Pacesetter is a four-level English course that takes teenage studens from beginner to intermediate level. You can begin the course with either Pacesetter Starter, which is for beginner, or Pacesetter Elementary, which is suitable for those who have achieved a basic level of English.
Its key features are:
- a communicative methodology which presents new language in context and allows students to become actively involved in the leaning process
- a problem-solving approach to grammar which helps students to work out for themselves the meaning and use of structures
- motivating topics that draw on the students' experiences and develop their interrest in the world around them
- a systematic vocabulary syllabus combined with learning-to-learn skills to encourage students to develop their own strategies for remembering new words
- integrated skills work that provides step-by-step practice of speaking, listening, reading and writing
- a lively photo-story in the first two levels and engaging short stories in the third and fourth that provide a cultural reference and present informal English
- three consolidation units in each level to revise and extend the language and skills taught through a variety of controlled and free activities, including project work
Unit 1 Stop thief! Two suspects Changing Lives
Unit 2 Trees Litter everywhere Changing Lives
Unit 3 Holiday jobs The arts Changing Lives
Unit 4 A famous scientist Famous lives Changing Lives
Unit 5 This is your life!:habits and lifestyles Our lives in the futher Changing Lives
Unit 6 Spooky stories UFOs and strange experiences Changing Lives
Unit 7 Dreams and nightmares Health and illness Changing Lives
Unit 8 Raising money:charities
Raleigh International: volunteer work Changing Lives
Unit 9 The sea The life and death of George: electronic pets Changing Lives
Unit 10 The Olympics Adventure in the air:hot-air ballooning Changing Lives
etc.