Series Overview

American STUDIO Elementary

Space to learn

Three main lessons in each unit cover vocabulary, grammar, and skills work. Video-based functional lessons (101 Things to do in English) and comprehensive Review lessons complete a course that gives students scope to be creative with language.

  • Studio Mix videos allow students to see and hear speakers of English
  • Students role-play everyday situations from 101 Things using videoscapes
  • Two multi-part stories in the Workbook help students improve their reading and listening skills
  • Pairwork activities in each unit and in each review provide a fun way to communicate in English
  • Extra writing practice in the Language Studio links to the course content

Components

Student’s Book
  • 12 units made up of three double-page main lessons and one video-based functional lesson (101 Things to do in English)
  • Six Review units – one after every two units
  • Language Studio with six Writing pages plus comprehensive Vocabulary and Grammar reference
  • Transcripts of all the audio and video
  • An irregular verbs list
Workbook
  • One page of grammar and vocabulary practice for each lesson in the Student’s Book
  • A Review spread after every two units with a progress test covering vocabulary, grammar, listening, reading, pronunciation, and dictation
  • Wordlists and Vocabulary Beats
  • Genre-based reading and listening activities at the end of each unit
On Helbling e-zone
  • e-book+ including all video and audio, plus extra interactive reading and listening activities
  • Cyber Homework
  • Projects
  • Exam Practice
Helbling Media App
  • Audio
  • Vocabulary Beats
  • Video
  • Pairwork activities
Teacher’s Guide
  • Detailed unit overview
  • Methodology tips
  • Clear lesson summaries
  • Simple, straightforward teaching notes
  • Reproduced Student’s Book spreads
  • Answer keys and transcripts
  • Extra activities and exam practice
  • Listening and pronunciation tips
  • Photocopiable pairwork activities
On Helbling e-zone
  • Teacher’s DIGI Pack
    • Presentation Software (IWB)
    • Testbuilder + Test Audio
    • Teacher’s Book + Class & Workbook Audio
    • Videoscapes
    • Reference material:
      • Scope & Sequence
      • Workbook keys
  • Placement Test
Helbling Media App
  • Audio
  • Vocabulary Beats
  • Video
  • Pairwork activities
  • Quick notes and answer keys

Scope & Sequence

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

American STUDIO - Scope & Sequence | Elementary

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Sample Materials

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Student's Book – Unit 7
Teacher's Book – Unit 7
Workbook – Unit 7
 

The Authors

Robert Campbell

Robert Campbell

Robert has worked as a teacher, an ELT magazine editor, an author, and a musician. He has written secondary and adult courses as well as several graded readers including The Green Room, winner of a Learner Literature Award. He is a regular speaker at conferences around the world. He has a special interest in music and video.

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Rob Metcalf

Rob Metcalf

Rob has taught English in the UK and Spain in both face-to-face and online contexts. As an author, he has written successful coursebooks for adult and teenage learners, and wrote a wide range of courses for one of the world’s first online language schools. He has spoken at conferences worldwide about life skills and the use of video in class.

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