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MACMILLAN ARGENTINA
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Contents Contact information
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Courses for Children
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Courses for Teenagers
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Courses for Adults/Young Adults
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Exams
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Readers
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Cheeky Monkey Kathryn Harper and Claire Medwell Cheeky Monkey is a flexible two-level course for pre-primary which adapts to different teaching situations and styles. Children using this series will enjoy hours of learning fun with Cheeky Monkey, Rory the Lion and their friends. Cheeky Monkey focuses on story-based learning with songs, chants, TPR (Total Physical response) – the children love the Cheeky’s jungle gym activities, dances and musical games.
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Key Features > A Pupil’s Book with: > 6 story-based units with 7 lessons each. Festival units are also included > Sticker activities to focus attention on key vocabulary > Stickers, press-outs and a free Multi-ROM full of activities for each unit and festivals. The Multi-ROM also contains the songs from the course. Each song is accompanied by mime and gesture to facilitate understanding and provide opportunities for movement > Perforated pull-out pages to store children’s work > A Busy Book offers extra worksheets and extension for schools with more hours of English. Every unit has an extra song > A Teacher’s Book for the Pupil’s Book and Busy Book with plenty of photocopiable materials: three additional worksheets for every unit; mini-cards to play games that review the focus language, letters to parents explaining what the children are studying; variety of evaluation materials including Child’s report, a termly report for parents, and a Class progress report. A special Teacher talk section provides a useful list of classroom language > A Cheeky Monkey Puppet for the teacher to greet children, put them at ease during the class and introduce and revise language through games and activities > A Play mat for children to use during story time and circle time. It provides a tactile point of reference which helps to focus the children’s attention > 38 full-colour Busy Book Flashcards > Full-colour A4 Story cards > Class Audio CDs
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Lucky and me / Lucky and you Annie Altamirano and Lucy Crichton Lucky and me is especially thought for first graders with up to 3 contact hours a week. Lucky and you can be used after Lucky and me or as a self-standing course with children who have had some exposure to English and who can already read and write in the foreign language. Two lovable superheroes, Lucky and Poppy, will introduce children to the new language and will make it memorable for them. By using the senses of sight, sound and touch, Lucky and me and Lucky and you will transport children into a world of fantasy extremely familiar to them, facilitating in this way their learning process.
Let Lucky and Poppy enter the classroom and help you make your lessons successful!
Thank you very much for sharing with us what you experienced when using Lucky and me. Once you have used Lucky and you in your classes, we’d love to get your comments and suggestions. Please send us your feedback to lucky@macmillan.com.ar
Key Features > A Student’s Book with: > 7 six-page units (in Lucky and me writing is introduced as from Unit 5 with block letters) > Revision sections that consolidate the vocabulary and structures learnt > An ‘Attitudes’ section focusing on different attitudes cropping up naturally from the context of the stories > A cross-curricular page at the end of every unit that lets children use what they’ve learnt for other school subjects such as maths, art, social studies and science > A section of seasonal activities (in Lucky and me) and special environment-related days (in Lucky and you) including a chant and a mini-project > A ‘Pictionary’ double page that summarizes and consolidates all the vocabulary learnt (in Lucky and me) and a final revision game (in Lucky and you) > A visual end-of-year play > An 8-page cut-outs section of all the vocabulary in the book (in Lucky and me) > An ‘Extra activities’ section including unit-byunit extra practice (in Lucky and you) > A free Student’s CD with all the stories and songs from the book as well as classroom songs > A Teacher’s Book containing: > Clear step-by-step lesson notes with a Resource Bank of suggested optional activities > Useful teaching tips > Notes on classroom management with chants for the different moments of the class (in Lucky and me) > Ideas for open classes with children’s families > A photocopiable section with plenty of extra activities, black line masters for craft activities, evaluation sheets and a note to parents > A Poster Pack with: > 7 unit posters that facilitate presentation of new vocabulary and structures, and work on the story in big classrooms > Generic posters (including the alphabet, numbers 1–10, the colours, the house and the weather in Lucky and me and the alphabet, numbers 1–20, the town and the body in Lucky and you) > An Audio CD per level
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Find Out! Donna Shaw and Mark Ormerod Find Out! is organized around a series of topics which provide clear and fun contexts. Children learn through a wide variety of activities – songs, chants, stories, TPR, art and craft. Find Out! 1 and 2 provide global understanding of simple oral messages in regular classroom situations.
> Macmillan Children’s Readers (Levels 1–6) > Macmillan English Explorers > Macmillan Essential Dictionary
www.macmillan.com.ar/freeresources
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Key Features (Levels 1 & 2) > A Pupil’s Book with 6 topic-based units. Each unit has 8 lessons with cut-outs, a picture dictionary and a double page of stickers > A Stories and Songs CD free with the Pupil’s Book, with all the songs, chants and stories > A CD-ROM free with the Pupil’s Book, with interactive games > An Activity Book to develop early reading and writing in English > Find Out about Science and Art!, an optional full-colour Activity Book covering other areas of the school curriculum > A Teacher’s Book with notes, mini-flashcards Games Bank, ideas for projects, letters for parents, fast finisher and self-evaluation worksheets, tests and extra photocopiable resources > 36 full-colour laminated Story Cards for each level > 64 full-colour Flashcards for each level > Word Cards with the key vocabulary items > Class CDs > A DVD for each level with a mix of animation, songs and real-life sketches (Levels 3–6) > A Pupil’s Book with 8 topic-based units, material for festivals and a picture dictionary. Each unit has 8 lessons including the Find Out! Magazine > An Activity Book including cut-out activities, a double page of stickers and a picture dictionary > A Stories and Songs CD free with the Activity Book, with all the songs, chants and stories > A CD-ROM free with the Activity Book > Find Out about Science and Art!, an optional full-colour Activity Book covering other areas of the school curriculum > A Teacher’s Book with notes, fast finisher tips, extra activities, cultural information, ideas for projects, letters to parents, photocopiables, self-evaluation worksheets and tests > 48 full-colour Story Cards for Levels 3 & 4, and Story and Grammar Posters for Levels 5 & 6 > 64 full-colour Flashcards for each level > 64 Word Cards for each level > Class CDs > A DVD for each level
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Footprints Carol Read Footprints is a new six-level story-based course beautifully illustrated and appealing to both children and teachers which integrates cross-curricular content and cultural awareness with learning English. Levels 1 and 2 take students on a magical journey, meeting well-known fairy tale characters to find the treasure at the end of the rainbow. Levels 3 and 4 continue the idea of a quest but the context moves away from the world of fairy tales to one of mystery and adventure, working with the children’s growing maturity and awareness of the world around them.
Key Features > A pack with a Pupil’s Book, a Stories and Songs CD, a CD-ROM and a Portfolio Booklet > A Pupil’s Book with: > 80 full-colour pages > Festival pages > Pull-out double page of colour stickers in the centre of the book > An Activity Book with: > Engaging activities to practise and develop language skills > Cut-outs and mini-book > A Teacher’s Book with: > Facsimile pages from the Pupil’s Book and Activity Book, syllabus guide, photocopiable cut-outs for festivals, activities to practise grammar, and clear and full teaching notes > Finger puppets (pack of 2 for Levels 1 & 2) > Flashcards > Word Cards > Photocopiables CD > 3 Audio CDs per level
> Macmillan Children’s Readers (Levels 1–4) > Macmillan English Explorers > Macmillan Essential Dictionary
www.macmillanenglish.com/younglearners
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Go on Sailing Susana García Cahuzac and Silvia Carolina Tiberio Go on Sailing is the new edition of one of Macmillan’s best-sellers, Sailing. It is a three-level series written by Argentine teachers with interesting topics for children. The authors have planned the series to guarantee the learning process of students with no previous knowledge of the language. Go on Sailing takes into consideration the problems and difficulties of Spanish speakers to learn English. It has been designed following a carefully graded progression which reduces students’ mother tongue interference to its minimum extent and enables students’ communication in a natural and efficient way.
Key Features > A 6-unit Student’s Book with a built-in Workbook > Each unit is topic-based, giving students the chance to discover new sounds, words and structures > The units are organized around Argentine topics to facilitate the learning of the new language within a well-known and familiar surrounding > Throughout the series there is a strong cross-cultural element which allows students to understand others > A Teacher’s Book in English with: > Step-by-step guidance to help teachers make teaching easier > Unit-by-unit planning in Spanish, covering all the areas required > A photocopiable test per unit with an easy-to mark scheme and answer key > Evaluation sheets to be filled in by teachers and students > Extra photocopiable material > An Audio CD with the songs and the audio for the listening comprehension activities
> Macmillan Diccionario Pocket
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Evolution Nick Beare Evolution is a new three-level series from beginner to lower pre-intermediate level designed for 9–11-year-old students with up to 3 contact periods a week. Evolution is a highly creative and motivating series, full of fun and challenging activities, which has everything students need to learn English easily and fast!
Key Features > A Student’s Book with: > 9 units made up of 6 lessons, 3 practice pages and 1 Revision page at the end of each unit > A rap and a song per unit > Clearly signposted special sections including: ‘Have a talk!’ (pairwork activities), ‘Look!’ boxes (dealing with secondary language aspects), ‘Sounds right!’ (pronunciation activities), ‘The Evolution Magazine’ (game-like activities) and a cross-curricular lesson at the end of each unit dealing with content from different school subjects such as maths, social studies, science, music, art, PE and IT > Listening activities included in the practice pages > A final revision game > Stories with activities for extensive reading > A free Student’s CD with the audio for listening activities on the practice pages, and all the raps and songs plus their Karaoke versions > A Teacher’s Book with: > Yearly plan, step-by-step notes, optional activities, a section on values per unit, answer keys and audioscripts > A full section of photocopiable material including extra activities for fast finishers, projects, self-assessment pages, unit Tests and an End-of-year Exam > An Audio CD (including the audio for the unit Tests and End-of-year Exam)
> Macmillan Readers (Starter & Beginner Levels) > Macmillan Diccionario Pocket
Once you have used Evolution in your classes, we’d love to get your comments and suggestions. Please send us your feedback to evolution@macmillan.com.ar
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Switch On David Spencer Switch On is a three-level series written specifically for teenagers aged 12–15 attending English classes 4 or more periods a week. This series takes students from false beginner to pre-intermediate level. With Switch On motivate your teenage students and get them switched on to learning!
> Macmillan Readers (Starter–Elementary Levels) > Macmillan Essential Dictionary > Macmillan Diccionario Pocket > Elementary Language Practice > Macmillan English Grammar in Context
What do you think of Switch On? Has it proved a useful tool in teaching your students? Please send us your feedback to switchon@macmillan.com.ar
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Key Features > A Student’s Book with: > An introductory unit and 9 ten-page units in which grammar is presented in the context of a reading and listening text and followed by questions which clarify the meaning and the form of the new language > Clear and attractive visual support > Vocabulary presented in lexical sets > Reading and listening texts adapted from authentic material for motivation and accessibility > Pronunciation activities focusing on the new grammar point and covering sounds, stress and intonation > Special sections such as: ‘Did you know..?, ‘Everyday English’, ‘Remember this!’, ‘Study Tips’, ‘Time To Switch Over’, ‘Guided Writing’, ‘Progress Check’, and ‘Switch On To…!’ > A ‘Language Guide’ section and a ‘Wordlist’ including phonetic transcriptions at the end of the book, ideal to aid self-study and facilitate homework or for classroom use to complement the Student’s Book > 3 four-page ‘Consolidation’ sections, one after every 3 units > A Workbook with: > 6 pages of practice exercises for each unit, including ‘Reading’ and ‘Writing’ sections with Extension activities > A ‘Revision’ section plus further Extra and Extension activities at the end of each unit > Irregular verbs list > A Teacher’s Book with: > Detailed unit notes, cultural notes, answers and audioscripts > Extra activities suggesting optional ways of teaching students with mixed-abilities > Interactive activities for each unit > A ‘Reading Bank’ with a reading strategies syllabus and suggested activities, and 9 photocopiable pages of texts on topics relevant to teenagers > A free Resource CD including more unit Revisions and Extension activities, Pairwork Worksheets, a Diagnostic Test, a Progress Test per unit, End of Term Exams and an End of Year Exam with the corresponding audioscripts and answer keys > 2 Audio CDs per level
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Hot Spot Colin Granger and Katherine Stannett Hot Spot is a new four-level course for students aged 10–14. It takes students from beginner to low-intermediate level. Hot Spot follows a traditional and transparent grammar syllabus while ensuring that a balance of all four skills is maintained in every lesson.
www.macmillanenglish.com/hotspot
Key Features > A Student’s Book with: > 7 theme-based modules, each made up of 3 double-page Language Input lessons, a core Integrated Skills lesson, a ‘can-do’ Review lesson and an optional Extra Special Lesson including a mini-project > ‘Check your English’ activities at the end of every lesson to encourage learners to take responsibility for their language progression > An illustrated grammar and practice section with grammar references and a wordlist at the back of the book > ‘Pronunciation spots’ in every module that focus on common pronunciation problems > Songs and games > A free CD-ROM > An Activity Book with: > Both controlled and open grammar and vocabulary practice for self-study and for use in the classroom > A learning diary for students to assess their own progress > Fast finishers activities and extra practice activities for students who need additional practice > Extra reading practice through a fun new story > A spiral bound and interleaved Teacher’s Book with: > Warm-up and mixed-ability activities, dyslexia tips (additional support for teaching dyslexic students), extra-activity suggestions, cultural information, homework suggestions and photocopiable classroom activities and worksheets > A free Test CD > Class CDs
> Macmillan Readers > Macmillan Essential Dictionary > The Language Practice Series > Macmillan English Grammar in Context
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New Inside Out Sue Kay and Vaughan Jones New Inside Out takes all the best features of the original series – including the personalized speaking tasks and great topics – and adds a host of brand-new features to make it even more engaging for students and teachers alike. To make Inside Out better for you, Sue and Vaughan went back to the classroom and spent some time finding out how teachers were using the book with their students. The result is the most relevant and exciting general English course available.
Key Features > Inside Out can take students all the way from complete beginner to advanced level > A student’s CD-ROM included with every Student’s Book – extra practice for students at home or in language labs > ‘Useful phrases’ sections offer functional language for use outside the classroom > ‘The Vocabulary Extra’ pages at the end of every unit recycle the key vocabulary items > Grammar sections provide the support teachers need for the effective teaching of grammar. There are two comprehensive grammar sections in every unit. In addition, students are referred to the ‘Grammar Extra’ section at the back of the Student’s Book for extended explanations and practice > Extra grammar and vocabulary sections provide more recycling of language > Topics and images throughout the books have been fully updated > A Workbook, With or Without Key, which supports the work done in the Student’s Book and provides extra practice and revision for each unit. The Workbook also includes an Audio CD > A complete self-contained writing course and a complete story for extra reading practice is included on the back of each Workbook > A Teacher’s Book containing teacher’s notes, practical teaching tips, methodology sections and photocopiable resources, in addition to full lesson plans for each unit and a Test CD > A Class DVD containing 7 units which complement the topics in the book, with a mix of formats including documentaries, interviews and profiles. > A DVD Teacher’s Book containing related teaching notes and photocopiable worksheets
New Inside Out Digital: Elementary–Upper-intermediate levels available in February 2010 Beginner level available in May 2010
www.insideout.net www.macmillanpracticeonline.com
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Straightforward Philip Kerr, Lindsay Clandfield, Ceri Jones, Jim Scrivener and Roy Norris Straightforward is a six-level series, based on observations of what good teachers do in the classroom. Straightforward is ideal for teachers looking for a beginner to advanced general English course. It is flexible and simple to use, with 12 modern topics per level.
www.macmillanenglish.com/straightforward www.macmillanpracticeonline.com
Key Features > The Student’s Book provides motivating content in a format that is easy for students to use > All lessons include a balance of language and skills work, contextualized grammar activities, vocabulary exercises and functional language lessons, and the different sections on the page are clearly labelled so that students know exactly what they are focusing on at each moment > ‘Did you know’ sections increase students’ intercultural awareness > Communicative language abilities develop through a wide range of speaking tasks > Includes a free multimedia CD-ROM for self-study > The Workbook, With or Without Key, contains one-page practice closely linked to the lesson > A complete writing course with model texts and comprising practical writing tasks > Extra reading texts and activities for every unit > A free Audio CD with dictation activities and audio of reading texts from the Workbook > The Teacher’s Book provides teaching notes with extra, optional and alternative activities > Methodology builders with useful teaching ideas and tips > Photocopiable activities for every lesson > Editable tests on CD, which assess students’ overall progress > An Audio CD with songs and listening test material > The Portfolios encourage learner independence and contain self-assessment material
> Macmillan Readers > Macmillan English Dictionary > The Language Practice Series > Macmillan English Grammar in Context
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Macmillan English Grammar in Context Michael Vince and Simon Clarke Macmillan English Grammar in Context is a three-level (Essential, Intermediate and Advanced) grammar practice series.
Key Features > Grammar explanations with traditional practice activities and contextual examples > Cross-curricular content areas include: literature, science, geography, history and social science > Examples demonstrate real-world usage of English grammar > Review section for extra practice > Grammar index and wordlist for easy use > Ideal for self-study or classroom use > Most units contain 1 page of grammar explanation and 2/3 pages of practice > With and Without Key editions available > The free CD-ROM contains unit-by-unit interactive material, a glossary of all words that are highlighted in the book, extra practice for each unit and printable tests for each language area
Macmillan Vocabulary Practice Series Keith Kelly The Macmillan Vocabulary Practice Series is a series of exciting vocabulary books designed for students who are taught subjects in English. Clear, concise and informative, the Science Vocabulary Practice Book and CD-ROM and the Geography Vocabulary Practice Book and CD-ROM help students to learn subject-specific vocabulary by placing it in context.
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Key Features > 28 key subject-specific topic areas > Vocabulary wordlist with easy-to-understand definitions that use a restricted defining vocabulary > Contextual sentences show students how and when to use appropriate terminology > Exercises practise the vocabulary in context at word, sentence and text level > Straightforward diagrams help understand and practise key terms > With and Without Key editions available > The CD-ROM contains listening activities, interactive games, and students can hear the pronunciation of any word with just one click > Clever word mapping tool for every topic to help students learn via word association > Comprehensive diagram bank includes all illustrations with and without labels > Amazing animations that help bring topics to life
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The Testbuilder Series Jake Allsop, Judith Ash, Tricia Aspinall, Anthea Bazin, Sarah Dymond, Amanda French, Mark Harrison, Nick Kenny, Sam McCarter, Lucrecia Luque-Mortimer, Tony D. Triggs The Testbuilder Series is designed to help improve students’ exam performance. It is ideal for using in the classroom or for self-study. With and Without Key editions are available for KET, PET, FCE, CAE and New Proficiency Testbuilders. The answer key also includes clear explanations and analysis of model answers. A free Audio CD is included in KET, PET, FCE, CAE, IELTS 1 & 2, and BEC Higher, Preliminary and Vantage Testbuilders.
The Check Your Vocabulary Series All you need to pass your exams! The Check Your Vocabulary Series is ideal for use in the classroom or for self-study. This range of Workbooks has been designed to help students prepare for their English examinations. They contain a range of activities to help build, improve and revise English vocabulary.
Key Features > Tests and improves vocabulary with exercises, word games, puzzles and quizzes > Easy-to-use format with clear instructions and answer key > Covers general and topic-specific vocabulary, as well as grammar and use of English, comprehension, pronunciation and spelling ®
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Academic English David Porter Academic English has been written for students at upper intermediate level and above. It contains exercises to help teach and practise the vocabulary, and to test grammar, spelling and comprehension that students need for academic purposes.
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www.macmillanenglish.com/readers
Macmillan Literature Collections Four advanced-level Readers containing original, unsimplified short stories written by famous classic and modern writers. These collections come with substantial support material for each story, including a short summary, a description of major themes, pre-reading vocabulary activities, post-reading language and comprehension exercises, a literary analysis section and essay questions. These collections will help ease students’ transition from graded Readers to authentic reading, giving them the joy of feeling they are finally reading and studying literature just as it was written.