ‘Use your English’ sections in each unit provide practice of grammar and vocabulary A ‘Grammar Focus’ section at
the end allows students to check their learning.

Workbook:
- A wide variety of tasks that consolidate the vocabulary and grammar presented in the Student’s Book.
- Exam style tasks in each section with Exam Reminders to help students tackle them.
- Further reading practice in each unit.
- A listening exercise in every unit.
- Writing sections.
- Regular reviews to check understanding.

Student Ebook The Student’s Book in an interactive Ebook format delivered on a disc.

MyELT Online Resources:


- Additional online workbook activities powered by MyELT.
- Online workbook activities include English in Use that provides further practice of the grammar and vocabulary.

Teacher’s Book:
- Includes unit and lesson plans.
- Contains key and audio script for the Student’s Book and Workbook.

Interactive Whiteboard:
- Play the audio material included on the online student zone.
- Enjoy the National Geographic videos found on the online student zone with or without subtitles.
- Show or hide the key to the student’s book and workbook tasks.
- Show the justification for the key to reading comprehension and listening tasks at the click of a button.
- Create your own interactive tasks with the easy-to-use Content Creation Tool.

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