A flexible, topic-based conversation and listening course for adults and young adults.
Key features
- The topic-based syllabus encourages students to talk about their own lives, aspirations and interests.
- Language models and key expressions give students clear guidance in developing the ability to initiate a conversation and keep it going, and respond to ideas, comments, and questions.
- Listening skills (including listening for gist, attitude, inference, information and main ideas) are systematically developed.
- Short, interactive tasks and personal surveys guide students towards conversational fluency.
- Project files, containing a project for each unit, help bridge the gap between language study and language use, and provide opportunities for student creativity and personal expression.
- A Springboard Glossary facilitates vocabulary development by providing definitions of key vocabulary with the text, together with pronunciation information and example sentences.
- A dedicated product website (www.oup.com/elt/springboard features preselected links to websites that work with each unit's activities.
- Scope and Sequence Introduction
- Project File
- Glossary
- World Map