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American Options 1
A1+
Towards Cambridge A2 Key
Trinity ISE Foundation (GESE Grades 2-3)
American Options
Options for learning, options for life
American Options is the new international American English course that helps all students reach their full potential. With a special focus on mixed-ability learning, it offers a variety of tasks to cater for every student's needs.
- Differentiated skills development through Basic and Enriched versions of the main reading texts, complete with audio, to support mixed-ability classes.
- Authentic American English audio accompanies all listening exercises.
- A step-by-step approach to grammar and vocabulary, taking students safely from language presentation to practice and production.
- Cognitive and emotional engagement is encouraged through a wide range of engaging content and activities that make learning enjoyable and memorable.
- A competency-based approach which also supports the development of Learning for life skills, clearly mapped and labeled throughout the course.
- CLIL and Sustainable Development Goals presentations address the global challenges we face through attractive and thought-provoking double-page spreads.
- A complete digital package for personalized, adaptive online learning.
- Meaningful and entertaining videos in both British and American English provide wider exposure to current media.
- Extensive practice for international exams.
- Authors: Herbert Puchta, Chris Jory, Peter Lewis-Jones, Christian Holzmann
Key Features
Browse the brochure for a full overview of all the features.
American Options | Brochure
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Basic (simplified) and Enriched (more challenging) versions of the main reading texts in the Student’s Book support learning in the mixed-ability classroom.
Choose A or B tasks occur several times in each unit, enabling the differentiation of sub-competencies in the areas of speaking and writing.
A digital audio player allows students to listen at different speeds, so that students feel comfortable and can increase the speed gradually.
At the end of every unit, each student can take an online progress test, followed by personalized practice based on their test result – so that every student spends time on what they need most. Then they can take another test and see their improved results – this boosts motivation and sustains it throughout the course.
American Options supports the development of Learning for life skills, which are clearly mapped and labelled throughout the course:
- The 4 C’s: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Communication, Creativity
- Social and emotional learning
- Global learning
- Digital skills
- Research skills
Regular unit structure makes American Options easy to use for both teachers and students.
Carefully staged classroom lessons take students from reception to production of the core language syllabus, plus "You Know" and "You Can" goals at the start of every unit make learning objectives clear and make it possible to do a quick check of learning progress at the end of a unit.
American Options offers a wide range of video content as a highly meaningful and entertaining learning tool:
- The Secret Spring animated stories engage learners and help them to retain key vocabulary / language (in levels 1-2).
- Documentary-style Watching the World videos introduce the opening spread topic (in levels 3-4).
- Real-life stories present language in the context of the target language culture.
- Learning for life vlogs show young people sharing their experiences of the world around them.
- Sustainable Development Goals videos invite students to reflect on social, economic, and environmental challenges.
- Grammar raps help learners to retain important grammar structures in their long-term memory, while having fun.
Levels & Exams
Components & ISBNs
For Students
- Student’s Book
- Workbook
On HELBLING e-zone
- Student’s e-book+
- Workbook e-book+
- Personal Learning Track
- Audio & Video
- Dialogue Karaoke
- Cyber Homework
- Exam Practice
- Vocabulary Trainer
HELBLING Media App
- Audio
- Video
- Basic / Enriched reading texts
For Teachers
- Teacher’s Book
On HELBLING e-zone
- Presentation Software (IWB)
- e-book+ for class presentation
- All audio and video
- Teacher's Resources
- Testbuilder + Test Audio
- Placement Test
HELBLING Media App
- Audio
- Video
- Basic / Enriched reading texts
- e-book+ for class presentation offline for Windows/macOS
Standard
Student’s Book and Workbook as separate volumes provide material for the classroom and further practice at home.
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American Options | ISBN list
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HELBLING e-zone
Technology made easy
Whether you teach online or face-to-face, or a blend of both, American Options offers a wealth of digital materials and resources allowing innovative approaches for differentiated learning - available on HELBLING e-zone, a user-friendly online platform for learners and teachers.
e-book+
The interactive Student’s Book and Workbook, with embedded audio and video. These digital books include interactive self-correcting tasks plus Basic and Enriched reading texts, which are also accessible on mobile devices.
Dialogue Karaoke
Helping students to learn and practise vocabulary and chunks of language, including pronunciation, at their own pace.
Personal Learning Track
Online, auto-marked tests with immediate score. Students are given practice based on their test results so that each student focuses on what they really need.
The Practice Tests + individualized practice for every unit cover language and receptive skills – Grammar, Vocabulary, Functions, Listening, Reading.
Teachers can easily monitor engagement and progress data for the whole class or individual students without any marking required.
LMS on HELBLING e-zone
Cyber Homework: extra activities assigned by the teacher with automatic feedback, at regular points throughout the unit that let students practice the new vocabulary and grammar.
Exam Practice: exam-based activities every two units.
Vocabulary Trainer
To reinforce key lexis, so students learn core vocabulary from each unit.
Presentation Software (IWB)
The teacher’s version of the student’s material for presentation on an interactive whiteboard (IWB) for face-to-face classes or for screen-sharing in virtual classrooms. Particular features include:
- e-book+ for class presentation
- All audio and video
- Teacher’s resources
Teachers can also access the e-book+ for class presentation in the HELBLING Media App for Windows and macOS.
Testbuilder with Test Audio
Specially developed tests allow you to effectively evaluate your students’ progress. You can use ready-to-print tests or edit and generate your own versions for face-to-face teaching.
Placement Test
Designed to give students and teachers a quick way of assessing the approximate level of a student’s knowledge of English grammar and usage.
HELBLING Media App
Quick access to multimedia material at any time, anywhere - with or without internet connection.
All audio and video content, as well as the Basic and Enriched texts, are available via the HELBLING Media App for both pupils and teachers, on mobile devices and desktop computers.
Teachers can also access the e-book+ for class presentation in the HELBLING Media App for Windows, and macOS.
The HELBLING Media App is available for free for Android, iOS, Windows and macOS.
Download from the app store of your choice or via helbling.com/media-app
Videos
American Options offers a wide range of video content as a highly engaging and educational learning tool. CLIL & Sustainable Development Goals, real-world, documentary-style, animations, vlogs and grammar raps.
The Secret Spring animated stories engage learners and help them to retain key vocabulary / language.
levels 1-2
Documentary-style Watching the World videos introduce the opening spread topic.
levels 3-4
Real-life stories present language in the context of the target language culture.
‘The After-School Club’: levels 1-2
‘The Café’: levels 3-4
Learning for life vlogs show Jamie and Luna share insights into their own lives.
levels 1-4
CLIL/Sustainable Development Goals morning newscast-style videos invite students to reflect on social, economic, and environmental challenges.
levels 1-4
Grammar raps help learners to retain important grammar structures in their long-term memory, while having fun.
levels 1-4
