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 Meet the champion Street sports The Creature
Unit 2 Our world Dying out The Creature
Unit 3 Street food Street markes The Creature
Unit 4 Cause and effect Managing moods The Creature
Unit 5 The Mystery Guest In the public eye The Creature
Unit 6 The inner person The outer person The peacock and the potter
Unit 7 Mix-ups Hoaxes The peacock and the potter
Unit 8 Strange restaurants Diet and health The peacock and the potter
Unit 9 Changing language Global language The peacock and the potter
Unit 10 Life behind the screen The Great ronaldo Mystery The peacock and the potter
etc.