Series Overview

American JETSTREAM Advanced

Inspiring contemporary topics and plenty of language practice help advanced students with their fluency and accuracy

American JETSTREAM Advanced inspires already competent students to become confident, fluent, autonomous language users.

  • Review of problematic grammar areas and coverage of further, finer grammar points
  • Authentic texts and how to approach and deal with them with increasing confidence
  • A balance between practical real-world writing tasks, tasks written for academic purposes and creative writing for pleasure
  • What’s your view? activities give students the opportunity to go into a guided discussion in depth, with the aim of reaching an informed opinion about a contemporary dilemma
  • Managing conversation sections review and practice advanced functional expressions, and provide extensive contextualised practice of the phrases in a speaking activity
  • Pronunciation at this level focuses on specific sounds, word and sentence stress, intonation, problem areas such as silent letters, and American vs. British English

Components

Student’s Book
  • 12 Units
  • Language in Action sections
  • Review units every two units
  • A comprehensive Grammar reference
  • Complete transcripts for the audio
  • A complete Writing reference
Workbook
  • 12 Units
  • Vocabulary Plus and Language in Action pages
  • A review quiz every two units
  • A Check your progress test every two units
  • A Writing tasks section
  • A ‘do-it-yourself’ dictionary listing key vocabulary
On Helbling e-zone
  • Language in Action videos
  • e-book+ – interactive Student’s Book & Workbook with integrated audio and video plus extra activities
  • Cyber Homework – interactive activities covering grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening and dialogues
  • Student practice – including Pronunciation and Exam Practice & Practice Papers
  • CLIL projects
  • Audios
Teacher’s Guide with Class Audio CDs
  • Full teaching notes, transcripts, keys and useful background information, plus ideas for early finishers and mixed-ability suggestions
  • Photocopiable games and tasks
  • Four ‘technique banks’ giving ideas for:
    • Using the videos
    • Using memory games
    • Working with mixed-ability classes
    • Ensuring learner autonomy and using technology
  • Three Class Audio CDs contain all the listening material for the Student’s Book
On Helbling e-zone
  • Full access to the students’ area
  • Teacher's DIGI Pack including Presentation Software (IWB)
  • Downloadable Teacher’s Guide with answer keys
  • Guide for New Teachers
  • Testbuilder containing 12 Unit tests and 6 Progress tests
  • Placement Test

Scope & Sequence

Download the Scope & Sequence PDF for details on the syllabus followed by this level.

AJS - Scope & Sequence | Advanced

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Sample Materials

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Student's Book – Unit 7
Workbook – Unit 7
 

Authors

Mary Tomalin

Mary Tomalin

Mary Tomalin was an ELT teacher and teacher trainer at International House, London. She is a writer of ELT coursebook materials at all levels. She has specialised in ELT Readers and has twice won the Extensive Reading Foundation Language Learner Literature Award in the Advanced category.

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Deborah Friedland

Deborah Friedland

Deborah is a highly experienced writer and editor. She has taught in the UK and in Asia and collaborated with top authors to develop some of the world’s most popular EFL courses. As a lexicographer, she was part of the team behind the first EFL production dictionary.

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