English In Action 2

"English in Action" sections practice the everyday skills students need to interact and solve problems in the real world.

"Word Partnerships" provide students with frequent collocations to promote fluency.

"Word Builder" activities provide additional vocabulary practice and ecourage students to get a deeper understanding of the target words.

"Working Together" activities build learner persistence through cooperative tasks, enhancing the classroom community.

"Active Grammar" sections present clear, contextualized grammar explanations along with a rich variety of practice activities.

A "Dictionary" section begins each chapter with a picture dictionary-style presentation of key vocabulary words to illuminate word meaning.

"The Big Picture" sections include integrated skills practice around a story or conversation, motivating students to listen and use new grammar and vocabulary.

"Writing Our Stories" sections expand students' literacy by giving a closer look at real people in real communities and guided, practice activities to help students write about themselves.

Includes three new or adapted units per level.

New "Word Builder" is an opportunity for students to practice the Dictionary vocabulary.

New "Word Partnerships" are word collocations related to the Dictionary vocabulary.

New "Working Together" activities are partner and group activities that are now spread throughout the units.

New "Sharing Our Stories" allows students to read and talk about each other's writing.

New "English in Action" is a two-page activity that gives students practice in life skills related to the topic of the unit.