Life 2: Student Book/Online Workbook Package (Life

by Paul Dummett, John Hughes, Helen Stephenson

National Geographic Learning brings the world to your classroom with Life, a six-level integrated-skills series that develops fluency in American English. Through an exploration of real world content from National Geographic presented through stunning images, text, and video, learners will strengthen their existing global connections while learning the English skills needed for communication in the 21st century. To encourage a generation of informed decision-makers, Life prepares learners to think critically while teaching the English skills needed communicate effectively through: o Information-rich topics that naturally promote curiosity and challenge learners to understand the themes In English on a deeper level. o Developing the 21st century skills needed in a technology-rich environment, like questioning authors and using visually literacy skills to infer meaning. o Explicit 'Critical Thinking' sections that take language learners from understanding, to evaluating, and finally to creating their own texts in English.

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Published May 22, 2014

About the author

Paul Dummett is a teacher and writer based in Oxford. His early career was spent as a DoS and course designer at Regent School in Oxford, where he developed an interest in task-based teaching. He set up his own school in 1998 dedicated to teaching adults and professionals, but left the business in 2006 to concentrate on writing, though he still teaches in Paris and Oxford. He is the author of various general English, Business and ESP titles, including for Cengage Success with BEC Higher (2008), Energy English (2010) and Life Upper Intermediate (2012).