English Today Upper
Intermediate Level DVD 1,2,3,4 & 5 | 10.7 GB
English
Today is an innovative product for English language learning, designed
to gain maximum advantage from the DVD format and aimed at the needs of
the target consumer.
It
represents a completely new approach:
instead of the typical
video-lesson structure, a teacher guides the student through a series of
narrative episodes arranged as in a sit-com.
It is the Hungarian
Edition, but the DVD can be used by non-Hungarian speakers, too. (The
instructions in the additional pdf file are in Hungarian.)
Contents:
English
Today is an innovative product for English language learning, designed
to gain maximum advantage from the DVD format and aimed at the needs of
the target consumer.
It is not simply the next stage in the
advancement from video cassettes or CD-ROM’s, but a whole new kind of
product. It represents a completely new approach: instead of the typical
video-lesson structure, a teacher guides the student through a series
of narrative episodes arranged as in a sit-com.
There are also
interactive exercises so that the user can practice what he or she has
learned. All with the flexibility afforded by a multimedia product.
Each
publication (or module) presents three main features:
- The DVD,
compatible with either a television or a computer. The DVD is the core
of the course,
- An audio CD containing the transcriptions from the
video episodes on the DVD along with some new interesting materials for
in-depth study and revision.
- A paperback course book with the
transcriptions of the episodes from the DVD and their translation,
exercises and a section dedicating special attention to new vocabulary.
Each
DVD consists of a video episode and a lesson which clarifies the
language issues set out in the programme. The “standard” lessons are
integrated by a “special” lesson at the end of each DVD. This may be
either a video episode with an independent storyline or a cartoon based
on typical literature or cinema genres and which explores the language
of various expressive forms. Each lesson also contains a workshop
section with interactive exercises and grammar tables to test specific
grammar skills and check progress.
Qualification:
The course
is recognized by the ETS (Educational Testing Service) as a valid method
of preparation for the TOEFL® iBT exam, the English language test
required of all foreign students applying to study in the United States
and also used by many Italian and European Universities.
The
course is also a useful preparation for the TOEIC®, the business
orientated exam.