English Insights

Language(s): British English

Level(s): Pre-intermediate (UK), Upper-intermediate

Overview

English Insights is a motivating series for students at secondary level. It combines an acclaimed approach to learning English with stunning National Geographic images, DVD clips and articles.

Through English Insights students visit amazing places and fascinating cultures, develop real-world language skills and acquire skills for effective study including critical thinking, study and writing skills.

  • Writing Insights to develop students' spelling, punctuation and paragraph-writing skills
  • Working with words to develop students’ understanding of how the lexical system works
  • Test your skills to train students to tackle listening, reading and exam-type tasks with confidence
  • Culture sections to explore aspects of the English-speaking world
  • CLIL sections to discover science, technology, nature, history and geography through English
  • True stories about National Geographic explorers and people who have made a difference to our world
  • Projects provide multi-modal learning opportunities
  • Grammar GPS reference section provides all the grammar students need to know and is cross-referenced to each unit

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Authors

Helen Stephenson

Helen Stephenson first taught business English in the 1980s. She has written in-house training courses and a course for upper-secondary students. Sh... more

Jane Bailey

Paul Dummett

Paul Dummett is a teacher and writer based in Oxford, UK, where he ran his own school teaching English to professionals from 1996 to 2006. He currently teaches refugee children in Palestine and Jordan... more