NorthStar is an innovative five-level, integrated-skills series that helps ESL students build language competence and encourages critical thinking and personal expression. The series is divided into two strands: listening/speaking and reading/writing. The parallel books in each strand explore the same contemporary themes from two intriguing angles to stimulate students' imaginations and encourage critical thinking skills.
NorthStar is an innovative five-level, integrated-skills series that helps ESL students build language competence and encourages critical thinking and personal expression. The series is divided into two strands: listening/speaking and reading/writing. The parallel books in each strand explore the same contemporary themes from two intriguing angles to stimulate students' imaginations and encourage critical thinking skills.
The NorthStar series:
Presents intriguing angles on contemporary themes for rich discussion and in-depth writing.
Developes language skills through sequenced exercises that are focused, fun, and communicative.
Encourages students to think independently, make inferences, and express their points of view.
Offers cohesive units that develop ideas, build skills, recycle vocabulary, and maintain interest throughout.
NorthStar Focus on Reading and Writing
Each of the five books contains:
Ten High-interest thematic units developed around a variety of reading texts that serve as models of different writing genres.
Thematically linked exercises - such as prediction, comprehension, and inference - to develop reading skills
A carefully designed progression of developmental writing skills to move students from controlled to freer writing within each unit.
New Process Writing Workbooks used content to teach writing step-by-step.
New NorthStar companion website saves teachers time and enriches student learning by providing online resources, teacher tips, and web activities for reading, writing, and speaking.
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