Introduction Introduction Course componentsvii Structure of the units in the Student's Book Features of the units in the Student's Book Introduction to the CEFR Corpus frequency: The top 500 spoken words Acknowledgements Contents and learning outcomes Student's Book useful language Ideas for getting students to speak in large classes Teaching notes Unit 1 The way we are Unit 2 Experiences Unit 3 Wonders of the world Checkpoint Units 1-3 Unit 4 Family life Unit 5 Food choices Unit 6 Managing life Checkpoint Units 4-6 Unit 7 Relationships Unit 8 What if? Unit 9 Tech savvy? Checkpoint Units 7-9 Unit 10 What's up? Unit 11 Impressions Unit 12 In the news Checkpoint Units 10-12 Free talk Sounds right Extra practice Language summaries Student's Book audio scrips Credits