The Australian English Course is a two level course designed for adult and young adult learners who want to learn general English for a range of social and transactional purposes. Level 1 is for post beginners - people who have studied some English before. It has a task-based approach to language learning, with an emphasis on classroom activities which encourage learners to use language effectively. Each unit provides material for four or five hours of classroom work and focuses on a topic which has been selected to engage and motivate users.

The Australian English Course is a two-level course for adult and young adults who want to learn general English for a range of social and transactional purposes. Level 1 is for post-beginners, people who have learned some English before. Level 2 is at pre-intermediate level and may be used after Level 1 or as a free standing course on its own.The course has been developed specifically for the Australian context and has been piloted in Australia and New Zealand. It is also suitable for use by people studying elsewhere, and who are going to visit or study in these countries. Key features: - flexible design enables teachers to adapt the course to the needs of a particular group of learners - communication tasks - pairwork, information gap and role play - help students to develop fluency in using English - learning focus' tasks encourage learners to develop their learning strategies - grammar focus sections promote the learning of structures through a variety of tasks - language review sections at the end of each unit help students to monitor their own progress - the course includes authentic reading texts and listening material from a range of Australian sources - out of class' tasks in each unit help students to apply what they have learnt

English for the Australian Curriculum Book 1 privileges student experience, creative engagement with texts, moments of reflection and deep thinking. Drawing on an inquiry model of learning, it provides opportunities for students to write and create their own texts. Written for the Australian Curriculum, English for the Australian Curriculum Book 1 provides a fully balanced and integrated approach to the study of language, literature and literacy. It actively engages students with texts at a variety of levels: • Develops language skills at word, sentence and text level, with activities in reading, writing, viewing, creating, listening and speaking • Encourages student writing across a variety of contexts, for a variety of purposes and for a variety of audiences • Underlines the importance of visual literacy • Provides opportunities for students to create their own multimodal texts

Australian English Pronunciation and Transcription is the first textbook to clearly describe Australian English speech patterns. Now in its second edition, this ground-breaking work addresses speech production characteristics and provides detailed instruction in both phonetic and phonemic transcription of the dialect. Each chapter features practical exercises to allow readers to develop skills and test their knowledge as they progress through the text. These exercises are complemented by an extensive companion website, which contains valuable explanatory materials, audio examples and accompanying activities for students. A new assessment bank includes exercises of varying difficulty, allowing lecturers to build unique assessment tasks tailored to their students' needs. Drawing on their extensive experience as teachers and researchers in phonetics and phonology, Felicity Cox and new author Janet Fletcher have crafted a comprehensive resource that remains essential reading for students, teachers and practitioners of linguistics, speech pathology and language education.

The New Cambridge English Course is a four-level course for learners of English.

A two-level course for adults and young adults who want to learn English for social and transactional purposes.