Time Zones All Levels: American English Course

WHAT IS TIME ZONES?

Time Zones is a five-level, four-skills series that combines a communicative approach to learning English with up-to-date National Geographic content. It is designed to be engaging for all young students, from pre-teens to young adults.

WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT?

Time Zones, Third Edition uses amazing photography, updated videos, and inspiring stories of global citizens to encourage teenage learners to explore the world in English. Through teacher-tested language lessons, carefully scaffolded practice activities, and teaching resources that keep classrooms engaged, Time Zones, Third Edition delivers the skills and language that learners need for wherever they’re going next.

HOW IS THE BOOK ORGANIZED?

Time Zones follows a familiar grammatical syllabus, with simple structures introduced in the lower levels, followed by increasingly complex structures in later levels. However, Time Zones also follows a rich, thematic content syllabus. Real-world content is used as a springboard for introducing the language that students need to become effective communicators in English.

As with the grammatical syllabus, Time Zones teaches the highest-frequency vocabulary in the earlier stages of the course, with relatively lower-frequency vocabulary appearing only in the higher levels of the series. Along the way, more specialized vocabulary is occasionally introduced so that students can develop a meaningful understanding of it, as well as be able to talk about the real world topics and issues introduced in Time Zones. Key vocabulary is recycled systematically throughout the series.

The vocabulary and grammar is well integrated throughout the series. For example, students might learn the grammatical structure can to talk about abilities in a unit on animals—learning to talk about what animals can and can’t do—before going on to personalize the language and talk about themselves and their own abilities.

Ideally, the units of Time Zones will be taught in order and no units will be skipped. However, if your students have some background in English, you may wish to skip the Starter Level, which consolidates some of the core English that young students might have already encountered if they have been exposed to English learning before.